| Based on the story of a Chinese revolutionary Jin Zhicheng, this was a re-production of Ma Xu Weibang's work in 1937. |
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In the early years of Kuomintang's reign, an opera actor Song Danping was a
revolutionary who fell in love with Li Xiaoxia, the daughter of a warlord called
Li Xianchen. Song was later prosecuted by the warlord's deputy Tang Jun and became
deformed. With rumours that he was already dead, Song hid himself in a deserted
tower in the theatre. Li was so sad and shocked on hearing the news that she became
demented. Her father then moved her into a resort in the countryside. Song felt
sorry for her and tried to comfort her by singing at midnight.
One day, a new opera troupe came to perform at the theatre where Song was hiding. Song knew the main actor Sun Xiaogou had been well known for strong resemblance to himself and asked him to visit Li. Song had hoped Sun could become Li's lover, but Sun had already had a girlfriend called Liu Die, who also worked in the troupe. |
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Tang was fond of Liu's beauty and raped her. He later found that the troupe was
organised by a group of revolutionaries and wanted to kill Sun, their leader. In a
fierce struggle, Liu died to save Sun. Song appeared to help and Tang was finally
killed. Song was then chased by the warlord's men and jumped into the river.
Meanwhile, Sun rushed to the resort to tell Li the whole story. Only until then did Li know Song had not died. She hurried to the riverside with Sun, but it was too late...
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