Hsiao Yeh

A doctor sells out his friend to get a promotion. The doctor's wife (Cora Miao) is not happy. She has an affair with an old boyfriend, and later she leaves her husband because she thinks her husband is having an affair. This marital strife ruins the doctor's promotion. (talkingmoviezzz.com)

It is about the ailing emperor of China and his ministers' efforts to cure him of his illness. The only doctor who can cure the illness lives in the neighbouring kingdom, so smuggling out takes some effort. The official who allows him to leave wants a painting by a famous painter, so that must be procured as well. The painter won't paint until he sees a certain princess, but she is in mourning and won't leave the house. To make her leave the house, a famous thief must be enlisted ... (imdb)

Patriotic extravaganza concerning early 20th-century political events in Taiwan. (imdb)