The Wooden Man's Bride Movie Review 1994

The inhabitants of this austere 1920s, northwest Chinese community live in stone fortresses, fearful of being attacked by roving armed bandits. Which is what happens to the bridal party of Young Mistress (Lan), who's kidnapped by bandit leader Tang (Mingjun). She's released unharmed when her servant Kui (Shih) impresses Tang with his bravery but her bridegroom has been killed in a freak accident and formidable Madame Liu (Yu-mei), who runs the fortress, forces her to marry a wooden likeness of the deceased. Despairing Young Mistress begins an affair with Kui, which can only end badly. Mandarin with subtitles.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS
Running time 114 minutes.
Originally from Chinese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

China, Marriage, Period Piece: 1920s, Tragedy

Screenplay

Yang Zhengguang

Cast

Wang Lan, Chang Shih, Wang Yu-mei, Kao Mingjun

Cinematography

Zhang Xiaoguang

Director

Huang Jianxin

Music

Zhang Dalong

Producer

Wang Ying Hsiang, Arrow Releasing