Farewell To My Concubine

[Machine Translation] Winner of the Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the 1993 Cannes International Film Festival. A milestone masterpiece! A moving film that depicts the love-hate relationship between two actors playing in the Peking Opera classic "The Princess Supreme", along with the turbulent history of China over 50 years from 1925 under the Kuomintang regime to the end of the 1970s, interrupted by the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s! A masterpiece by Chen Kaigeau, the standard-bearer of the fifth generation of Chinese filmmakers. A dream come true for Leslie Cheung and Kong Li! --Beijing. Two actors, Tuan Xiaolou and Chong Tia-yi, who have been trained in Beijing Opera since they were boys, grow up protecting and adoring each other like brothers. Tuan, a big, strong man, became a leading actor, while Chong, a slender, beautiful boy, became a popular female-form actor in the Peking Opera production of "The High Priestess. The two are in a period of upheaval, including the Japanese colonial period, World War II, the establishment of the Communist Party, and the Cultural Revolution, and their fates are influenced by the powers of the time. Chung is in love with Tuan, but Tuan marries Chu Shen, a high-class prostitute. A love-hate love triangle. This is an epic poem that depicts the tragic love of people living in a turbulent China. Commentary leaflet ( Hana Washitani / Film Studies ) enclosed.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: press conference, interview, trailer

1993年カンヌ国際映画祭パルムドール大賞受賞。金字塔的名作!! 京劇の古典「覇王別姫」を演じる2人の役者の愛憎を、国民党政権下の1925年から60年代の文化大革命時代をはさんだ70年代末までの50年に渡る中国の動乱の歴史と共に描く感動作! 中国第五世代の旗手・チェン・カイコー監督の代表作。レスリー・チャン、コン・リー夢の競演! ――北京。少年時代から京劇養成所で厳しい訓練を受けながらも、兄弟のようにかばいあい慕いあって成長した2人の役者、トァン・シャオロウとチョン・ティエイー。たくましい大男のトァンは立役者、華奢な美少年のチョンは女形として、京劇『覇王別姫』の名役者として人気を得る。日本統治時代、第2次世界大戦、共産党政権樹立、文化大革命と動乱の時代の、時の権力に運命を左右される2人。トァンに恋心を抱きつづけるチョンであったが、トァンは高級娼婦のチュー・シェンと結婚してしまう。愛憎渦巻く三角関係。愛に、舞台に、動乱の中国に生きる人々の悲恋を描く一大叙事詩。解説リーフレット(鷲谷花/映画研究)封入。

特典映像: 1993年東京国際映画祭記者会見(約4分)、レスリー・チャン・インタビュー(約4分)、劇場予告編(約3分)