The Adulteress

Directed by Li Han-Hsiang and Ho Meng-Hua

With Li Li-Hua, Guan Shan, Chu Mu, Peter Yang Kwan and Yang Chi-Ching

The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.