Watch The Soong Sisters (1997) Free Online

Release Date: 1997

Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Winston Chao, Maggie Cheung, Kuo Chiu Wu, Vivian Wu, Elaine Jin

Categories: Movies, Political Drama, World Cinema, Romantic Drama, Melodrama, Drama Film, Biographical Film, Docudrama, Romance Film, Historical Film, Biopic [Feature]

The Soong Sisters (Chinese: 宋家皇朝; pinyin: Sòng jiā huángcháo; literally "The Soong Family Dynasty") is a 1997 Hong Kong film dramatization of the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949. The three sisters married the most important historical figures during the founding of new China, making the family the focal point of every important major decision made in modern Chinese history. The movie was written by Alex Law and directed by Mabel Cheung. It starred Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Wu as the sisters. The story begins with the childhood of the three sisters who... MORE

The Soong Sisters (Chinese: 宋家皇朝; pinyin: Sòng jiā huángcháo; literally "The Soong Family Dynasty") is a 1997 Hong Kong film dramatization of the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949. The three sisters married the most important historical figures during the founding of new China, making the family the focal point of every important major decision made in modern Chinese history. The movie was written by Alex Law and directed by Mabel Cheung. It starred Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Wu as the sisters. The story begins with the childhood of the three sisters who grew up during the fall of China's last dynasty around the time of the Xinhai Revolution. Their father Charlie Soong (Jiang Wen) demonstrated the wealth and prestige of the family with one of the most successful printing business. The Soong sisters later went abroad to college at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia in the United States. Early on, Sun Yat-sen (Winston Chao) was a wanted criminal under the weakening Qing government. Soong Ching-ling (Maggie Cheung) first married Sun Yat-sen, the upcoming father of new China and leader of the Kuomintang Nationalist party. The marriage went ahead despite the LESS