Red Maid, the Matchmaker
Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase her talents in making us laugh! She plays the spritely titled character, brandishing a fresh image. The film is an adaptation of the literary classic Romance of the Western Chamber, in which the Prime Minister's daughter (Law Yim-hing), under siege from rebel soldiers, is rescued by a plan formulated by a poor scholar (Law Kim-long), with whom she is in love. But her mother (Poon Yat On) reneges afterwards on her promise to let the rescuer marry the daughter, and the clever Red Maid steps up as go-between, devising a series of sharp-witted tactics to help the lovers.
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Fong Yim-Fen
Red Maid
Also in
Backyard Adventures
A Perfect Match
Law Kim-Long
Cheung Kwan-Shui
Also in
Backyard Adventures
Woman Ghost
Law Yim-Hing
Chui Ang-Ang
Also in
My Kingdom for a Husband
Our Big Sister
Poon Yat-On
Madam Chui
Also in
Two Fools capture a Ghost
The Flying Head Princess
Lam Gam-Tong
Foon Long (Young man the Foon)
Also in
No Money No Talk
Supreme Sword
Lau Hak-suen
Cheng Hang
Known for
Project A
Lau Siu-Man
Buddhist monk
Also in
The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine
The Random Harvest
Lung To Director · Fung King Screenplay Lo Kei-Heung Editor
First release October 29, 1958 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 紅娘
Production
Tao Yuen Motion Picture Development Company
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Languages
Original title
紅娘
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · October 29, 1958
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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