The Man and the Monkey - Chinese Drama (with English subtitles)

Alias: Person and Monkey The Beijing-Opera actor Liang Shengchun was famous due to his role as Monkey-King“ during the 1930ies in Beijing. He was called „the living King of Monkeys“. The theater Yongle, where Liang acted, was dominated by the mafiaboss Li Datou. Li fell in love with the female actor Bai Lianhua, who was a good friend of Liang Shengchun. Indeed Bai loved her colleague Liang, but she kept this her secret. Anyway he enjoyed a lot of female adorers. The real life of Liang Shengchun was full of intrigues and even attempted murder, much more dramatic as the scenes he played on theatre stage.... Cast: Li Xiao-Chun Zhu Bi-Yun Dong Wen-Hua Xu Huan-Shan Tian Chun-Kui Wang Yi-Ping (1) Li Wan-Chun (2) Zhang Ju Sun Guo-Lu Li Zi-Zhong Sun Yu-Zhen Li Zhi-Zhen Wang Gan-Sheng Year: 1983 Director: Wang Zhiyu Starring: Li Wanchun / Li Xiaochun /