Movie: The Jade and the Pearl
Chinese: 翡翠明珠 (Fei Cui Ming Zhu)
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Director: Janet Chun
Producer: Ng Yu, Hing-Ka Chan, Amy Chin
Cinematographer:
Release Date: August 5, 2010
Runtime: 103 min
Language: Cantonese
Country: Hong Kong
Imdb link: The Jade and the Pearl
Synopsis
Princess Yan (played by Charlene Choio) is appointed to be the consort of the Fan State. During her journey to the Fan State she and her military escort, General Cheng (played by Raymond Lam), are constantly getting each other into trouble. Gradually, they fall in love. Despite their forbidden love, Princess Yan and General Cheng exchange love tokens - a pearl from Yan's dowry and an emerald of Cheng's family heritage. When they are attacked by a lady brigand, Princess Yan falls down from a high cliff. Although she survives, she loses her memory and not knowing she is a princess, from that day lives her life as a commoner. General Cheng is kidnapped by the lady brigand and taken prisoner. Thus the lovers lose contack with each other and there starts their adventure. General Cheng is taken to the brigand fortress by the lady brigand chieftain, Zhu Sanniang (played by Joey Yung). With General Cheng's knowledge and expertise the brigand fortress thrives. Zhu admires General Cheng and begins to feel affection for him. When General Cheng leaves the brigand fortress in search of Princess Yan, Zhu's strong affection for General Cheng comples her to follow him. When Princess Yan fell from the cliff and lost her memory, she was saved by storyteller Ling Gankai (played by Cho Lam Wong). Princess Yan is devoted to Ling and follows him everywhere. When General Cheng finds Princess Yan living as a commoner, he discovers that not only has she lost her memory but that she has fallen in love with Ling.....
Cast
Raymond Lam ... Ching Hin
Charlene Choi ... Princess Yin
Joey Yung ... Chuk Sam-leung
Cho-lam Wong ... Ling Kam-hoi
Shuangshuang Pan - Princess Ping
Suet Lam - Sing Fu
Chapman To - Eunuch Yeung
You-Nam Wong - Sing Pau
Lung Ti - King
J.J. Jia - Yeing Fa
General:
Format.......: Matroska
File Size....: 4471,91 MiB
Duration.....: 1h 44mn
Bitrate......: 5 984 Kbps
Subtitles....: English .SRT
Source.......: Blu-ray
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Video:
Video Format......: AVC
Video Codec.......: x264 - core 104 r1703 cd21d05
Bitrate...........: 4 584 Kbps
Frame Rate........: 24.000 fps
Aspect Ratio......: 2.35:1
Resolution........: 1280x544
Audio #1:
Format..........: AC-3
Bitrate.........: 640 Kbps
Channels........: 6 channels
Sampling Rate...: 48.0 KHz
Language........: Cantonese
Audio #2:
Format..........: AC-3
Bitrate.........: 640 Kbps
Channels........: 6 channels
Sampling Rate...: 48.0 KHz
Language........: Mandarin
