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Drama

Farewell My Concubine

- The passionate story of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them.

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Release Date : 1993-01-01

Language :Mandarin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Beijing Film StudioChina Film Co-Production Corp.Tomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd.

Production Country : ChinaHong Kong

Alternative Titles : Farewell My Concubine

Cast

Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing

Character Name : Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi

Original Name : 張國榮

Gender : Male

Zhang Fengyi

Character Name : Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou

Original Name : 张丰毅

Gender : Male

Gong Li

Character Name : Juxian

Original Name : Gong Li

Gender : Female

Lü Qi

Character Name : Master Guan

Original Name : 陸奇

Gender : Male

Ying Da

Character Name : Manager

Original Name : Ying Da

Gender : Male

Ge You

Character Name : Master Yuan Shiqing

Original Name : 葛优

Gender : Male

Lei Han

Character Name : Xiao Si

Original Name : Lei Han

Gender : Male

Yi Di

Character Name : Zhang the Eunuch

Original Name : Yi Di

Gender : Male

Yin Zhi

Character Name : Teenage Douzi

Original Name : Yin Zhi

Gender : Male

Ma Mingwei

Character Name : Young Douzi

Original Name : 马明威

Gender : Male

Zhao Hailong

Character Name : Teenage Shitou

Original Name : 赵海龙

Gender : Male

Fei Zhenxiang

Character Name : Young Shitou

Original Name : Fei Zhenxiang

Gender : Male

Yang Yong Chao

Character Name : Young Xiao Laizi

Original Name : Yang Yong-Chao

Gender : Male

Huang Fei

Character Name : Old Master

Original Name : Huang Fei

Gender : Male

Jiang Wenli

Character Name : Douzi's Mother

Original Name : Jiang Wenli

Gender : Female

Zhi Yitong

Character Name : Aoki Saburo

Original Name : Zhi Yitong

Gender : Male

Li Chun

Character Name : Teenage Xiao Si

Original Name : Li Chun

Gender : Male

David Wu

Character Name : Red Guard

Original Name : 吳大維

Gender : Male

Shen Huifen

Character Name : Cai Feng

Original Name : Shen Huifen

Gender : Female

Huang Lei

Character Name : Little Hooligan

Original Name : Huang Lei

Gender : Male

Fang Zheng

Character Name : Client

Original Name : 方征

Gender : Male

Sui Yongqing

Character Name : Madam

Original Name : Sui Yong-Qing

Gender : Female

Yang Lixin

Character Name : Douzi (voice)

Original Name : 杨立新

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2022-11-12

**An excellent film.** I was really curious to see this movie, because as far as I can remember it was the first Chinese movie I saw. Before I saw it, I read a little about it, and I was quite impressed to see how the film did well in the West, and managed to infuriate Chinese Communist censors. However, I fear that I was not fully prepared for what awaited me. In fact, the film is truly brutal, in every sense of the word. Director Kaige Chen took a well-known and respected book for his film, but put all the focus on an almost visceral realism. The film is an epic that spans a large period of time, between 1924 and 1977, that is, very troubled years in Chinese history, which includes the entire period of war against Japan and the invasion of Manchuria, as well as the cultural revolution. Maoist. At the same time, it reveals the backstage of Cantonese opera, a traditional Chinese cultural style. In the film, two young apprentices live a cruel and unhappy life at the opera school, with daily beatings and various abuses, including sexual abuse. One of them will play the female characters in the stories, like a transvestite, since women are not allowed on stage. Throughout the film, there is a lot of confusion between life and art, and we often feel that these actors are mixing things up, living their characters in real life and transposing their real life to the stage. I don't know any of the actors in the cast, but I really liked their overall work, and the way they play opposite each other. The film also has extraordinary scenarios, full of realistic details, such as the construction of buildings, the lanterns. The actors' costumes also deserve applause, especially the characters in the opera, with all those fabrics and those strong face paints. Finally, a word for the wonderful cinematography, excellent opening credits and soundtrack.