The Phantom Lover
Song Danping was the most pioneering opera singer in modern China. Though he knew he captivated the hearts of many girls, he loved the pure and lovely Du Yunyan. The young couple was deeply in love with each other. However, Yunyuan's father believed that Danping was insincere and did not approve of him. He even forced Yunyan to marry a rich and powerful man. And in order to make Yunyan gave up, the rich man jailed Danping, tortured him, then set fire on the theatre to burn him to death. Yet, never was there anything greater than love. When you held true the belief that your loved one was still alive, you would give all you have unconditionally and waited forever if you have to. No matter how ugly and sick he became, you would still want to see him and have him back....
Starring Leslie Cheung, Wu Chien-Lien, Lin Liu, Roy Szeto, Philip Kwok Chun-Fung, Bao Fang, Yu Yankai
Watch "The Phantom Lover" on Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1995. It's a drama and music movie, and has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.
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