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In 337 A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. There, she falls in love with a poor, but handsome and industrious young man.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 73GoodWatch 73
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 47 min
A typical length for romances
typical 107107Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Released
1994
August 13, 1994
32 years ago
Genres
RomanceDramaFamilyFantasyLanguage
cn
Original language
Also spoken
ChineseMade in
Hong Kong SAR China
Directing · 1
- Tsui Hark Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Sharon Hui Writer
Production · 1
- Raymond Chow Producer
Camera · 1
- David Chung Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Marco Mak Chi-Sin Editor
- Huang Cheng-hsiang Editor
Sound · 4
- James Wong Jim Original Music Composer
- Mark Lui Original Music Composer
- Raymond Wong Ying-Wah Original Music Composer
- William Wu Wai-lap Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- William Chang Suk-Ping Art Direction
- Joel Chong Kwok-Wing Art Direction
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