---
title: 'Forever Enthralled (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Chen Kaige'
released: '2008-12-05'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'People''s Republic of China'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/forever-enthralled-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851532/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Forever Enthralled (2008)

2008 · 150 min · History, Romance · People's Republic of China

Original title: 梅蘭芳

## Synopsis

Forever Enthralled is a Chinese biographical film directed by Chen Kaige; the film marks Chen's eleventh feature film as a director. Forever Enthralled follows the life of Mei Lanfang, one of China's premiere opera performers. It stars Leon Lai as Mei, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei and Masanobu Andō.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige)
- **Screenplay:** [Chen Kaige](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kaige), [Geling Yan](https://cinepixo.com/people/geling-yan), [Chen Kuo-Fu](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-kuo-fu)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zhao Jiping](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-jiping)
- **Producer:** [Han Sanping](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-sanping), [Du Jiayi](https://cinepixo.com/people/du-jiayi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Zhao Xiaoshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-xiaoshi)
- **Editor:** [Zhou Ying](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhou-ying)

## Cast

- [Zhang Ziyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-ziyi)
- [Yu Shaoqun](https://cinepixo.com/people/yu-shaoqun)
- [Pan Yueming](https://cinepixo.com/people/pan-yueming)
- [Chen Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-hong)
- [Sun Honglei](https://cinepixo.com/people/sun-honglei)
- [Masanobu Andō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masanobu-ando)
- [Mei Baojiu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mei-baojiu)
- [Leon Lai](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-lai)
- [Wang Xueqi](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-xueqi)
- [Wang Peiyu](https://cinepixo.com/people/wang-peiyu)
- [Gillian Chung](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillian-chung)

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