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Mistake can't be fixed? Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai (1954) isn't from Hong Kong!

​ Everybody knows Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai (The Butterflies lovers) is a popular subject in Chinese language film history since the 1920s. ​
​ ​ ​Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai​​ (1954), starring ​ ​Ruijuan Fan​​ 范瑞娟 and ​ ​Xuefen Yuan​​ 袁雪芬, is a yue-opera film from People's Republic of China. It is not only the first film shot in color in Communist China, but also influenced the famous Hong Kong movie "The Love Eterne" (1963). ​

​However, IMDb says it was made in "Hong Kong" and spoken "Cantonese". It must be a terrible mistake.​

​2 things must be correct in your database:​

​First, its Production Country is China, not Hong Kong.​

​Second, it is not "Cantonese" movie, but you can say it spokes "Chinese". It is a Yue opera 越劇 (Shaoxing opera 紹興劇) spoken "Wu" Chinese language 吳語 (A Chinese dialect, just like Cantonese, Min nan or Hakka) but there is no "Wu" option in your database, but you can fix it to "Chinese" ("Chinese language" can include all dialects). Some information you can find in HK Film Archive's "From Real to Abstract - Cine Attempts on Stage Operas" to screen superb opera films (the movie title written as "The Butterfly Lovers"): ​​https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201411/13/P201411130694.htm​

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​ Some information you can find in the news article in memory of the film starring Xuefen Yuan 袁雪芬 (1922-2011) from Xinhua News Agency, I translate the key sentences for you: ​ ​http://news.sohu.com/20110220/n279425250.shtml​​ ​
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​I submit the for 3 times with 2 articles from authority sources, one in Chinese,  and one in English. However, you can't read either Chinese or English, so refused them with reason "Unable to verify".​

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​ Fix it, or let the data be a movie history joke? ​
​ It is up to you! ​
​ Thanks for reading these. ​
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3 years ago

Hello, anyone here?

Can you fix it? Please!

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3 years ago

Hi @el_hou -

The title's language and country have now been corrected, the changes should be live on the site shortly.

Cheers!