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Stage Door

Original title: Hu Du Men
  • 1996
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
248
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Daniel Hiu Tung Chan, Josephine Siao, and Anita Yuen in Stage Door (1996)
CantoneseComedyDrama

Cross the Hu-du-men - the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera, and you leave yourself behind to absorb totally in your character. Lang Kim-sum is a charismatic Ca... Read allCross the Hu-du-men - the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera, and you leave yourself behind to absorb totally in your character. Lang Kim-sum is a charismatic Cantonese opera star who understands perfectly it's a point of no return once she crosses th... Read allCross the Hu-du-men - the demarcation between the back and front stage in Cantonese opera, and you leave yourself behind to absorb totally in your character. Lang Kim-sum is a charismatic Cantonese opera star who understands perfectly it's a point of no return once she crosses the Hu-du-men on stage, and in life as well. Respected by colleagues and friends and about t... Read all

  • Director
    • Kei Shu
  • Writer
    • Raymond To
  • Stars
    • Josephine Siao
    • Anita Yuen
    • Daniel Hiu Tung Chan
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    248
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kei Shu
    • Writer
      • Raymond To
    • Stars
      • Josephine Siao
      • Anita Yuen
      • Daniel Hiu Tung Chan
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Josephine Siao
    Josephine Siao
    • Lang Kim-Sum
    Anita Yuen
    Anita Yuen
    • Yip Yuk-Sum
    Daniel Hiu Tung Chan
    Daniel Hiu Tung Chan
    • Wong Man-Chun
    Waise Lee
    Waise Lee
    • Lung
    King-Fai Chung
    King-Fai Chung
    • Chan Yiu-Cho
    Sze-Kei Lee
    Sze-Kei Lee
    • Laan
    • (as Sikei Lee)
    David Wu
    David Wu
    • Director Lam
    Heung-Kam Lee
    Heung-Kam Lee
    • Auntie Ming (Piano)
    On Yon Tou
    • Jo Jo
    Greg Evans
    • English Tutor
    Yuk-Lan Chan
    Kin-San Hui
    • Uncle Ha
    Chiu Hung
    • Yip Leung
    Chung-Kwan Siu
    • Uncle Tin
    • Director
      • Kei Shu
    • Writer
      • Raymond To
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    9ken_mohnkern

    Beautiful, funny, touching.

    The story of Sum, a woman who plays male characters in the Cantonese Opera. The title refers to the line between between backstage and onstage, between real life and the character portrayed onstage. Sum blends her feminine and masculine traits in her extraordinary life wonderfully. She's famous onstage and off, takes on an apprentice, her husband wants to emigrate to Australia, her young daughter seems to be getting into a lesbian relationship, and her past is creeping up on her. Beautiful choreography. Funny. Touching. Excellent.

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    • Trivia
      The term 'Hu-du-men' refers to the proscenium i.e. the boundary on stage between theatrical staff and audience in Chinese opera.
    • Quotes

      Lang Kim-Sum: No complaints, I can manage.

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 4, 1996 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 虎度門
    • Production companies
      • Amuse
      • Golden Harvest Pictures (China)
      • Golden Movies International
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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