english title | The Lotus Lamp |
original title | 寶蓮燈 |
year | 1965 |
country | Hong-Kong |
director | Griffin YUEH Feng - 岳楓 | |
actor | CHING Miao | |
Allyson CHANG Yen | ||
LEE Kwan | ||
TIEN Feng | Erh Lang | |
LI Ching | ||
CHENG Pei-Pei - 鄭佩佩 | ||
Lydia SHUM Tin-Ha - 沈殿霞 | Chin Kuan Bao | |
Linda LIN Dai - 林黛 | Chen Hsiang | |
producer | Run Run SHAW | |
scriptwriter | Griffin YUEH Feng - 岳楓 |
duration | 99 mins |
shooting studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Movie Queen - Linda Lin Dai plays both mother and son in this fanciful fable. Linda is a goddess who falls in love with a young scholar (Cheng Pei-pei, in her debut role) and gives birth to a baby son. Fast forward fourteen years, and the son (played by Linda Lin Dai) seeks to unravel the mystery behind his mysterious mother and the mythical lotus lamp. The lavish production took over two years to complete and was not released till the first anniversary of Linda's tragic suicide.