Everlasting Regret

Everlasting Regret

106 mins | Drama | Sept. 29, 2005

A film adaptation of Wang Anyi's popular and influential novel "Changhen Ge". A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive. A pretty young girl from an ordinary family, Qiyao is lucky enough to win the 2nd runner-up of the "Miss Shanghai" contest. Mr. Cheng, her admirer as well as a photographer who assists her to her success, knows the girl is going to live an extraordinary life.

Everlasting Regret

106 mins | Drama | Sept. 29, 2005

Everlasting Regret
A film adaptation of Wang Anyi's popular and influential novel "Changhen Ge". A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive. A pretty young girl from an ordinary family, Qiyao is lucky enough to win the 2nd runner-up of the "Miss Shanghai" contest. Mr. Cheng, her admirer as well as a photographer who assists her to her success, knows the girl is going to live an extraordinary life.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers
Original title 長恨歌
Directors Stanley Kwan
Writers Elmond Yeung, Anyi Wang, Xiangdong Gong

Cast

Sammi Cheng

as Wang Qiyao

Tony Leung Ka-fai

as Mr. Cheng

Hu Jun

as Officer Li Zhong De

Daniel Wu

as Kang Ming Xun

Huang Jue

as Kela

Sophie Su Yan

as Lili Jiang

Wu Hai-Re

as Lili's Cousin

Huang Yi

as Weiwei

Yumiko Cheng

as Zhang Yong Hong

Wu Jing

as Mrs Wang

Elsa Chan Kit-Ling

as Mrs Wang's Housekeeper

Yolande Yau Pui-Ling

as Yao's Aunt

Cheng Haofeng

as Yao's Cousin

Wang Wei-Hua

as Officer Li's Deputy

Liu Zhi-Yun

as Boss Wei

Yang Zhi Ping

as Nightclub Manager

Cai Gang

as Master Four

Wu Li

as Ms. Mu