Red Maid, the Matchmaker

Oct 29, 1958

1h 45m

★ 0.0

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.

Genres

History

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

Tao Yuen Motion Picture Development Company

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Cast

Red Maid

Fong Yim-Fen

Cheung Kwan-Shui

Law Kim-Long

Chui Ang-Ang

Law Yim-Hing

Madam Chui

Poon Yat-On

Foon Long (Young man the Foon)

Lam Gam-Tong

Cheng Hang

Lau Hak-Suen

Buddhist monk

Lau Siu-Man

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