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Jin Suo Ji

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Jin Suo Ji
Directed byShu-Sun Chiu
Screenplay byEileen Chang
StarringShia Jung
Release date
  • 1 August 1950 (1950-08-01) (Hong Kong)
CountryHong Kong

Jin Suo Ji (aka The Golden Cangue or The Golden Chain) is a 1950 Hong Kong film written by Eileen Chang and directed by Shu-Sun Chiu. The story is based on Chang's 1943 novella of the same name.[1]

Plot

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The story revolves around a powerless daughter-in-law named Cao Qiqiao who suffers abuse for years from her stern mother-in-law, who ridicules Cao Qiqiao for being from a lower station. When she becomes a mother-in-law herself, however, she continues to perpetuate the cycle.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Eileen Chang". New York Review Books. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Eileen Chang's Fiction and C. T. Hsia's A History of Modern Chinese Fiction". MCLC Resource Center. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2019.