Opera Omnibus
90 mins
Eight segments of opera films: Sheng Xinma performs a monologue from A King's Revenge (1955), followed by an excerpt of The Patriot's Sword (1958). Cibo Liang is featured in An Immortal Refuses Love (1958), and Yutang Bai appears in The Wonder Boy (1961). Segment five shows Xingbo Liang, Jiasheng Lin, and Cibo Liang in The Impartial Bao Gong (1967), while segment six is a performance by Northern opera actress Suqiu Yu. The last two are versions of Red Maid, The Matchmaker, first a 1958 film with Yanfen Fang and An Banri, followed by one titled The Little Go-Between, featuring Baobao Feng and Cibo Liang. It was originally double billed with South China Stars Special.
Zhigang Feng
Director
Tu Long
Director
Kwan Man Ching
Director
Chen Zhuosheng
Director
Yang Gongling
Director
Fung Fung
Director
Chen Zhuosheng
Writer
Feng Jing
Writer
Feng Yiwei
Director
Jiang You
Writer
Kwan Man Ching
Writer
Lu Chong
Writer
Tian Jin
Writer
Yang Gongling
Writer