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Shaw Brothers Classic film fully restored
from the original film.
Running time minutes
The seminal Huangmei Opera adaptation from
Shaw, The Crimson Palm features the
unforgettable film song “Country Road” by Ivy
Ling Po. The story evolves around Lin Shao-the,
a poor student who was engaged to Chien-king
(Chin Ping), the daughter of billionaire Wang
Chun (Yu Kuan-chao). Yet Wang despised of his
future son-in-law’s upbringing and forced Lin
to withdraw. To support her lover for the exam,
Chien-king offered gold as Lin’s traveling
expenses and asked to meet him at midnight.
When Lin arrived as scheduled, all he could
find was the bloody corpse of Chien-king’s maid
(Li Ching)! Traumatized, Lin left a bloody
handprint accidentally on the door…
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