The Mirror and the Lichee

The Mirror and the Lichee
NR 1 hr 37 minMusic, Drama, History, Romance
Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.

Movie Details

Original Language:Chinese
Production Companies:Shaw Brothers