Red Maid, the Matchmaker (1958)
紅娘
Overview
Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase her talents in making us laugh! She plays the spritely titled character, brandishing a fresh image. The film is an adaptation of the literary classic Romance of the Western Chamber, in which the Prime Minister's daughter (Law Yim-hing), under siege from rebel soldiers, is rescued by a plan formulated by a poor scholar (Law Kim-long), with whom she is in love. But her mother (Poon Yat On) reneges afterwards on her promise to let the rescuer marry the daughter, and the clever Red Maid steps up as go-between, devising a series of sharp-witted tactics to help the lovers.
What is Red Maid, the Matchmaker about?
Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase her talents in making us laugh! She plays the spritely titled character, brandishing a fresh image. The film is an adaptation of the literary classic Romance of the Western Chamber, in which the Prime Minister's daughter (Law Yim-hing), under siege from rebel soldiers, is rescued by a plan formulated by a poor scholar (Law Kim-long), with whom she is in love. But her mother (Poon Yat On) reneges afterwards on her promise to let the rescuer marry the daughter, and the clever Red Maid steps up as go-between, devising a series of sharp-witted tactics to help the lovers. Red Maid, the Matchmaker is a History, Music, Comedy movie, released on 1958-10-29, runtime 105 minutes.
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Directed by
Lung To
Cast
- Fong Yim-Fen as Red Maid
- Law Kim-Long as Cheung Kwan-Shui
- Law Yim-Hing as Chui Ang-Ang
- Poon Yat-On as Madam Chui
- Lam Gam-Tong as Foon Long (Young man the Foon)
- Lau Hak-suen as Cheng Hang
- Lau Siu-Man as Buddhist monk
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