Farewell My Concubine (1993)

01/01/1993 (CN) • 2h 51m

Drama

The passionate triangle of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them!

Overview

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Top Billed Cast

Leslie Cheung

Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi

Zhang Fengyi

Duan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou

Gong Li

Juxian

Lü Qi

Master Guan

Ying Da

Manager

Ge You

Master Yuan Shiqing

Lei Han

Xiao Si

Tong Di

Zhang the Eunuch

Yin Zhi

Teenage Douzi


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Status

Released

Original Language

Mandarin

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$6,400,000.00

Keywords

china

society

transvestite

cultural revolution

woman between two men

best friend

beijing, china

lgbt

chinese opera

female impersonator

severed finger

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