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The Tormented Beauty

Jan 9, 1958

1h 26m

★ 0.0

Overview

Guerrilla member Ting Siu-yuen works as a playwright and Lee, the leader of an opera troupe. They conceal their identities in the troupe in order to gather military intelligence. Yuen gradually falls in love with the lead actress Mui Law-heung. Ting is unsettled to learn that County Chief Fong covets Mui. He sneaks into Fong's residence and is astounded by the sight of his old lover Pak Kuen, now Fong's wife. Fong colludes with the military chief in conducting vicious schemes. With Kuen's help, Yuen is able to get the intelligence. But as Heung is not an insider, she reports to the Governor about the illicit relationship between Yuen and Kuen. Kuen backs Yuen to eliminate the conspirators and bring about the union of Yuen and Heung.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

The Union Film Enterprise Ltd.

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Cast

Mui Law-heung

Luolian Zi

Pak Kuen

Siu Yin-Fei

Troupe Leader Lee

Wong Cho-San

Ping Gu

Yip Ping

Chief Kam

Fung Fung

County Chief Fong

Lee Pang-Fei

Mei Tsim-Heung

Chan Ho-Kau

Mui Law-Heung, child

Ng Ka-Lai

Ah Cheng

Heung Hoi

Pak Kuen, child

Wong Mei-Mei

Army chief

Lam Yuen

Secretary Chan

Wong Yee

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