Huo shao yuan ming yuan

1983
1h 28m

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Tony Ka Fai Leung in Huo shao yuan ming yuan (1983)

Dramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and Frenc... Read allDramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and French troops.Dramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and French troops.

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Xiaoqing Liu

Yulan
(as Hiu Hing Lau)

Tony Ka Fai Leung

Emperor Xian Feng

Ye Chen

Cian
(as Wah Chan)

Kun Xiang

Shu Shun
(as Kwan Hong)

Zu-lin Jiang

The imperial doctor

Yansheng Liang

Gui Liang

Qian Lu

Yang Meng

Wanling Pang

Harry

Minyi Wang

Sheng Bao

Zhong Wang

Zai Qun

Yuan Xie

Zhang Wen-liang

Qingyu Yan

Shuang Xi
(as Qing Yan)

Xue Yang

Qing Bing

Liwen Yu

Du Han

Shuyi Zhang

Zai Qun (child)

Tielin Zhang

Yi Qing

Zhenyao Zheng

Fu Cai Shi

Director
- Han Hsiang Li
Writers
- Han Hsiang Li
- Cunbin Yang
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Wonderful depiction of Chinese civilization at a certain moment in time

Wonderful depiction of Chinese culture at a particular moment in history. Beautiful song by the concubine who wins the Emperor's heart, and eventually becomes his Number 1. There's a battle between the British and the Chinese...but the Chinese are just on horseback, and they are mowed down by rifles and cannonballs.

Wonderful scene in which the losing General challenges the winning British general to a personal fight, and throws him into a pond. But this leads to the burning of the palace.

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Very good historical account for this docudrama

This film gave an accurate depiction on how Ci Xi, who was commonly known as Empress Dowager, came to power during the Second Opium War. Her rise to power begun with the blood coup, which ensured her reign on China for more than half a century. This movie is also one of the first jointly made by Hong Kong and China after the Cultural Revolution.

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Trivia
The role of the emperor was the first feature film role for Tony Ka Fai Leung (aka Tony Leung) which started a career that included over 80 feature films in only 20 years.