Romance of the Western Chamber (film)

Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西廂記; pinyin: xīxiāngjì), also known as Way Down West, is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao.

Romance of the Western Chamber
1927 Chinese movie poster
Directed byHou Yao
Written byHou Yao
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Wang Shifu
CinematographyLiang Linguang
Lai Man-Wai
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Release dates
Running time
42 min. (orig.)
45 min. (2007 DVD release)
CountryChina
LanguagesSilent film
Written Chinese and French intertitles
Scene from the film.

The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the Western Chamber by Wang Shifu.

Originally consisting of ten film reels, only five have survived.[1]

The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.

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Further reading

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  • Harris K. (1999), "The Romance of the Western Chamber and the Classical Subject Film in 1920s Shanghai" in Zhang Y. (ed.), Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. pp. 51–73.
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