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Romance of the Western Chamber (film)






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Romance of the Western Chamber
1927 Chinese movie poster
Directed byHou Yao
Written byHou Yao
Play:
Wang Shifu
CinematographyLiang Linguang
Lai Man-Wai

Production
company

China Sun Motion Picture Company (Shanghai)

Release dates

8 September 1927 (Hangzhou Theater, China)[1]
2007 (USA)

Running time

42 min. (orig.)
45 min. (2007 DVD release)
CountryChina
LanguagesSilent film
Written Chinese and French intertitles
Scene from the film.

Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西廂記; pinyin: xīxiāngjì), also known as Way Down West, is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao.

The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the Western ChamberbyWang Shifu.

Originally consisting of ten film reels, only five have survived.[1]

The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.

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