The Mirror and the Lichee

The Mirror and the Lichee

97 mins | Drama, Romance, History, Music | Nov. 9, 1967

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.

The Mirror and the Lichee

97 mins | Drama, Romance, History, Music | Nov. 9, 1967

The Mirror and the Lichee
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.
Producers Shaw Brothers
Original title 新陳三五娘
Directors Kao Li
Writers Chen Die-Yi

Cast

Ivy Ling Po

as Chen Bo Qing/Chen San

Fang Ying

as Huang Bi Jun/Wu Niang

Alison Chang Yen

as Yi Chun

Lee Ying

as Master Huang

Ou-Yang Sha-Fei

as Madam Huang

Lydia Shum Tin-Ha

as Chun Tao

Pang Pang

as Huang Gui

Lui Ming

as Master Lin Da Xiong

Wu Ma

as Lin Fu

Tien Feng

as Master Lu

Shum Lo

as Uncle Li

Hao Li-Jen

as Master Lu's servant

On Wai-Lin

as Master Huang's son

Chan Ho

as Tutor Meng