Search Results

A Dream of Splendor

8.4

Zhao Pan Er, a clever teahouse owner in Qiantang, embarks on a journey to the Capital, Bian Jing, after discovering her fiancé left her for another woman. Along the way, she saves her two best friends, Sun San Niang…

The Curse of Turandot

7.1

The plot follows Princess Turandot, who is cursed by a mysterious power emanating from three Mazovian bracelets that were given to her as birthday gifts. These bracelets’ life-draining effects cause the princess to…

Orphan of Zhao

7.3

During the Spring and Autumn period, Tu An Gu, the highest ranking military officer of the kingdom of Jin, orchestrated a coup d'état and framed general Zhao Shuo for its instigation, resulting in the extermination…

The Story of a Woodcutter and His Fox Wife

7.3

This story takes place in a fishing and wood-cutting village next to Changde Mountain in Hunan. In the village, there was a woodcutter named Liu Hai. He was a steadfast woodcutter and lived with his mother. He made a…

The Peony Pavilion

5.8

A high school student and a pop singer meld reality with fiction as they both fantasize themselves as characters in a Ming dynasty tale of seduction - “The Peony Pavilion”. (Source: Letterboxd)

Gu Yan Wu

In 1682, Gu Yan Wu attempted to return home but fell from his horse due to old age. In his final moments, he recalled his life: witnessing the fall of the Southern Ming, vowing never to serve the Qing, and enduring imprisonment…

Turandot

8.3

The curse of the darkness where the sun does not rise has fallen on the world, and Turandot, who has a cold heart, receives proposals from many men for his beautiful beauty. She comes up with three riddles as a condition…

Lord Jia Qing and the Journey to Taiwan

Yang San Jie Gao Zhuang

It tells the story of a murder case that shocked both the government and the public at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. In order to avenge her sister who died tragically, the young…

The Female Prince

The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic after Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. Helmed by Chow Sze-loke and written by Chang Cheh, the story revolved around two intellectual…

Mao Zi Pei Chuang Gong

Set in the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, it tells the love story between Mao Zi Pei, the son of an imperial censor, and Xue Mei. After Xue Mei is forcibly selected to enter the palace, she remains steadfast in…

The Butterfly Spirit

The story is set in the palace with intrigues between the emperor, empress and concubines in his desire to have a male heir. ~~ Adapted from the opera "Butterfly Spirit" (七彩蝴蝶精).

A Wedding in the Dream

In the eleventh century, during the Song Dynasty, the Tartars captured a young woman, Han Yun Jang and a scholar, Cheng Peng Ju. During the invasion, they are separated. Yun Jang keeps a souvenir of Cheng - her shoe.…

The Pain of Separation

Scholar Miu Lin Sin leaves prostitute Mak Chau Kuen to join the army and to commemorate his love, Miu composes a ballad, "The Pain of Separation". Later, Miu searches far and wide for Mak to make her his wife. (Source:…

Dalagang Bukid

Dalagang Bukid is a story about a young flower vendor named Angelita , who is forced by her parents to marry a wealthy old man, Don Silvestre, despite her love for Cipriano, a law student. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from…