Farewell My Concubine

Jan 1, 1993

2h 51m

★ 8.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Beijing Film Studio

China Film Co-Production Corp.

Tomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd.

Farewell My Concubine Trailers

Cast

Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi

Leslie Cheung

Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou

Zhang Fengyi

Juxian

Gong Li

Master Guan

Lü Qi

Manager

Ying Da

Master Yuan Shiqing

Ge You

Xiao Si

Lei Han

Zhang the Eunuch

Yi Di

Teenage Douzi

Yin Zhi

Young Douzi

Ma Mingwei

Teenage Shitou

Zhao Hailong

Young Shitou

Fei Zhenxiang

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