This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50's and 60's. Mei-Hsia is from the most prominent family in town. Yun-Lang works in the local peasant assocation. They like each other, but Mei-Hsia is afraid to tell her mother about their seeing each other. They wait till Yun-Lang sends a matchmaker to Mei-Hsia's family. There was no way that Mei-Hsia's family would agree to their marriage. Mei-Hsia's parents send her to a relative in the northeast of Keelung, in an attempt to stop them from seeing each other, but Yun-Lang follows her there. Mei-Hsia's relative doesn't stop them until Mei-Hsia's mother finds out. Now their love is an open affair. This time, it's the Mei-Hsias turn to propose a marriage between the two families. To everyone's surprise, the Yun-Langs turn it down. Mei-Hsia and Yun-Lang planned to elope, but they failed. She kills herself. At last, Yun-Lang can call Mei-Hsia his wife by marring her memorial tablet.
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Yang Chieh-mei
Mei-Hsia
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My Little Princess
Dream of the Red Chamber
Yang Ching-huang
Yun-Lang
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Taiwan Ah-Shing
Spirit Love
Chen Chiu-Yen
Mei-Hsia's mother
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Ah Fei
Journey Across the Mainland
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Yun-Lang's mother
Known for
Little Big Women
Dust in the Wind
Wu Min
Also in
The Gangster's Daughter
Sun Flowers
Chen Kun-hou Director · Chu Tien-wen Writer Ting Ya-min Writer
First release August 23, 1985 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 結婚
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Taiwan
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Original title
結婚
Original language
Chinese
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Chinese
Release dates
Taiwan · August 23, 1985
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No release date listed for United States.
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