The Mirror and the Lichee
Overview
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.
About The Mirror and the Lichee (1967)
Released in 1967, The Mirror and the Lichee is a drama, history and romance film from Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong). It was directed by Kao Li and written by Chen Die-Yi. The cast is led by Ivy Ling Po, Fang Ying, Alison Chang Yen, Lee Ying and Ou-Yang Sha-Fei. With a runtime of 1h 37m, the film averages 8.0/10 across 1 TMDB ratings.
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