The Adulteress (1962) Shaw Brothers **Official Trailer**楊乃武與小白菜

Title: The Adulteress 楊乃武與小白菜
Year: 1962
Director: Li Han-hsiang 李翰祥, Ho Meng-hua 何夢華
Casts: Li Li-hua 李麗華, Kao Pao-shu 高寶樹, Ouyang Sha-fei 歐陽莎菲, Kwan Shan 關山, Ku Wen-chung 顧文宗

Li Han-hsiang followed his epic, award-winning film Empress Wu with another historical saga, only this time he teams with versatile young co-director Ho Meng-hua (who was to become internationally famous for The Flying Guillotine) and the action onscreen was far more licentious. 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.