The Forbidden Past (1976)
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.
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Ching Li
as Julie
Ching Li or Jing Li (Chinese: 井莉, 29 October 1945 – 9 December 2017) was a Hong Kong actress popular in the 1970s. She appeared in more than 60 films, mostly by Shaw Brothers Studio. Daughter of actor...
Tsung Hua
as Tzen Hwa
Born April 2, 1944 as Zhou Zhong-Zhi, Tsung Hua's family was originally from Shantung Province. A lover of the art of film, after finishing a college degree, Tsung joined Shaw Brothers and immediately...
Si Wai
as Alan
Lau Wai-Ling
as Marie
Lau Wai-Ling (Chinese: 劉慧玲, born 17 March 1951) is a Hong Kong actress..
Director
Chor Yuen
Cast
Ching Li, Ling Yun, Chang Tzu-le, Tsung Hua, Si Wai, Lau Wai-Ling
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