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The Mirror and the Lichee

Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.

Top Cast

  • Ivy Ling Po

    Ivy Ling Po

    Chen Bo Qing / Chen San

  • Fang Ying

    Fang Ying

    Huang Bi Jun / Wu Niang

  • Alison Chang Yen

    Alison Chang Yen

    Yi Chun

  • Lee Ying

    Lee Ying

    Master Huang

  • Ou-Yang Sha-Fei

    Ou-Yang Sha-Fei

    Madam Huang

  • Lydia Shum Tin-Ha

    Lydia Shum Tin-Ha

    Chun Tao

  • Pang Pang

    Pang Pang

    Huang Gui

  • Lui Ming

    Lui Ming

    Master Lin Da Xiong

  • Wu Ma

    Wu Ma

    Lin Fu

Overview

Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.

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