The Adulteress

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The Adulteress

1963

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The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.

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41 members

Acting

Li Li-Hua

Xiao Bai-Cai

Acting

關山

Yang Nai-Wu

Acting

Chu Mu

Ge Xiao-Da

Acting

Peter Yang Kwan

Liu Zi-He

Acting

杨志卿

Magistrate Liu Xi-Tong

Acting

Lee Wan-Chung

Wang Kui-Sheng

Acting

Chiang Kuang-Chao

Qian Bao-Sheng

Acting

Li Hsiang-Chun

Yang's Wife

Acting

歐陽莎菲

Yang Shou-Ying

Acting

Kao Pao-shu

Magistrate Liu's Wife

Acting

Su Hsiang

Ge Zu-De

Acting

李昆

Hsiao Hu-Tse

Acting

Yiu Kwang-Chao

Magistrate Pien Pao-Hsien

Acting

Hoh Ban

Governor Yang Chang-Chun

Acting

Ching Miao

Governor Kuai Ju-Hsiang

Acting

Ku Wen-Chung

Minister Hsia

Acting

Lee Ying

Prince

Acting

Ma Hsiao-Nung

Seventh Aunt

Acting

沈殿霞

Ko's Third Aunt

Acting

Hao Li-Jen

Chen De

Writing

Wong Chung

Wu's Friend

Acting

Fung Ngai

Wu's Friend

Directing

John Law Ma

Wu's Friend

Acting

Chan Chue

Wu's Friend

Acting

谷峰

Constable

Acting

Lan Wei-Lieh

Constable

Acting

Gam Tin-Chue

Constable

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張照

Court Torturer

Acting

Fung Ming

Court Torturer

Acting

Go Chiu

Court Torturer

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Angela Yu Chien

Magistrate Liu's Concubine

Acting

Jia Ling

Mrs Ko

Acting

文秀

Mrs Ko's Neighbor

Acting

凌漢

Gossiping Neighbor at Wake

Acting

張石庵

Curious Neighbor at Wake

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Chin Tsi-Ang

Mourner

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Ivy Ling Po

Xiao Bai-Cai (singing voice)

Acting

Chai Lam

Court Spectator

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Lam Yuen

Magistrate

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Chin Chun

Royal Decree Reader

Acting

Got Ping

Matchmaker

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