Diau Charn (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) VCD

In forty plus years of filmmaking, Shaw Brothers auteur Li Han Hsiang left an indelible stamp on Hong Kong cinema, most notably with his elegant period pieces. His Huangmei operas from the 1950s and 1960s represent a timeless genre, aesthetic, and atmosphere that resonate today as much as they did fifty years ago. Li's 1958 Huangmei opera classic Diau Charn not only broke box office records with receipts of over HKD300,000, it also triumphed at the 5th Asia Pacific Film Festival, winning five awards including Best Director and Best Actress. The critical and commercial success of Diau Charn opened the door for a string of Huangmei opera films, including Li's subsequent classics The Kingdom and The Beauty (1959), Yang Kwai Fei (1962), Empress Wu (1963), and of course The Love Eterne (1963). Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with iconic actress Linda Lin Dai (Lam Doi) in the titular role of Diau Charn, one of the four storied beauties of ancient China.

During the waning years of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), the Yellow Turban Revolution breaks out, leading to a series of external and internal revolts that shatter the royal family's power and usher in the rule of tyrannical warlord Dong Zhuo (Lo Wei). Dong eventually relocates to capital city Chang'an with puppet emperor Xian, leaving Luoyang in a blaze of fire that burns for three months. Displaced and orphaned by the pillage, young girl Hong Chang (Lin Dai) also leaves Luoyang, ending up in Chang'an where she is taken in as daughter by court official Wang Yun (Yeung Chi Hing) and renamed Diau Charn. Plotting to end Dong's tyrannical reign, Wang brings the beautiful Diau Charn to the inner courts. She becomes concubine to Dong and lover to Wang's son Lu Bu (Chao Lei), manipulating their infatuation with her to their own demise.

One of the great Chinese screen sirens of the 1950s and 1960s, Lin Dai starred in many other classic opera and musical films including Les Belles (1961), Madame White Snake (1962), and Li Han Hsiang's Wang Zhao Jun (1964) and The Kingdom and The Beauty. Lin Dai's silver screen career was tragically short cut in July 1964 when she committed suicide at the age of 29, sealing her tragic heroine image in cinematic memory.

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Product Title:	Diau Charn (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) 貂蟬 (VCD) (香港版) 貂蝉 (VCD) (香港版) Diau Charn (VCD) (Hong Kong Version) Diau Charn (VCD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Lam Doi (Actor) | Lo Wai (Actor) | Chao Lei (Actor) | Yeung Chi Hing (Actor) 林黛 (Actor) | 羅維 (Actor) | 趙雷 (Actor) | 楊志卿 (Actor) 林黛 (Actor) | 罗维 (Actor) | 赵雷 (Actor) | 杨志卿 (Actor) 林黛（リン・トイ） (Actor) | 羅維（ロー・ウェイ） (Actor) | Chao Lei (Actor) | Yeung Chi Hing (Actor) Lam Doi (Actor) | Lo Wai (Actor) | Chao Lei (Actor) | Yeung Chi Hing (Actor)
Director:	Li Han Hsiang 李翰祥 李翰祥 李翰祥（リー・ハンシャン） Li Han Hsiang
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Release Date:	2007-12-20
Language:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Publisher:	Intercontinental Video (HK)
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	170 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1005162235

送 林黛紀念特輯 VCD
隨《貂蟬》DVD/VCD 附送《絕黛風華─林黛紀念特輯》VCD*，
收錄超過１小時的節目，數量有限，送完即止﹗內容包括：
．林黛故居07年現貌
．馮寶寶、鄭佩佩及林黛弟弟程治平真情訪問
．全新剪輯《不了情》MV
．64年邵氏製作的林黛紀念特輯

絕大部份片段均從未曝光，極具珍藏價值，萬勿錯過。

導演︰李翰祥
Director: Li Han-hsiang

榮獲亞洲影展：
- 最佳女主角
- 亞洲影展最佳導演
- 最佳編劇
- 最佳音樂
- 最佳剪接

本片改編自《三國演義》之「連環計」，由四屆亞洲影后林黛飾演貂蟬。劇情講述漢朝末年，太師董卓(羅維 飾)專權禍國，諸侯群起聲討。忠臣王允(楊志卿 飾)利用貂蟬的美色，離間董卓和其義子呂布(趙雷 飾)，終使父子反目，呂布殺了董卓，並和貂蟬成為眷屬。

Awards:
Asian Film Festival (1958-5th) : Best Actress (Linda Lin Dai), Best Director (Li Han-hsiang), Best Screenplay (Kao Li), Best Film Editing (Chiang Hsing-loong), Best Music (Wang Shun)

Wang Chao-chun, Yang Gui-fei, Xi Shi and Diau Charn are China's best known classic beauties, all sacrificing their happiness for their emperor's good. Director Li Han-hsiang became famous making films about these "chaste ladies", Diau Charn being the first, which starred Shaw's first darling of film, Linda Lin Dai, who attained cult status after her suicidal death several years later.

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