Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

It is a good chinese movie that talk about a serious topic in China. I cant believe the rating is so low. This is unrecognized quality movice that deserves more attention.

Raise the Red Lantern is a movie about a young girl who become the mistress of a rich family, just like Zhen Huan At first she did not want to get married but she soon learns that she needs the master's love in order to live a "nice" life. The mistresses are all very different and they try to win over the master just like in Empress in the Palace.
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. This literally gave me the chills after I finished the movie.

Both were historical, telling the dark story of palace.
Beautiful queen facing the evil competition
Lots of plotting. Politic, conspiracy,
Kind of sad

Both were historical. Tell the story of how the king treated his ladies.
The beautiful queen were being ignored.
Many palace politic.

both chinese movies from the 90s have a chinese opera element (Farewell my Concubine revolves heavily around Chinese opera and in Raise the Red Lantern one of the characters was an opera singer) and that connection to opera also shows in the osts. The stories start in the 1920s where our main protagonists get send off by their mothers, have a kind of betrayal element and dont end happily. Also Dong Li stars in both films.

Both revolve around polygamy
Hare-kon is less dramatic and more comedy, but Raise the red lantern is thorough and goes in-depth to show polygamy

If you like the drama of wives fighting to win their husband's favor, then you might like Raise the Red Lantern. It delves into this territory. Both are slow pace and show aspects of historical China.

Both movies take place during World War I in Chinese cities. Both star Gong Li..........................................