The Forbidden Past
6.3
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.
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Cast
12 people
Ching Li
Julie
Known for
The Boxer from Shantung
Ling Yun
Lo Wei / Paul Zhou
Also in
Death Duel
Legend of the Bat
Chor Yuen
Known for
Police Story
Thunderbolt
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Runme Shaw
Chang Tzu-le
Nien Tzu
No other roles listed
John Yip
Also in
Sex for Sale
Sex, Love and Hate
Tsung Hua
Tzen Hwa
Known for
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Si Wai
Alan
Also in
The Criminals
Souls of the Wind
Huang Chieh
Lau Wai-Ling
Marie
Known for
The Golden Lotus
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Chen Lieh
Chor Yuen Director · John Yip Story Wong Chit Cinematographer
First release December 16, 1976 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 小樓殘夢
Production
Shaw Brothers
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
小樓殘夢
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Singapore · December 16, 1976
Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China · November 29, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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