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  • Beijing Herbs (2000)
  • 98 min | Drama
Beijing Herbs (2000)
98 min | Drama
This family tale spans three generations of Chinese trying to understand and come to terms with life's changes. Middlesome relatives stir up a storm. The old and the young find themselves and their values developing and evolving, and new ...See moreThis family tale spans three generations of Chinese trying to understand and come to terms with life's changes. Middlesome relatives stir up a storm. The old and the young find themselves and their values developing and evolving, and new relationships come and go. The eldest family member, Guan, the son of a royal physician of the former Qing Dynasty, has also become a great physician who is able to predict the exact time of a patient's death. His ex-daughter-in-law, Yu, trained by him to be a physician, still stays with the family as his assistant. Her ex-husband, Jin, comes back from the USA with his new girlfriend, Jenny, a beautiful American who is doing a research on the death of Guangxu, the second last Emperor of Qing Dynasty who is Guan's father's patient. Jenny speaks fluent Mandarin, but she has a long way to go before understanding and getting accustomed to the Chinese tradition and mindset. On the other hand, Yu falls in love with her old friend who is a married man. Jin takes the opportunity to send an anonymous letter to the man's wife which results in a mess in the family. Mr. & Mrs. Guan and Jenny strongly disapprove of Jin's "face-saving" revenge. Jenny decides to break up with Jin, although her friendship with the rest of the family members remains... Written by L.H. Wong See less
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Yinnan Ding
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Updated Sep 20, 2000
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Sep 20, 2000 (Singapore)

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