The Soong Sisters (film)
| The Soong Sisters | |
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| Traditional | 宋家皇朝 |
| Simplified | 宋家皇朝 |
| Mandarin | Sòng Jiā Huáng Cháo |
| Cantonese | Sung3 Gaa1 Wong4 Ciu4 |
| Directed by | Mabel Cheung |
| Produced by |
Raymond Chow Ng See-yuen |
| Written by | Alex Law |
| Starring |
Maggie Cheung Michelle Yeoh Vivian Wu |
| Music by | Kitarō, Randy Miller |
| Cinematography | Arthur Wong |
| Edited by | Mei Feng |
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Production
company |
Golden Harvest
More Team |
| Distributed by |
Golden Harvest Fuji Television Network Pony Canyon Mei Ah Entertainment More Team International Ltd. Production |
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Running time
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140 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese Mandarin |
The Soong Sisters is a 1997 Hong Kong historical drama film based on the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949. The three sisters married the most important historical figures – Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and K'ung Hsiang-hsi – in the founding of the Republic of China, making their family the focal point of every major decision made in modern Chinese history. Directed by Mabel Cheung, the film starred Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Wu as the sisters.
The film opens with a scene of the three Soong sisters in their childhood in the late Qing dynasty. Their father, Charlie Soong, demonstrates the wealth and prestige of his family by running one of the most successful printing businesses. The sisters later travel abroad to attend Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, United States.
Of the three sisters, the eldest, Soong Ai-ling, is the first to get married in 1914. Her husband is K'ung Hsiang-hsi, a wealthy banker and descendant of Confucius.
Sun Yat-sen is a fugitive of the weakening Qing government and he lives in exile in Japan. He weds Soong Ching-ling, despite stern opposition from Charlie Soong. After the Qing dynasty is overthrown by the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, Sun becomes the Republic of China's first provisional president and founds the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party). Sun dies of liver cancer in 1925 and leaves his wife with his dying wish of Chinese reunification.
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