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Ye ban ge sheng (1995)

100 min  -  Drama | Music | Romance   -  22 July 1995 (Hong Kong)
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In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed... See full summary »

Director:

Ronny Yu

Writers:

Roy Szeto, Ronny Yu, and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Leslie Cheung, Lei Huang and Philip Kwok
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Cast

Credited cast:
Leslie Cheung Leslie Cheung ...
Lei Huang Lei Huang ...
Wei Qing
Philip Kwok Philip Kwok
Fong Pao Fong Pao ...
Zhao
Roy Szeto Roy Szeto ...
Zhao Jum
Chien-lien Wu Chien-lien Wu ...
Yun Yan
Liwen Yu Liwen Yu ...
Agent in 1926
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In 1936 China, a nearly bankrupt drama troupe starts performing in a burned-out theater where the great actor Song Danping was killed. One of the actors, Wei Qing, starts seeing strange apparitions that could revive his troupe and deliver him to the same fate as Song Danping. Written by Erik Gregersen <erik@astro.as.utexas.edu>  

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Song | Lifting Female In Air | Lifting Someone Into The Air | Reflection | Costume  | See more »

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Drama | Music | Romance

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Country:

Hong Kong | Singapore

Language:

Mandarin | Cantonese

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Also Known As:

The Phantom Lover See more »

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

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Mandarin Films Distribution Co., Mandarin Films, Sil-Metropole Organisation See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

This epic Leslie Cheung vehicle is one of the most elaborate and expensive Hong Kong-Mainland co-productions for its time. The time-tested material was adapted from classic horror-mystery writer Szema Wei-Bang's Chinese interpretation of "The Phantom of the Opera". Curiously "Phantom Lover" is the fourth screen remake of this classic tragedy/love story with a screen lineage dating back to the early days of pre-World War II Shanghai film studios. In modern Hong Kong cinema, the last telling of 'Ye ban ge sheng' prior to Ronny Yu's version was produced over 30 years ago by none other than Sir Run Run Shaw in his lavish black and white widescreen adaptation in "The Mid-nightmare" starring Golden Age screen idols Betty Loh-Ti (Love Eterne) and Chao Lei (Kingdom & The Beauty) in the lead roles. That version was released in two parts in 1962 and 1963 respectively. See more »

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Featured in Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998) See more »