Way Down West

Year: 1927

Runtime: 59 mins

Director: Hou Yao

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Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, the film follows a poor scholar who falls for a wealthy woman. Their differing social ranks keep them apart until a bandit attacks the monastery where they stay and demands the woman’s hand. Her mother promises to marry the one who defeats the bandit.

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