Summary
The epic story Mei Lanfang, who overcame the prejudice against artists in 1930s China to become the country's greatest opera star.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 65GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.7
Audience score62%
Box office
1.2×its budget
- Budget
- $15 M
- Worldwide
- $18 M
Worldwide it earned $3 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 26 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +37 min on the typical 109
typical 109146Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
2008
December 5, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryLanguage
Chinese
Original language
Also spoken
JapaneseMade in
China
Hong Kong SAR China
Taiwan
15 of 15
Leon Lai MingMei Lanfang
Zhang ZiyiMeng Xiaodong
Sun HongleiQiu Rubai
Chen HongFu Zhifang
Yu ShaoqunYoung Mei Lanfang
Wang XueqiShi San
Masanobu AndoRyuichi Tanaka
Pan YuemingZhi Huifang
Yin ZhiWang Weichen
Li BinQiu's Mother
Wu GangFei Er Ye
Ying DaFeng Zi-guang
Zhang ShaohuaSong Ma
Gillian ChungYoung Fu Zhifang
Shi XiaomanMa San
Directing · 2
- Chen Kaige Director, Screenplay
- Fei Zhenxiang Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Yan Geling Screenplay
- Chen Kuofu Screenplay
Camera · 1
- Zhao Xiaoshi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Zhou Ying Editor
Sound · 1
- Zhao Jiping Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- William Chang Suk-Ping Production Design
- Liu Qing Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Tongxun Chen Costume Design
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