The Forbidden Past

Name: The Forbidden Past
Director: Chor Yuen
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1976-12-16
Duration: 81 min
Cast: Ching Li, Ling Yun, Chang Tzu-le, Tsung Hua, Si Wai

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1976 · 81 min · Romance · Drama · TMDB 6.5/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Chor Yuen

Cast

Ching Li — Julie
Ling Yun — Lo Wei / Paul Zhou
Chang Tzu-le — Nien Tzu
Tsung Hua — Tzen Hwa
Si Wai — Alan