The Barber
Chen Yifei, Wu Siyuan
Chen Kun, Zeng Li, Wang Yajie, Bi Yuanjin, Li Lihong, Qin Weidong, Wei Zongwan
2006
Mainland China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese
120 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as理发师，is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex，At2006Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating6.4(For reference only)。
The barber Lu Ping (played by Chen Kun) lives a simple life in Shanghai thanks to his excellent skills. After the Japanese army occupied Shanghai, an unforeseen accident forces him to leave his hometown, beginning a long period of turmoil in his life. After fleeing to an ancient town in Jiangnan, Lu Ping meets a beautiful Jiangnan woman, Song Jiayi (played by Zeng Li). They fall in love at first sight, but Jiayi is already engaged, and her father Song Fengnian wants to secure his daughter's future in those tumultuous times by marrying her to Nationalist officer Ye Jiangtian. Even after becoming a wife, Song Jiayi never stops loving Lu Ping, and throughout his tumultuous life, the only thing Lu Ping never lets go of, besides his craft, is this love. A lifetime of romance, half a life of hardships, amidst the chaos of war, this pair of lovers vividly express their lives and love like a song… This film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Fan Yiping and is the last work of director Chen Yifei before his passing.