The Legend of the Purple Hairpin
Based in Chinese opera, the film tells the story of a young scholar in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yi who travels to the capital Changan to take the national civil examination. During the Lantern Festival, he encounters Huo Xiaoyu in the night market and picks up the purple hairpin she leaves behind by chance. Using the hairpin as a token of love, Li proposes to her on that same night. However, “the course of true love never did run smooth.” With the assistance of a mysterious man in the yellow robe (Huangshanke), together they have to fight against the wicked plot of Official Lu.
Cast
Lung Kim-Sang
as
Mui Suet See
as
Jue Kim-Daan
as
Yin Suet-Fan
as
Leung Sing Poh
as
Liang Tsi-Pak
as
Wan Fei-Yin
as
Lee Fung
as
Chu Siu-Boh
as
Helena Law Lan
as
