DB Title Update: THE BARREN VIRGIN (1985)
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:30 amCredits, portraits and some scenes from the greatest Hong Kong exploitation movie ever made!! 
OK, maybe not the greatest, but seriously, this little number seems to have flown under the radar except for one reviewer here who failed to note the unmistakable similarities to the American "social disease" films of the 30's and 40's, only with far, far more skin than the DB review would suggest (wondering if he saw an edited version?). The writer's right about one thing, though: the final scene is unreal!
CREDITS (filmed at Tokyo Disneyland and running over 3 full minutes
, presumably to foreshadow the innocence of the main character). I've included some doubles here as the lights from the Main Street Electrical Parade have a bad habbit of running into the Chinese characters. If you need more, let me know:
CAST
Principal cast members below, plus several supporting players. Not entirely certain if all the names currently in the DB appear in here, but I'll leave that up to you guys. I've taken multiples of the three lead actresses as none of them seem to have many portraits, if any. It may seem like too many for one film, but these make a decent cross section for each actress' listing:
Kam Gee-mei/Kim Gee-mei, according to the DB
...Ditto...
...and again...
...and again...
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Three shots of the same actress (who plays Mary) Possibly/probably Lam Yue-Git???
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Two shots of the same actress (who plays Ruby) Possibly/probably Heung Chuen-Cheung??
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Pauline Wan?
Chen Shan
Chan Kai-Jun?
Chan Kai-Jun?
SCENES:
Chen Shan
Kam Gee-mei/Kim Gee-mei
Chan Kai-Jun?
OK, maybe not the greatest, but seriously, this little number seems to have flown under the radar except for one reviewer here who failed to note the unmistakable similarities to the American "social disease" films of the 30's and 40's, only with far, far more skin than the DB review would suggest (wondering if he saw an edited version?). The writer's right about one thing, though: the final scene is unreal!
CREDITS (filmed at Tokyo Disneyland and running over 3 full minutes
, presumably to foreshadow the innocence of the main character). I've included some doubles here as the lights from the Main Street Electrical Parade have a bad habbit of running into the Chinese characters. If you need more, let me know:
CAST
Principal cast members below, plus several supporting players. Not entirely certain if all the names currently in the DB appear in here, but I'll leave that up to you guys. I've taken multiples of the three lead actresses as none of them seem to have many portraits, if any. It may seem like too many for one film, but these make a decent cross section for each actress' listing:
Kam Gee-mei/Kim Gee-mei, according to the DB
...Ditto...
...and again...
...and again...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Three shots of the same actress (who plays Mary) Possibly/probably Lam Yue-Git???
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Two shots of the same actress (who plays Ruby) Possibly/probably Heung Chuen-Cheung??
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pauline Wan?
Chen Shan
Chan Kai-Jun?
Chan Kai-Jun?
SCENES:
Chen Shan
Kam Gee-mei/Kim Gee-mei
Chan Kai-Jun?