The Mirror and the Lichee (1967)

Overview:
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.

Genre : Drama, History, Romance, Music

Actors : Ivy Ling Po, Fang Ying, Alison Chang Yen, Lee Ying, Ou-Yang Sha-Fei, Lydia Shum Tin-Ha, Pang Pang, Lui Ming

Release Date : 1967-11-09

Duration : 97 menit

Rating : ⭐ 8/10 (1 votes)