The Forbidden Past

Overview

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 16, 1976

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

Hong Kong

Production

Shaw Brothers

Cast

Lau Wai-Ling,Tsung Hua,Ching Li,Ling Yun,Si Wai,Chang Tzu-le

Director

Chor Yuen

Writer

Chor Yuen,John Yip

Producer

Chen Lieh,Runme Shaw

Cinematography

Wong Chit

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0079167