Tong Lin Niao

Alternative title: Tragedy of Vendetta
Synopsis: Feature film based on Romeo and Juliet. A Tibetan girl, Cai Tingting, falls in love with Liang Zuyi, a member of the Cais clan with whom her family has a long standing feud. Liang is banished for killing her brother in an accident, while Cai commits suicide when she is forced into an arranged marriage. Not knowing that the suicide is a ploy staged by the bride, Liang rushes back and kills himself by her side. On regaining consciousness Cai kills herself.
Language: Chinese - Mandarin (PRC)
Country: Hong Kong
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Recording date: 1950

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Notes: Dialogue in Mandarin. Running time unknown.
General: The suicide of the heroine to avoid an arranged marriage is also seen in another version of the Romeo and Juliet story in SHENG SI TONG XIn (Life and Death Together) (1956).
History: The film was made in 1950 but never released.