The Forbidden Past
1976, Chinese. Directed by Chor Yuen.
In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 16 December 1976
- Original title
- 小樓殘夢
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Chor Yuen
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The Forbidden Past runs 81 minutes (1h 21m).
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The Forbidden Past isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 December 1976. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Forbidden Past?
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Who directed The Forbidden Past?
The Forbidden Past (1976) was directed by Chor Yuen and stars Ching Li, Ling Yun, Chang Tzu-le.