His Matrimony (1985)
This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50's and 60's. Mei-Hsia is from the most prominent family in town. Yun-Lang works in the local peasant assocation. They like each other, but Mei-Hsia is afraid to tell her mother about their seeing each other. They wait till Yun-Lang sends a matchmaker to Mei-Hsia's family. There was no way that Mei-Hsia's family would agree to their marriage. Mei-Hsia's parents send her to a relative in the northeast of Keelung, in an attempt to stop them from seeing each other, but Yun-Lang follows her there. Mei-Hsia's relative doesn't stop them until Mei-Hsia's mother finds out. Now their love is an open affair. This time, it's the Mei-Hsias turn to propose a marriage between the two families. To everyone's surprise, the Yun-Langs turn it down. Mei-Hsia and Yun-Lang planned to elope, but they failed. She kills herself. At last, Yun-Lang can call Mei-Hsia his wife by marring her memorial tablet.
Director: Chen Kun-hou
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Yang Chieh-mei as Mei-Hsia |
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Yang Ching-huang as Yun-Lang |
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Chen Chiu-Yen as Mei-Hsia's mother |
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Grace Chen as Yun-Lang's mother |
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Wu Min as |
| Directing | Chen Kun-hou | Director |
| Writing | Chu Tien-Wen | Writer |
| Writing | Ting Ya-min | Writer |
| Writing | Hsu Su-Chen | Writer |
| Camera | Chen Kun-hou | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Liao Ching-sung | Editor |
| Sound | Chen Yang | Original Music Composer |