Other Adaptations and Related Works
Film: In 1938, following its theatrical triumphs, the play was made into two separate movies productions, one in Shanghai and another in Hong Kong, that were almost coincidental versions of one another. The latter production, made in 1957, co-starred a young Bruce Lee in one of his few non-fighting roles (Lei Yu, dir. Wui Ng). The play was turned into a modern Chinese opera Leiyu in 2001 by Hangzhou-born composer Mo Fan for by the Shanghai Opera House company. The 2006 movie Curse of the Golden Flower, directed and written by Zhang Yimou, sets the same play in the imperial courts of the late Tang Dynasty.
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