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Red Maid, the Matchmaker
Red Maid, the Matchmaker

Red Maid, the Matchmaker

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Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase her talents in making us laugh! She plays the spritely titled character, brandishing a fresh image. The film is an adaptation of the literary classic Romance of the Western Chamber, in which the Prime Minister's daughter (Law Yim-hing), under siege from rebel soldiers, is rescued by a plan formulated by a poor scholar (Law Kim-long), with whom she is in love. But her mother (Poon Yat On) reneges afterwards on her promise to let the rescuer marry the daughter, and the clever Red Maid steps up as go-between, devising a series of sharp-witted tactics to help the lovers.

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Status

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Runtime

105 mins

Rating

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Release Date

29 October 1958

Country

Hong Kong

Cast

Fong Yim-Fen

Fong Yim-Fen

Red Maid

Law Kim-Long

Law Kim-Long

Cheung Kwan-Shui

Law Yim-Hing

Law Yim-Hing

Chui Ang-Ang

Poon Yat-On

Poon Yat-On

Madam Chui

Lam Gam-Tong

Lam Gam-Tong

Foon Long (Young man the Foon)

Lau Hak-Suen

Lau Hak-Suen

Cheng Hang

Lau Siu-Man

Lau Siu-Man

Buddhist monk

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