Song Of The Exile (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region All

In Song of the Exile, renowned Hong Kong director Ann Hui tells us a sentimental story that is partially based on her own life story. The film, made in 1990, stars acclaimed actress Maggie Cheung, Asia Pacific Film Festival Best Actress Lu Hsiao-fen (Osmanthus Alley), and Hong Kong actor Waise Lee (A Better Tomorrow). The highly acclaimed film received several nominations in the Hong Kong Film Awards, and won Best Original Screenplay at the 27th Golden Horse Awards for Wu Nien-jen's script.

Shot in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, and the UK, the film is a sweeping tale of love and understanding between a daughter and her mother. After the World War II ended, Japanese girl Aiko (Lu Hsiao-fen) married a Chinese military officer against the wish of her family, but her husband soon moved to Hong Kong, leaving her alone in China. Aiko's relationship with her elder daughter Hueyin (Maggie Cheung) had been estranged, until they visited her hometown in Japan together for the first time, when Hueyin finally understood what it felt like to be an exile in a strange land.

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Product Title:	Song Of The Exile (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) 客途秋恨 (DVD) (香港版) 客途秋恨 (DVD) (香港版) Song Of The Exile (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) Song Of The Exile (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s):	Maggie Cheung Man Yuk (Actor) | Waise Lee (Actor) | Lu Hsiao Fen (Actor) | Wu Nien Jen | Tien Feng | Xiao Xiang 張 曼玉 (Actor) | 李子雄 (Actor) | 陸 小芬 (Actor) | 吳 念真 | 田豐 | 蕭湘 张 曼玉 (Actor) | 李子雄 (Actor) | 陆 小芬 (Actor) | 吴 念真 | 田丰 | 萧湘 張曼玉 （マギー・チャン） (Actor) | 李子雄（レイ・チーホン） (Actor) | Lu Hsiao Fen (Actor) | 呉念真（ウー・ニェンチェン） | 田豊（ティエン・ファン） | Xiao Xiang 장만옥 (Actor) | Waise Lee (Actor) | Lu Hsiao Fen (Actor) | Wu Nien Jen | Tien Feng | Xiao Xiang
Director:	Ann Hui 許鞍華 许鞍华 許鞍華（アン・ホイ） Ann Hui
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Release Date:	2009-04-16
Language:	Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Taiwan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	All Region What is it?
Duration:	96 (mins)
Publisher:	Kam & Ronson Enterprises Co Ltd
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1019607612

Director: Hui On Wa
Screenplay: Wu Nian Zhen

Hui-Yan (Maggie Cheung), who doesn't get on well with her mother since young, comes back home from abroad for attending her younger sister's marriage.

After her sister's emigration, Yan has no choice but to accompany her mother (Luk Siu-Fan) back to her hometown, Beppu, Japan. Being unaccommodated in a country with different language and living customs, Yan finally gets to know the loneliness and helplessness of her mother throughout the years with her husband's parents. It makes her to give a reappraisal to her mother.

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