The Mirror and the Lichee (1967)

November. 09,1967

5.1

| Drama History Music Romance

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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.

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Ivy Ling Po as Chen Bo Qing/Chen San

[2004] Rice Rhapsody [2003] Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio [1987] Golden Swallow [1975] The Empress Dowager [1972] Finger of Doom [1972] The 14 Amazons

Fang Ying as Huang Bi Jun/Wu Niang

[1970] The Iron Buddha [1968] Gun Brothers [1968] The Land of Many Perfumes [1967] The Mirror and the Lichee [1967] Auntie Lan [1965] The West Chamber

Lee Ying as Master Huang

[1977] The Green Dragon Inn [1971] Deaf and Mute Heroine [1967] The Mirror and the Lichee [1967] The Dragon Creek [1966] The Monkey Goes West [1966] Sweet and Wild

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Palaest

1967/11/09

recommended

SoftInloveRox

1967/11/10

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Phonearl

1967/11/11

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Hattie

1967/11/12

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

The Mirror and the Lichee (1967)

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