01 Jan 1993
Farewell My Concubine
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
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Patricia Lam Fung 
Law Kim-Long 
Lam Ka-Sing 
Lam Yim Poon Yat-On 
Pak Man-Biu 
Hui Ying-Sau Baak Fung Sin 
Ma Siu-Ying Kong Lai
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