Eighteen Springs (film)

Eighteen Springs simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin Bnshng Yun is a 1997 romantic drama directed by Ann Hui and starring Jacklyn Wu, Leon Lai, Anita Mui, Huang Lei and Ge You. It is a ChinaHong Kong coproduction, based on the novel of the same name by Eileen Chang.

The novel was originally serialized in Shanghais Yibao in 19501951. Chang published a revised version in 1969 in Taiwan, shortening the length of the lovers separation fromtoyears and changing the title from Eighteen Springs to The yuan affinity of half a lifetime. Although the films English title retains the original Chinese title, the Chinese title uses the revised title of the novel.Gu Manzhen Jacklyn Wu is an educated girl, working in a Shanghai factory as a clerical assistant. Her elder sister Manlu Anita Mui, who works as a nightclub hostess, supports her family. At the factory Manzhen meets two male former classmates, Xu Shuhui Huang Lei and Shen Shijun Leon Lai, and the three become firm friends. Manzhen falls in love with the introverted Shijun, who hails from a wealthy family in Nanjing and is working in Shanghai because he does not want to inherit his fathers merchandising business. ........

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