The Mirror and the Lichee(1967)
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: The Mirror and the Lichee
Top 10 Billed Cast
Chen Bo Qing / Chen San
Huang Bi Jun / Wu Niang
Yi Chun
Master Huang
Madam Huang
Chun Tao
Huang Gui
Master Lin Da Xiong
Lin Fu
Master Lu
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