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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 ...
May 1, 1997 · The Soong Sisters: Directed by Mabel Cheung. With Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Vivian Wu, Winston Chao. The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Mabel Cheung
- 1997-05-01
The Soong sisters (Chinese: 宋氏姐妹; pinyin: Sòngshì Jiěmèi), Soong Ai-ling, Soong Ching-ling, and Soong Mei-ling, were three sisters from Wenchang city, Hainan island. Raised as Christians and educated in America, the sisters all married powerful men, respectively, H. H. Kung , Sun Yat Sen , and Chiang Kai-shek .
This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China.
- Mabel Cheung
- 4
- Agnes Chan Mei-Ling
May 21, 1997 · The fascinating life of the Soong Family (ChinaÆs equivent of the Kennedys) is chronicled in this lavish epic melodrama, with an all-star cast headed by Michelle Yeoh, Vivian Wu and Maggie Cheung. To see that China remains a dominant world force after the founding of the Republic by Dr. Sun Yai-sen, the patriotic Charlie Soong sends ...
May 17, 2023 · ...more. Three dynamic women played key roles in the evolution of China through the 1900s--it's a tale of danger, passion and risk. One of them rose to become second ...
- 3 min
- 8.6K
- Fridayeveryday
Jul 15, 2015 · It cast three of the most high-profile Asian actresses at the time as the titular sisters : daughters of catholic missionary, printing magnate and political activist and revolutionary Charlie Soong (Jiang Wen), himself a figure worthy of a 4-hour film, they each married a major figure of that infinitely troubled and transformative time in China’...
