Song of the Exile (1990) Ke tu qiu hen (original title)

Director:

Ann Hui

Writer:

Nien-Jen Wu

Release Date:

27 April 1990 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After the Sino-Japanese War, Kwei Dz, one of the family members of Japanese soldiers accepted a Chinese officer's proposal and remained in China...

Plot Keywords:

Mother Daughter Relationship | Flashback | Title Directed By Female | Family Relationships | Cross Cultural Relations

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Maggie Cheung	...	Cheung Hueyin
Tan Lang Jachi Tian
Waise Lee	...	Mr. Cheung
Zi Xiong Li
Hsiao-fen Lu	...	Aiko (as Xiao Feng Lu)
Feng Tien	...	Hueyin's Grandfather (as Feng Tian)
Xiany Xiao
Tinlan Yang
Quinzi Yinjian

Directed by
Ann Hui

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nien-Jen Wu

Produced by
Nai Chung Chou	....	executive producer
King Hu	....	producer
Deng Fei Lin	....	executive producer
Yu Wang	....	producer

Original Music by
Yang Chen

Cinematography by
Zhiwen Zhong

Film Editing by
Yee Shun Wong		(as Yishun Wang)

Production Design by
Zhongwen Xi

Costume Design by
Gufang Chen

Production Management
Fengping Mu	....	production manager

Sound Department
Curtis Choy	....	production sound mixer
You-tien Chung	....	sound recording: present day
Chiang-Sheng Hsin	....	sound recording: taiwan
Yu Ting	....	dubbing editor: cantonese
Li Wu	....	dubbing editor: mandarin
Wai-jin Yeung	....	sound recording: cantonese

Other crew
Chi-pin Chao	....	planner
Jing-tung Fang	....	planner
Kei Shu	....	overseas advisor
Kang-yung Tsai	....	planner
Shu-ying Wang	....	planner
Tetsuo Yamashita	....	translator: Japanese

Production Companies

• Cos Group

Distributors

• Kino International (1991) (USA) (subtitled)

Also Known As:

"Ke tu qiu hen" - Hong Kong (original title)
"Autumnal Lament in Exile" - Asia (English title)

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

Hong Kong | Taiwan

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Cos Group

Sad, moving and beautiful... Ann Hui's finest of films

This is one of my favorite films, I've seen it five times. A beautiful film by Ann Hui about a Cantonese girl Hueyin (Maggie Cheung) trying to be friends with her Japanese mother. Hueyin goes to Japan with her mother and there they get to know their differences and eventually understand each other. I think they understood each other the most when her mother talked of the Sino-Japanese war to Hueyin and how she and her father met. To me that was the one of the most well-acted scenes in the film. The music went well with each sad and reminiscent scene in the film, which I guess was mostly what added the drama to it. I hope Ann Hui makes more good films like this one.