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Spicy Love Soup (Chinese: 爱情麻辣烫; pinyin: Aìqíng Má Là Tāng) is a 1997 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yang and written by Zhang, Liu Fendou, Cai Shangjun, and Diao Yi'nan based on a story by Zhang and Peter Loehr. Spicy Love Soup was produced by Loehr's Imar Film Company, Xi'an Film Studio, and Taiwanese financing. The film is Zhang's directorial debut and would prove to be a launching pad for those both in front and behind the cameras. Screenwriters Cai Shangjun (The Red Awn) and Diao Yi'nan (Uniform, Night Train) have since gone on to direct their own films, while Liu Fendou has expanded into both directing (Green Hat) and film production (Zhang Yibai's Spring Subway). The cast is also notable for the debuts of two of China's most popular actresses, Gao Yuanyuan and Xu Jinglei. The film is an anthology of sorts, and tells its story of love and life in modern Beijing through a series of five vignettes. Spicy Love Soup was, in addition, the first film in mainland China to see a simultaneous release of a soundtrack, consisting largely of contemporary pop songs.
Original Release
01/01/1997
Cast
Name | Character |
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Xuebing Wang | Groom-to-be |
Chuan Chao | Bar owner |
Emil Chau | Neighbor |
Yuanyuan Gao | Schoolgirl (segment "Sound") / Schoolgirl |
Cunzhuang Ge | Calligrapher (segment "Mahjong") |
Tao Guo | Yu Xiaohui (segment "Toys") / Yu Xiaohui |
Tsung-Sheng Lee | Schoolteacher (cameo) |
Bin Li | Potion selling granny (segment "Thirteen spicy") / Potion selling granny |
Liping Lü | Wife seeking divorce (segment "Thirteen spicy") / Wife seeking divorce |
Cunxin Pu | Husband seeking divorce (segment "Thirteen spicy") / Husband seeking divorce |
Directors
Writers
Yang Zhang, Shangjun Cai, Yi'nan Diao, Fendou Liu, Peter Loehr
Cast
Name | Character |
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Xuebing Wang | Groom-to-be |
Chuan Chao | Bar owner |
Emil Chau | Neighbor |
Yuanyuan Gao | Schoolgirl (segment "Sound") / Schoolgirl |
Cunzhuang Ge | Calligrapher (segment "Mahjong") |
Tao Guo | Yu Xiaohui (segment "Toys") / Yu Xiaohui |
Tsung-Sheng Lee | Schoolteacher (cameo) |
Bin Li | Potion selling granny (segment "Thirteen spicy") / Potion selling granny |
Liping Lü | Wife seeking divorce (segment "Thirteen spicy") / Wife seeking divorce |
Cunxin Pu | Husband seeking divorce (segment "Thirteen spicy") / Husband seeking divorce |
Bing Shao | Photographer / Photographer (segment "Photo") |
Xingyu Wen | Suitor Qian (segment "Mahjong") |
Fan Xu | Chen Jing (segment "Toys") / Chen Jing |
Jinglei Xu | Perfume demonstrater (segment "Photo") |
Xu Bing | Perfume demonstrater |
Zhebin Wang | Groom-to-be |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sam Duann | Executive Producer |
Peter Loehr | Executive Producer |
Dean Shueh | Executive Producer |
Peter Loehr | Producer |
Pimin Zhang | Producer |