The Forbidden Past

The Forbidden Past

1976/12/16 • Released • Mandarin

Romance
Drama
5.7
1h 21m

Overview

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.

Director : Chor Yuen

Casts
Ching Li

Ching Li

Julie

Ling Yun

Ling Yun

Lo Wei / Paul Zhou

Chang Tzu-le

Nien Tzu

Tsung Hua

Tsung Hua

Tzen Hwa

Si Wai

Si Wai

Alan

Lau Wai-Ling

Lau Wai-Ling

Marie

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