Between Tears and Laughter
6.3
This is the story of three ladies who live together in an apartment in Hong Kong and what happens to them. First, there is Shuxian, whose husband left her and has a son in the hospital who can't walk. Then, there is Meifen, a romance novelist who pines for a deceased lover and, finally Manli, a young lady with some sass who is expecting a visit from Mr. Zheng, a man she has been a pen pal with for a year. She also has been dating someone else, not happily. The film goes through all three lives.
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Cast
32 people
Helen Li Mei
Peng Meifen
Also in
Calendar Girl
Death Traps
Kitty Ting Hao
Manli (as Hao Ding)
Also in
Devotion
Mambo Girl
Hao Chen
Mr. Jin
Huang Tang
Liuzhao Wang
Wang Liuzhao
Roy Chiao
Zheng Dajiang
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Bloodsport
Yuen Fang
Wang Lai
Zhao Shuxian
Known for
Pushing Hands
The Golden Lotus
Wang Zhao-Xi
Tin Ching
Li Jiahua
Known for
The Golden Lotus
Executioners from Shaolin
Xiao Shui
Lu Xiaohong
Tang Huang Director · Wang Liu-Chao Writer Wang Zhao-Xi Editor
First release November 10, 1960 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Production Cathay Organisation
Production
Motion Picture & General Investment Co., Ltd.
Production
Cathay Organisation
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
玉樓三鳳
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · November 10, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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