Meiyun Yuan — Filmography & Biography

Known for

Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ruined because of a misplaced fan, is saved by the social butterfly who turns out to be …Unlike typical Chinese scripts on parental love, the understated familial love in the original play is aligned with Li's preference for the undramatic. Motherly love is portrayed indirectly while emotions run strong yet subdued in the film. Poking fun at social culture of the times, this is Li's earliest extant feature film in a modern setting and a showcase of his modernistic and crisp directorial approach.

The Young Mistress' Fan

1939

6.8

Based on the famous 18th century Chinese novel with the same name. Set during the 1700s in China, a prominent family loses its good luck when one of the sons loses the jade chip that was embedded in his mouth.

Dream of the Red Mansions

1944

NR

No synopsis available yet.

Legend of Sui Dynasty

1940

NR

No synopsis available yet.

小妇人

1941

NR

No synopsis available yet.

小女伶

1932

NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love and Duty

1938

Film credits

1950s · 1 titles

NR

HK horror film.

The Vampire

1950

1940s · 5 titles

6.8

Based on the famous 18th century Chinese novel with the same name. Set during the 1700s in China, a prominent family loses its good luck when one of the sons loses the jade chip that was embedded in his mouth.

Dream of the Red Mansions

1944

NR

No synopsis available yet.

小妇人

1941

8.0

The life and story of Lin Zexu and the First Opium War.

Eternity

1943

8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Home

1941

NR

No synopsis available yet.

When You Will Come Back to Me

1943

1930s · 8 titles

7.0

Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ruined because of a misplaced fan, is saved by the social butterfly who turns out to be …Unlike typical Chinese scripts on parental love, the understated familial love in the original play is aligned with Li's preference for the undramatic. Motherly love is portrayed indirectly while emotions run strong yet subdued in the film. Poking fun at social culture of the times, this is Li's earliest extant feature film in a modern setting and a showcase of his modernistic and crisp directorial approach.