Forever Enthralled
Original Title
Mei Lanfang- Director: Kaige Chen
- Writer: Kaige Chen; Geling Yan
- Producer: Jiayi Du; Sanping Han
CGiii Comment
It's difficult not to compare this with the wonderful Farewell My Concubine...
It's practically the same film - only, an inferior duplicate.
To Western ears, one Chinese opera sounds exactly the same as any other Chinese opera - watch Farewell and marvel...don't bother with this plodding, overly-camp effort.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.
Cast & Characters
Leon Lai as Mei Lanfang;
Ziyi Zhang as Meng Xiaodong;
Honglei Sun as Qiu Rubai;
Hong Chen as Fu zhifang;
Masanobu Ando as Ryuichi Tanaka;
Yanjun Bi as Mei Yu-tian;
Bin Li as Qiu's Mother;
Mingchen Li as Lao Song;
Shengsu Li as Yan Huizhu;
Jingxi Liu as Mei's Grandmother