The Forbidden Past

The Forbidden Past (1976)


  • Genre: Romance, Drama
  • Release Date: 1976-12-16
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Language: 普通话
  • Production Company: Shaw Brothers
  • Production Country: Hong Kong
  • Director: Chor Yuen
star 5.7/10
From 3 Ratings

Summary

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

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  • Ching Li

    as Julie
  • Ling Yun

    as Lo Wei / Paul Zhou
  • Chang Tzu-le

    as Nien Tzu
  • Tsung Hua

    as Tzen Hwa
  • Si Wai

    as Alan
  • Lau Wai-Ling

    as Marie
Directing Chor Yuen Director
Writing John Yip Original Story
Writing Chor Yuen Screenplay
Camera Huang Chieh Director of Photography
Editing Chiang Hsing-Lung Editor
Production Runme Shaw Producer
Production Chen Lieh Executive Producer

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