Product: Yue (Shaoxing) Opera Film A Jade Hair Clasp (Bi Yu Zan)
Starring: Jin Caifeng, Chen Shaochun, Zhou Baokui, Yao Shuijuan
Produced by Shanghai Film (Group) Corporation
Published by Jiangsu Culture Audio-Visual Publishing House, 2005
Media: 1 DVD
Language: Chinese
Subtitle: Chinese
ISBN: 788409150X
ISRC: CNE230500470
This disc carries one of the China classical drama films, the Jade Hairpin.
Li Xiuying, daughter of the minister of Personnel Affair, Li Yanpu, is betrothed to Wang Yulin, son of Hanlin scholar Wang Yu in Ming Dynasty. Xiuying's cousin Gu Wenyou also wanted to marry her. He proposed marriage to Xiuying but was refused. Then he colluded with the matchmaker. They stole Xiuying's jade hairpin and forged a love letter an inamorato wrote to her. In the bridal night, they put the two things in Xiuying and Yulin's bridal chamber. When Yulin discovers the letter and the jade hairpin, he is enraged and suspects Xiuying of infidelity. He treats her coldly from then on. However, Xiuying gives him the loving care of a good wife. Her father conducts an investigation in a bid to clear her name. When the truth is revealed, Yulin is struck with remorse. He comes to seek Xiuying's forgiveness with the phoenix coronet after he comes top in the imperial civil examination. The young couple is finally reconciled.
The Yue Opera Jade Hairpin was shot in 1962, starring the famous Yue Opera actress Jin Caifeng. It is regarded as a magnum opus of Jin Genre. It is also the only screen image left by the "Queen of Yue Opera" Yao Shuijuan who played Madame Li.
商品名称：越剧《碧玉簪》
领衔主演：金采风、陈少春、周宝奎、姚水娟
演出：上海电影（集团）公司
出版社：江苏文化音像出版社，2005
介质：DVD
碟数：1
字幕：中文
ISBN：788409150X
ISRC：CN-E23-05-0047-0/V.J9
中国经典戏曲电影系列之一
尚书李延甫将女秀英许配王裕之子玉林。秀英表兄顾文友觊觎表妹才貌，与媒婆设计，伪造情书并盗取秀英碧玉簪以诬其不贞。秀英过门受尽凌辱，后经延甫盘查才得真相大白。玉林赴考中魁，捧凤冠向秀英认错。
《碧玉簪》是越剧传统经典剧目，倾注几代艺人心血，上海越剧院金采风演出时，更趋精致，为金派代表作品。《洞房》、《归宁》、《三盖衣》、《送风冠》中的经典唱段至今传唱不衰。1962年拍摄电影时，又特邀姚水娟出演李夫人一角，为这位当年的“越剧皇后”留下了唯一一份影像资料，今天看来更显弥足珍贵。
