Diao Charn (1958) (original) (raw)
The Shaw Brothers's first color film, a huangmei musical based on the story from Romance of the Three Kingdoms about the woman who tempted the great general L� Bu into murdering his patron and father-in-law, the usurping Prime Minister Dong Zhuo in the latter days of the Han Dynasty.
Linda Lin Dai is pretty magnificent as one of the Four Great Beauties of Ancient China, a Dietrichean woman resolute in her determination to assassinate the cruel and illegitimate rulers of her kingdom yet innocent enough to fall in love with the man she's manipulating.
The Shaw Brothers's first color film, a huangmei musical based on the story from Romance of the Three Kingdoms about the woman who tempted the great general L� Bu into murdering his patron and father-in-law, the usurping Prime Minister Dong Zhuo in the latter days of the Han Dynasty.
Linda Lin Dai is pretty magnificent as one of the Four Great Beauties of Ancient China, a Dietrichean woman resolute in her determination to assassinate the cruel and illegitimate rulers of her kingdom yet innocent enough to fall in love with the man she's manipulating. (less)
Director: Han Hsiang Li
Writer: Li Kao
Starring: Dai Lin, Lei Zhao, Chin Chun, Yun-Wu Li, Yunzhong Li, Ho Li-Jen
Producers: Runde Shaw, Guang Er
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