He Minzhuang (M. C. Noo) - as Madame Cui, the mother of Yingying
T. K. Kar - as wise student Zhang Gong
Tsao Yao Dein - as an old monk Fa Pen
Lee Wha Ming/Li Huamin - as Sung Fei Fu (Tiger Sun), the bandit king
Lu Ying Lang/Li Yinlan - as monk Wei Hing, the messenger with bō staff
Wang Longxi - as clever monk
Hu Chichang - as the White Horse General
Zhu Yaoting - as the stupid monk
Huang Ke - as the boy servant
Referencesedit
^ abc1927: "Romance of the Western Chamber" and Ancient Costume Movies. Accessed 26 October 2009.
Further readingedit
Harris K. (1999), "The Romance of the Western Chamber and the Classical Subject Film in 1920s Shanghai" in Zhang Y. (ed.), Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. pp. 51–73.
romance, western, chamber, film, romance, western, chamber, chinese, 西廂記, pinyin, xīxiāngjì, also, known, down, west, 1927, silent, chinese, film, drama, directed, romance, western, chamber1927, chinese, movie, posterdirected, byhou, yaowritten, byhou, yaoplay. Romance of the Western Chamber Chinese 西廂記 pinyin xixiangji also known as Way Down West is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao Romance of the Western Chamber1927 Chinese movie posterDirected byHou YaoWritten byHou YaoPlay Wang ShifuCinematographyLiang LinguangLai Man WaiProductioncompanyChina Sun Motion Picture Company Shanghai Release dates8 September 1927 Hangzhou Theater China 1 2007 USA Running time42 min orig 45 min 2007 DVD release CountryChinaLanguagesSilent filmWritten Chinese and French intertitlesScene from the film The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu Originally consisting of ten film reels only five have survived 1 The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka Contents 1 Cast 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksCast edit 1 Lim Cho Cho as Cui Yingying the daughter of the late Prime Minister Li Dandan as Hongniang the maidservant of yingying He Minzhuang M C Noo as Madame Cui the mother of Yingying T K Kar as wise student Zhang Gong Tsao Yao Dein as an old monk Fa Pen Lee Wha Ming Li Huamin as Sung Fei Fu Tiger Sun the bandit king Lu Ying Lang Li Yinlan as monk Wei Hing the messenger with bō staff Wang Longxi as clever monk Hu Chichang as the White Horse General Zhu Yaoting as the stupid monk Huang Ke as the boy servantReferences edit a b c 1927 Romance of the Western Chamber and Ancient Costume Movies Accessed 26 October 2009 Further reading editHarris K 1999 The Romance of the Western Chamber and the Classical Subject Film in 1920s Shanghai in Zhang Y ed Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai 1922 1943 Stanford CA Stanford University Press 1999 pp 51 73 External links editRomance of the Western Chamber at IMDb nbsp http www dvdtalk com silentdvd romance of the html nbsp This article related to a Chinese film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a silent drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Romance of the Western Chamber film amp oldid 1184860558, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
