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””’The Dream of the Red Chamber””’ (Traditional Chinese: 金玉良緣紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 金玉良缘红楼梦) is a 1977 film adaptation of the 18th-Century Chinese novel by [[Cao Xueqin]] with [[Dream of the Red Chamber|the same name]]. It stars [[Brigitte Lin]] as the titular character [[Jia Baoyu]], and [[Sylvia Chang]] as his cousin [[Lin Daiyu]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Shaw Brothers Collection of Films on DVD Distributed by Celestial Pictures {{!}} UCLA Film & Television Archive |url=https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/shaw-brothers |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.cinema.ucla.edu}}</ref>. The film is told in the style of [[Huangmei opera|Huangmei Opera]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celestial Pictures |url=https://www.celestialpictures.com/co-shaw-genres.asp?id=5&ty=s |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.celestialpictures.com}}</ref>, and follows the style’s tradition of cross-gender acting, where a female actor portrays a male character<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huangmei opera films and gender, text version |url=https://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc49.2007/TanSee-Kam/text.html |access-date=2025–09–28 |website=www.ejumpcut.org}}</ref>. This is the second adaptation of the novel from the [[Shaw Brothers Studio|Shaw Brothers]], the first being [[Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)|”Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)”]] starring [[Betty Loh Ti]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dream of the Red Chamber – Hong Kong Film Archive |url=https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2017-9-1-11.html |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.filmarchive.gov.hk}}</ref>.
””’The Dream of the Red Chamber””’ (Traditional Chinese: 金玉良緣紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 金玉良缘红楼梦) is a 1977 film adaptation of the 18th-Century Chinese novel by [[Cao Xueqin]] with [[Dream of the Red Chamber|the same name]]. It stars [[Brigitte Lin]] as the titular character [[Jia Baoyu]], and [[Sylvia Chang]] as his cousin [[Lin Daiyu]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Shaw Brothers Collection of Films on DVD Distributed by Celestial Pictures {{!}} UCLA Film & Television Archive |url=https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/shaw-brothers |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.cinema.ucla.edu}}</ref>. The film is told in the style of [[Huangmei opera|Huangmei Opera]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celestial Pictures |url=https://www.celestialpictures.com/co-shaw-genres.asp?id=5&ty=s |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.celestialpictures.com}}</ref>, and follows the style’s tradition of cross-gender acting, where a female actor portrays a male character<ref>{{Cite |= |url=https://www..org//./. |date=– |=..}}</ref>. This is the second adaptation of the novel from the [[Shaw Brothers Studio|Shaw Brothers]], the first being [[Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)|”Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)”]] starring [[Betty Loh Ti]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dream of the Red Chamber – Hong Kong Film Archive |url=https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2017-9-1-11.html |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.filmarchive.gov.hk}}</ref>.
The film was nominated for two categories at the [[15th Golden Horse Awards]], and won Best Art Direction<ref>{{Cite web |title=台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival |url=https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/awards/nw/?serach_type=award&sc=8&search_regist_year=1978&ins=14&r=en |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.goldenhorse.org.tw |language=zh-TW}}</ref>.
The film was nominated for two categories at the [[15th Golden Horse Awards]], and won Best Art Direction<ref>{{Cite web |title=台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival |url=https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/awards/nw/?serach_type=award&sc=8&search_regist_year=1978&ins=14&r=en |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.goldenhorse.org.tw |language=zh-TW}}</ref>.
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The Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 金玉良緣紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 金玉良缘红楼梦) is a 1977 film adaptation of the 18th-Century Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin with the same name. It stars Brigitte Lin as the titular character Jia Baoyu, and Sylvia Chang as his cousin Lin Daiyu[1]. The film is told in the style of Huangmei Opera[2], and follows the style’s tradition of cross-gender acting, where a female actor portrays a male character[3]. This is the second adaptation of the novel from the Shaw Brothers, the first being Dream of the Red Chamber (1962) starring Betty Loh Ti[4].
The film was nominated for two categories at the 15th Golden Horse Awards, and won Best Art Direction[5].
The Jia family receives the frail adolescent Lin Daiyu after her mother passes away. She meets her cousin Baoyu, the heir of the Jia family, who instantly took a liking towards her. They spend their childhood around each other and formed a close bond, often reading literature and citing poetry together. As they grow older, Baoyu starts flirting with Daiyu.
Years later, their other cousin, Xue Baochai, arrives to live with them. She catches Baoyu’s attention with her knowledge of weiqi, which causes Daiyu to feel jealous, marking the start of her spiral into melancholia. Baoyu assures Daiyu that his feelings towards her hasn’t changed despite spending time with Baochai.
Baoyu has a strained relationship with his father, Jia Zheng, who expects him to study hard and pass his exams to become a government official. When he aids the escape of the prince’s favourite actor, Jia Zheng is pressured to find him, as to avoid unnecessary troubles with the prince. Because of that, Baoyu is beaten by his father, but being the beloved and spoiled young master of the family, the servants, Lady Wang, and Grandmother Jia come to his rescue. While recovering from his injuries, Baochai visits and scolds him for befriending an actor, to his displeasure. In contrast, Daiyu’s visit was brief yet marked with tears and affection.
Daiyu’s spiral continues when she sees Baochai leaving Baoyu’s residence one night, then later overhears a maid berate a younger maid for not playing to the politics of a wealthy family. She decides to ignore Baoyu, who seeks her out and reassures her of his feelings. Unconvinced, she continues to avoid him.
When Baoyu tries to visit Daiyu one day, her maid, Zijuan, plays a prank on him. She convinces him that Daiyu is moving out, which sends him into a manic breakdown and demands Grandmother Jia to not let Daiyu leave. She complies, though later plots with Lady Wang and Xifeng to marry him to Baochai, but trick him into thinking he was marrying Daiyu. They justify that their act was to help cure Baoyu’s madness, and to continue the Jia bloodline as Daiyu is too frail to give birth, while Baochai is well-endowed to bear children.
Despite instructed to keep it a secret, a maid tells Daiyu about the wedding, which further worsens her physical and mental health. Back in her residence, she reminisces their love and grieves tearfully, finally succumbing to her illness when she hears the wedding banquet echoing across the mansion.
At the wedding, Baoyu playfully lifts his new bride’s veil, and is devastated to find Baochai behind it. He cries and begs his elders to allow him and Daiyu to be together, but is cut short when the news of Daiyu’s death reaches the main house. At Daiyu’s funeral, the only attendees are Zijuan and Baoyu, the latter mourning her death, his laments full of loss and regret, intertwined with declarations of love.
At dawn, palace officials arrive to deliver the emperor’s decree. Jia Zheng is removed from his government post, and the Jia family’s assets are confiscated for his inability to retain the emperor’s trust. Baoyu leaves the Jia mansion and becomes a Buddhist monk.
| Award | Date of Ceremony | Category | Nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th Golden Horse Awards | October 31, 1978 | Best Cinematography | Lin Chao | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Chen Ching-shen | Won |
