Movie Description
樊梨花
(1968)Overview
Centring on the legend of the four ancient Chinese heroines, the film was a novelty for audiences at the time, as the singing performance was in Cantonese and used huangmei operatic rhythms—a popular trend in the 1960s, yet it retained traditional flavours by using operatic luogu percussion in the battle scenes. ‘Movie-fan princess' Connie Chan Po-chu not only sings Cantonese song and huangmei tone solos in the film, she also wows the audience by taking up the doumadanrole for the first time as the Tang dynasty female general Fan Lei-fa, showing off her superb operatic martial skills, together with Shum Chi-wah, inherited from Peking opera master Fen Ju Hua. Yu Kai's weaponry prowess and renowned female comedian Tam Lan-hing cross-dressing as a male general are also brilliant in this gem.
Featured Crew
- Director : Fung Chi-Kong
- Producer : Lee Long-Koon
- Editor : Yu Shun
- Cast : Connie Chan Po-Chu,Tam Lan-Hing,Yu Kai,Sum Chi-Wah,Yu Wai-Fun,Lai Man,Wan Ling-Kwong,Pak Lung-Chu,Lee Fung
Cast
Fan Lei-fa
Cheng Yaojin
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Facts
Original Title樊梨花
Status Released
Release Information
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1968-03-13
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 39m
Homepagehttps://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en_US/web/hkfa/pe-event-2020-5-1-7.html
Production CompaniesGin Lei Film Company
Genres
- Music
- History
- Drama
