Ai qing de dai jia

Ai qing de dai jia (1970)

06 Nov 1970 • Drama, Romance • 1h 33m

A physically deformed musical genius named Wu Sheng who falls for a blind girl named Jui Fang (Chin Ping). Is love really blind? According to Wu Sheng, probably so, but when Jui Fang is on the verge of regaining her eyesight from an operation, Wu Sheng packs up and leaves the country for fear of Jui Fang disowning him once her eyes gets a look at Wu Sheng.

Chia-Hsiang Wu
Director
I. Fang Yeh
Writer
Ping Chin, Teddy Robin Kwan, Hui-Ling Chin
Starring

Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
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Country: Hong Kong
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6.7

IMDb (23 votes)

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