Everlasting Regret
2005 1h 46m movie Film Hong Kong

Everlasting Regret

長恨歌

Everlasting Regret is a Hong Kong–China co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

長恨歌

A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qiyao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive.

Hong Kong × China Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)China

Other Hong Kong×China titles

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Drama + Romance in Hong Kong

90 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Everlasting Regret itself).

The 2004–2006 Hong Kong Window

In the crowded 2004-2006 Hong Kong release window, Everlasting Regret sits at #41 of 46. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. War and Beauty
    #1

    War and Beauty

    ★ 9.3 · 2004
  2. The Departed
    #2

    The Departed

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  3. Election 2
    #3

    Election 2

    ★ 7.3 · 2006
  4. The Hand
    #4

    The Hand

    ★ 7.3 · 2004
  5. The Protector
    #5

    The Protector

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  6. Election
    #6

    Election

    ★ 7.1 · 2005
  7. Daisy
    #7

    Daisy

    ★ 7.1 · 2006
  8. Robin-B-Hood
    #8

    Robin-B-Hood

    ★ 7.0 · 2006

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Everlasting Regret premiered alongside 12 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 12 other Hong Kong films in 2005.

The 586th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

10
Reviews
6th
Review-volume percentile
10th
Popularity percentile

10 audience reviews — more than 6% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 10th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Reception Benchmarks

5.5
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #708 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (15th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #275 of 311 (top 88%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, China
Original LanguageChinese
Production CompaniesJCE Movies, Shanghai Film Group
Runtime1h 46m
Release DateSeptember 29, 2005
IMDbtt0475263