Jin Suo Ji

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{{Short description|1950 Hong Kong film by Shu-Sun Chiu}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Jin Suo Ji

| director = Shu-Sun Chiu

| producer =

| screenplay = Eileen Chang

| starring = Shia Jung

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| released = {{film date|df=y|1950|8|1|Hong Kong}}

| country = Hong Kong

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Jin Suo Ji (aka The Golden Cangue or The Golden Chain) is a 1950 Hong Kong film written by Eileen Chang and directed by Shu-Sun Chiu. The story is based on Chang's 1943 novella of the same name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyrb.com/collections/eileen-chang|title=Eileen Chang|website=New York Review Books|language=en|access-date=2019-04-16}}

Plot

The story revolves around a powerless daughter-in-law named Cao Qiqiao who suffers abuse for years from her stern mother-in-law, who ridicules Cao Qiqiao for being from a lower station. When she becomes a mother-in-law herself, however, she continues to perpetuate the cycle.{{Cite web|url=http://u.osu.edu/mclc/online-series/liuzaifu/|title=Eileen Chang's Fiction and C. T. Hsia's A History of Modern Chinese Fiction|date=2014-10-15|website=MCLC Resource Center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}

Cast

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