| Eighteen Springs | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 半生緣 |
| Simplified Chinese | 半生缘 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bànshēng Yuán |
| Directed by | Ann Hui |
| Written by | John Chan Kin-chung Eileen Chang (novel) |
| Produced by | Ann Hui Jimmy Wang Yu |
| Starring | Jacklyn Wu Leon Lai Anita Mui Huang Lei Ge You |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-bin |
| Edited by | Wong Yee-Shun Poon Hung |
| Music by | Daniel Ye Xiaogang |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Countries | Hong Kong China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Eighteen Springs (simplified Chinese: 半生缘; traditional Chinese: 半生緣; pinyin: Bànshēng Yuán) is a 1997 romantic drama directed by Ann Hui and starring Jacklyn Wu, Leon Lai, Anita Mui, Huang Lei and Ge You. It is a China-Hong Kong co-production, based on the novel of the same name by Eileen Chang.
The film depicts the ill-fated romance between two Chinese lovers in Shanghai and Nanjing during the 1930s and 1940s, which destined them to be apart for more than a decade. The film marked the second time Hui directed an Eileen Chang adaptation (the first was 1984’s Love in a Fallen City).