Peking Opera Blues
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| Directed by | Tsui Hark |
| Written by | Raymond To |
| Starring | Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh |
| Release date(s) | 1986 |
| Running time | 104 min |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
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Peking Opera Blues (TC: 刀馬旦, SC: 刀马旦, pinyin: Dāo Mǎ Dàn; Cantonese: Do Ma Daan) is a 1986 Hong Kong film directed by Tsui Hark. The movie combines comedy, Hong Kong action, and serious drama with scenes involving Peking Opera.
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[edit] Synopsis
The film is set in 1913 Beijing, during Yuan Shikai's presidency of the Republic of China. It depicts the adventures of a team of unlikely heroines: Tsao Wan (Brigitte Lin), a patriotic rebel who dresses as a man; Sheung Hung (Cherie Chung), a woman in search of a missing box of jewels; and Pat Neil (Sally Yeh), the daughter of a Peking Opera impresario.
[edit] Title
The Chinese title translates as Knife Horse Actresses, a term used in Peking Opera to refer to male actors playing female warriors (See Dan article for details). It is sometimes erroneously translated as Knife Horse Dawn, due to the fact that both words are represented by the same Chinese character.[1]
[edit] Cast and roles
- Brigitte Lin - Tsao Wan (曹雲), General Tsao's daughter
- Cherie Chung - Sheung Hung (湘紅)
- Sally Yeh - Pat Neil (白妞)
- Kenneth Tsang - General Tsao
- Wu Ma - Mr. Wong
- Paul Chun - Fa Gum-Sao
- Mark Cheng - Ling Pak-Hoi
- Cheung Kwok Keung - Tung Man
- Ku Feng - Commander Liu
- Lee Hoi San - Soldier with moustache
- Leong Po-Chih
- Sandra Ng (cameo)
- Dean Shek
- Yin Szema
- Tien Ching
- David Wu
[edit] Responses
The film grossed $17,559,357 HKD in Hong Kong.[1]
In his Wrap Up video to the Region 1 DVD of Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express, Quentin Tarantino refers to Peking Opera Blues as "one of the craziest movies ever made" and "the best and a lot of fun."
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jenny Kwok Wah Lau, 'Peking Opera Blues: Exploding Genre, Gender and History', in Film Analysis (Norton, 2005), p. 739.
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