Adapted from one of China's most well-known fairy tales, the Goddess of Mount Hua falls in love with a young mortal scholar Liu Yanchang and gives birth to a baby son, Chenxiang. When Chenxiang grows up, he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother whom he has never met.
Production
Five directors somehow create one coherent hallucination of myth and melodrama.
Costume
Grace Chang's goddess robes that scream 'heavenly bureaucracy but make it fashion.'
Score
Huangmei opera numbers that hit harder than most contemporary musicals.
Director
Evan Yang
Grace Chang
Goddess of Mountain Hua
Doreen Chien Rong-Rong
Fairy Lingzhi
Lucilla Yu Ming
Liu Yanchang (young)
Jeanette Lin Tsui
Liu Chenxiang
Zhao Lei
Erlang, Vanguard of Heaven
Tin Ching
Liu Yanchang (middle-aged)
Annette Chang Hui-Hsien
Liu Qiu'er
Wang Lai
Wang Guiying
Yin Wang
God of Thunder
Kelly Lai Chen
Heavenly Dog
Chung Ching
Qin Guanbao
Lo Wei
Prime Minister
Lee Ying
Mountain ghost
Regina Pai Ping
Fairy
Christine Pai Lu-Ming
Village woman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the legend of Chenxiang splitting Mount Hua to save his mother, a story still rebooted in Chinese animation today (most famously 1999's Lotus Lantern).
Grace Chang was Shaw Brothers' biggest musical star; this was her rare fantasy role before retiring at 30 to become a diplomat's wife.
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