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The Mermaid is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama with Ivy Ling Po

The Mermaid (1965)

The Mermaid
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Length 1h35
OriginHong kong
Genres Drama,    Fantasy,    Musical,    Romance
Rating69% 3.459693.459693.459693.459693.45969

The Mermaid is a 1965 Hong Kong Huangmei opera film. It was directed by Kao Li and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, based on the 16th-century Chinese play A Tale of Goddess of Mercy's Fish Basket (觀音菩薩魚籃記).

Like most Huangmei opera films that she starred in, actress Ivy Ling Po portrayed a male character. Her co-star Li Ching portrayed two different characters, a human girl and a carp who transformed into her image.

Synopsis

Zhang Zhen's family had fallen on hard times but remembering the bethrothal agreement between his father and the prime minister, Master Chin, he set off for his fiance's home. When he arrived, he was distressed to receive a cold reception from his future father-in-law, who looked down on him because he was poor and was willing to fulfill his promise only after Zhang Zhen had successfully become the top scholar. He bade Zhang Zhen to stay at the Green Waves Study and prepare.

Actors

Ivy Ling Po

(Scholar Zheng Zhan)
Chin Tsi-ang

(Festival spectator)
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