backdrop_path

    The Legend of the Purple Hairpin

    113'

    1977-02-12

    N/A

    Drama,Music

    Overview:

    Based in Chinese opera, the film tells the story of a young scholar in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yi who travels to the capital Changan to take the national civil examination. During the Lantern Festival, he encounters Huo Xiaoyu in the night market and picks up the purple hairpin she leaves behind by chance. Using the hairpin as a token of love, Li proposes to her on that same night. However, “the course of true love never did run smooth.” With the assistance of a mysterious man in the yellow robe (Huangshanke), together they have to fight against the wicked plot of Official Lu.

    DirectingLee Tit

    Cast

    1

    Lung Kim-Sang

    1

    Mui Suet See

    1

    Jue Kim-Daan

    1

    Yin Suet-Fan

    1

    Leung Sing Poh

    1

    Liang Tsi-Pak

    1

    Wan Fei-Yin

    1

    Lee Fung

    1

    Chu Siu-Boh

    3

    Helena Law Lan

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Hong Kong
    • List of languages:
      1. Cantonese
    • List of companies:
      1. Gin Shing Film Company
      2. Golden Phoenix
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.3201
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:紫釵記

    Recommndations

    5.8

    Taurus

    A rising but troubled musician...

    6

    Grace Unplugged

    A talented young singer and aspiring...

    6.4

    Too Late Blues

    Ghost is an ideological musician and...

    6.1

    Coda

    A famous pianist at the twilight of...

    6.2

    A

    A young alcoholic ambient musician...

    7

    Thirty Two Short Films...

    A collection of vignettes...

    6.8

    Battle of the Year

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to...

    6.9

    Honey: Rise Up and Dance

    Street dancer Skyler comes out of the...

    6.5

    Mo' Better Blues

    Talented but self-centered trumpeter...

    5.9

    Honeydripper

    In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the...

    6.4

    The Mambo Kings

    The Mambo Kings tells the story of...

    6.3

    Beyond the Sea

    Based on the life and career of...

    6.5

    Hounddog

    A drama set in the American South,...

    6.7

    A Time for Dancing

    Their love of dance, and their...

    8.3

    Clika

    Aspiring small-town musician Chito is...

    6.7

    To Write Love on Her Arms

    The story follows 19-year-old Renee...

    6.1

    Wild Style

    Legendary New York graffiti artist...

    6.7

    Suburbia

    When household tensions and a sense...

    6.0

    Teen Spirit

    A shy teenager living on the Isle of...

    6.2

    Rogue Agent

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an...