His Matrimony

His Matrimony — Plot

This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50's and 60's. Mei-Hsia is from the most prominent family in town. Yun-Lang works in the local peasant assocation. They like each other, but Mei-Hsia is afraid to tell her mother about their seeing each other. They wait till Yun-Lang sends a matchmaker to Mei-Hsia's family. There was no way that Mei-Hsia's family would agree to their marriage. Mei-Hsia's parents send her to a relative in the northeast of Keelung, in an attempt to stop them from seeing each other, but Yun-Lang follows her there. Mei-Hsia's relative doesn't stop them until Mei-Hsia's mother finds out. Now their love is an open affair. This time, it's the Mei-Hsias turn to propose a marriage between the two families. To everyone's surprise, the Yun-Langs turn it down. Mei-Hsia and Yun-Lang planned to elope, but they failed. She kills herself. At last, Yun-Lang can call Mei-Hsia his wife by marring her memorial tablet.

• Release date
• August 23, 1985
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Chen Kun-hou

His Matrimony — Cast

Yang Chieh-mei Mei-Hsia Yang Ching-huang Yun-Lang

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Chen Chiu-Yen Mei-Hsia's mother Grace Chen Shu-Fang Yun-Lang's mother Wu Min