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Shaw Brothers studios tackles the at-the-time controversial topic of single motherhood in the 1967 melodrama Auntie Lan. Fong Ying stars as Wen Lan, a recent college graduate who's due to marry her classmate He You Wi (Jimmy Wang Yu in a rare non-martial arts role). But He You Wi dies in a plane crash before the wedding, leaving Wen Lan both distraught AND pregnant with his unborn child. In a time when single motherhood was socially unacceptable, Wen Lan is faced with an uncertain and possibly marked future. Should she give up the child, and if she does will she ever forgive herself for the act? A dramatic and emotionally charged morality play, Auntie Lan is director Yueh Feng's complex and sensitive look at a conflict encompassing culture, gender, and generational difference. With difficult emotion and a heart-rending central performance from Fong Ying, Auntie Lan is an undeniably affecting drama told in the classic Shaw Brothers studio style.
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Product Title: Auntie Lan 蘭姨 兰姨 蘭姨 Auntie Lan
Artist Name(s): Jimmy Wang | Chang Chung | Qiao Zhuang | Lily Ho | Fong Ying 王羽 | 張沖 | 喬莊 | 何莉莉 | 方盈 王羽 | 张冲 | 乔庄 | 何莉莉 | 方盈 王羽(ジミー・ウォング) | 張沖 | Qiao Zhuang | 何莉莉(ホー・リーリー) | Fong Ying Jimmy Wang | Chang Chung | Qiao Zhuang | Lily Ho | Fong Ying
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Release Date: 2004-03-30
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Bahasa (Malaysia)
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher: Intercontinental Video (HK)
Package Weight: 130 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1003288336

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*Screen Format : Anamorphic
*Sound Mix : Mono
*DVD Type : N/A
*Extras : N/A

  有為(王羽)與敬平(喬莊)均愛上文蘭(方盈)敬平為成全好友,決心讓愛,離開香港。不料,有為意外身亡,但文蘭已懷了他的孩子。後文蘭認識了志成(張沖),並向她求婚,文蘭告之已有了孩子,志成退縮;剛巧,敬平回港遇到文蘭,兩人再墮愛河,文蘭恐敬平介意她產下私生女,送予姊姊撫養,孩子稱呼她做蘭姨……

  Illustrious director Yueh Feng tackles the sensitive issue of single motherhood. A young girl’s fiance dies in a plane crash before they are to be married. Compounding the shock, it turns out she is already pregnant with his child. At a time when a single woman with child is not respectable, the family convinces her to give the baby up for adoption. When a new man enters her life, will she tell him the truth or forever remain the child’s auntie Lan?
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.5 out of 10 (2)

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October 21, 2007

Fang Ying shines as Auntie Lan Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
What truly sets "Auntie Lan" apart from other Shaw Brothers' romantic dramas is not its unwed mother theme, but the understated, graceful way that the theme is handled. Credit goes to master director Yueh Feng for skillfully and smoothly helming this beautifully-told story.

Credit also goes to Fang Ying who is perfect in the role of the unwed mother. The three male leads, including Chiao Chuang, Chang Chung and Jimmy Wang Yu, also do admirable work as Fang Ying's suitors. Indeed, I believe that this is one of Chiao Chuang's finest roles.

In less skilled hands, this tale might have become a tawdry vehicle with much overbroad melodrama. Instead, "Auntie Lan" is a quietly soulful tale of a young woman who seeks to live a life of integrity after making a youthful mistake. I recommend this film very highly for a general audience.
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May 28, 2004

Fang Yin at her best! Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
I have never been a fan of Fang Yin. Indeed I have deemed her responsible for spoiling the huang mei musical A Maid From Heaven by lipsynching without expression the songs beautifully sung for her by Tsin Ting. However in this suberb drama, she turns her weaknesses as an actress into strengths as she plays an insecure, awkward, hesitant unwed mother.Her lack of confidence seems so natural here unlike her other roles where she has appeared glaringly underdeveloped as an actress opposite other more accomplished actresses like in Diary Of A Ladykiller. There is also wisdom and maturity in this movie shot in the 60s. The lesson to be learnt is that if someone really loves you, they will love the ones that you love even if it is an illegitimate child borne out of wedlock. 3 of Shaws top actors are her suitors.....Paul Chang Chung, Chiao Chuang and kungfu star Wang Yu in a rare drama role. Who will win her heart? Buy this movie on dvd or vcd and find out. I guarantee you will be pleased with your purchase!
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