Rouge of the North

Rouge of the North (1988)

Drama

In this drama, the harsh treatment of women in Chinese society is examined and subtly commented upon as it tells the tale of an impoverished woman living in Shanghai, circa 1910 who tries to support her brother and sister-in-law. A marriage to a wealthy man is arranged for her, and reluctantly she endures it, even though she does not love the man who is as cruel as he is wealthy. His mother is also brutally unkind to her. She then has a son, but her struggles are not over when her husband dies and only leaves her a modest inheritance. Her wretched life has made her bitter, and so she begins making her son suffer as she die; she also becomes addicted to opium.

Director: Fred Tan
Writer: Fred Tan

Casts

	Pat Ha Man-Jik as Yee Siu Lai
	Hsu Ming as
	Emily Y. Chang as
	Sha-Li Chen as Lai's aunt
	Ching-ting Hsia as
	Hsiao Ai as
	Hu Hsiang-Ping as
	Jack Kao as Lecherous brother-in-law
	Lee Ying as 九爷

Crew