Xueqin Cao

This movie is based on the famous 18th century Chinese novel with the same name, and that novel had been made into movies for several times.The movie was a box office disappointment proving that it was made at the wrong time: it was made in 1944, the year World War II ended and audience wanted something cheerful, but this novel/movie is a very tragic story and thus did not meet the taste of the public. (imdb)

The last Huangmei offering from Shaw studio is finally here! It was a very shrewd decision to cast Brigitte Lin, the reigning queen of the 70s Qiong Yao romances as Pao Yu and under the meticulous direction of Li Han Hsiang, she managed to pull it off and made this version of Pau Yu uniquely her own. Sylvia Chang has the esteemed role of Dai Yu but seemed miscast and tried too hard to make herself a tragic figure... (imdb)

Spring, 1949. Lin Daiyu has lost her father and come to live with her maternal grandmother. She falls in love with her cousin Jia Baoyu. In appearance, the Jia family is rich and prosperous. In reality, it is in dire financial straits. Jia Zheng, the elder, is hoping to enter into a banking business venture with a relative Xue Pan, with his son Baoyu act as manager. His daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng runs the family affairs and uses up the family's cash flow for issuing usurious loans... (imdb)

An Erotic version of the famed classic novel by Xueqin Cao. This is also one of the first screen appearances of the late great Leslie Cheung.

The decline of the Jia clan in imperial China. (imdb)