A love story about the tragic romance of an attractive lady, transformed from a thousand year old white snake, and a handsome young scholar. This legend takes place in the beautiful city of Hangzhou at West Lake. From a work by Tien Han and featuring Shanghai’s Second Peking Opera Troupe with the principal roles performed by Li Bingshu, Fang Xiaoya, Lu Boping, Su Shengyi, Chen Baiping. Chinese dialogue and subtitles.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
318701
Language
Chinese
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Feature films → Feature films - China
Literature → Folk literature, Chinese
Music & Performing Arts → Operas - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)