The Mirror and the Lichee
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.
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Top Cast
Ivy Ling Po
Chen Bo Qing / Chen San
Fang Ying
Huang Bi Jun / Wu Niang
Alison Chang Yen
Yi Chun
Lee Ying
Master Huang
Ou-Yang Sha-Fei
Madam Huang
Lydia Shum Tin-Ha
Chun Tao
Pang Pang
Huang Gui
Lui Ming
Master Lin Da Xiong
Wu Ma
Lin Fu
Tien Feng
Master Lu
Shum Lo
Uncle Li
Hao Li-Jen
Master Lu's Servant
On Wai-Lin
Master Huang's Son
Chan Ho
Tutor Meng
