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The Soong Sisters is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Mabel Cheung released in USA on 6 september 2000 with Maggie Cheung

The Soong Sisters (1997)

The Soong Sisters
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Released in USA 6 september 2000
Length 2h25
Directed by
OriginHong kong
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical,    Romance
Rating69% 3.492443.492443.492443.492443.49244

The Soong Sisters is a 1997 Hong Kong historical drama film based on the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949. The sisters married the most important historical figures—Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and K'ung Hsiang-hsi—in the founding of the Republic of China, making their family the focal point of every major decision made in modern Chinese history. Directed by Mabel Cheung, the film starred Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Wu as the sisters.

Synopsis

The film opens with a scene of the three Soong sisters in their childhood in the late Qing dynasty. Their father, Charlie Soong, demonstrates the wealth and prestige of his family by running one of the most successful printing businesses. The sisters later travel abroad to attend Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, United States.

Actors

Maggie Cheung

(Soong Ching-ling / Madam Sun)
Michelle Yeoh

(Soong Ai-ling / Madam Kung)
Vivian Wu

(Soong May-ling / Madam Chiang)
Wu Hsing-kuo

(Chiang Kai-shek)
Winston Chao

(Sun Yat-sen)
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