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Jade Love (1984)
Director: Chang Yi
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An affecting and well-acted period melodrama, based on a Chinese short story but suspiciously similar to The Go-Between, right down to a climactic glimpse of coitus. It's about a spoiled young brat who becomes the unwitting messenger between his adored nanny and her mysteriously reclusive 'brother'. The atmosphere is rather cloyingly literary, doubtless because the youngish director (rallying from two recent flops) was determined to prove his 'cultural' mettle. Still, accomplished in its backward-looking way.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Chang Yi
Producer: Li Hsing
Cast: Yang Hui-shan, Juang Sheng-t'ien, Ling Ting-feng full cast
Duration: 104 mins
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