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Overview

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6.8/10   86 votes
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Director:

Kei Shu

Writers:

Raymond To (play)
Raymond To (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 April 1996 (Hong Kong) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama more

Plot:

Cross the Hu-du-men - the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera, and you leave... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations more

User Comments:

Beautiful, funny, touching. more (1 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Josephine Siao ... Lang Kim-Sum
Anita Yuen ... Yip Yuk-Sum
Daniel Chan Hiu Tung ... Wong Man-Chun
Waise Lee ... Lung
King-fai Chung ... Chan Yiu-Cho
Sikei Lee ... Laan
David Wu ... Director Lam
Heung Kam Lee ... Auntie Ming (Piano)
On Yon Tou ... Jo Jo
Greg Evans ... English Tutor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Entrance of the P-Side
Fu do moon (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Hu-Du-Men (Hong Kong: English title)
Stage Door
Tiger Pass Gate
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Runtime:

87 min | Hong Kong:98 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (video rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The term 'Hu-du-men' refers to the proscenium i.e. the boundary on stage between theatrical staff and audience in Chinese opera. more


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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Beautiful, funny, touching., 19 January 1999
9/10
Author: Ken Mohnkern (mohnkern@cmu.edu) from pittsburgh, pa, usa

The story of Sum, a woman who plays male characters in the Cantonese Opera. The title refers to the line between between backstage and onstage, between real life and the character portrayed onstage. Sum blends her feminine and masculine traits in her extraordinary life wonderfully. She's famous onstage and off, takes on an apprentice, her husband wants to emigrate to Australia, her young daughter seems to be getting into a lesbian relationship, and her past is creeping up on her. Beautiful choreography. Funny. Touching. Excellent.

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