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The Mid-Nightmare (1962)
Directed by Yuan Qiu-Feng
Overview
Essentially an adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s classic The Phantom of the Opera, Mid-Nightmare is set in a Huangmei diao teahouse theatre, which an embittered and horribly disfigured ex-performer ‘haunts’, looking to extract revenge on his enemies and falling in love with a talented and beautiful, but ultimately unattainable, ingénue.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Chao Lei | Betty Loh Tih | Paul Chang Chung | Fanny Fan Lai | Li Hsiang-Chun | Tien Feng | Cheung Kwong-Chiu | Hung Mei | Chih-Ching Yang | Yi Fung