The Adulteress

Release Date: 1963-08-08

Overview: The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.

Rating: 10 / 10

Cast

Li Li-Hua

as Xiao Bai-Cai

Guan Shan

as Yang Nai-Wu

Chu Mu

as Ge Xiao-Da

Peter Yang Kwan

as Liu Zi-He

Yang Chi-Ching

as Magistrate Liu Xi-Tong