Their Private Lives
1978, Cantonese. Directed by Yang Chuan.
Ko Ming Chung, a wildly popular movie actor is having an illicit affair with similarly popular thespian Ai Ling. Though Ming Chung's wife quietly puts up with this infidelity, so long as he does not try to leave her, Ai Ling's spouse is less forgiving, a middle-aged oaf prone to violence. When the tabloids get wind of the liaison, the two secret lovers find themselves headline news throughout the colony. Ming Chung's wife soon starts to mount a media blitz, painting Ai Ling as a husband-stealing, home-wrecking shrew.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 12 January 1978
- Original title
- 愛慾狂潮
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Li-jen Liang
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Their Private Lives runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Their Private Lives isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 January 1978. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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If you liked Their Private Lives, try In the Mood for Love, Goodbye Again, Comrades, Almost a Love Story.
Who directed Their Private Lives?
Their Private Lives (1978) was directed by Yang Chuan and stars Chow Yun-Fat, Liao Yung Hsiang, Chen Hsi Lien.