A Strange Woman
1950, Chinese. Directed by Li Ping-Qian.
Not seen in Hong Kong for many years, A Strange Woman was Li Pingqian's first film at Great Wall Film Studio. Adapted from the play La Tosca by French playwright Victorien Sardou, opera star Xiao Xiangshui (Bai Guang) helps her lover, a revolutionary, to escape from warlords. She finesses with both the head of the secret service (Yan Jun) and her lover's wife, but things do not turn out as planned. Li changed his usual pace to encompass a more conventional and dramatic film plot. Bold and flirtatious in her role, Bai Guang is equally over the top in appearance as Yan Jun. The tension in winning the heroine over drives the plot more than the themes of patriotism and loyalty in love.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 17 January 1950
- Original title
- Yi dai yao ji
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Written by
- Yao Ke
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A Strange Woman isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 January 1950. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Strange Woman?
A Strange Woman (1950) was directed by Li Ping-Qian and stars Bai Guang, Yan Jun, Gong Qiuxia.