Way Down West (1927) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1927 · 59 mins

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Directed by

Hou Yao

Starring

Huang Shaofen, Li Dandan, Cho-cho Lam, Ge Lijiang, Li Huamin, Hu Chichang

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.