Peking Opera Blues

Peking Opera Blues

104 mins | Comedy, Action | Sept. 6, 1986

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, a patriotic rebel who dresses as a man; Sheung Hung, a woman in search of a missing box of jewels; and Pat Neil, the daughter of a Peking Opera impresario.

Peking Opera Blues

104 mins | Comedy, Action | Sept. 6, 1986

Peking Opera Blues
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, a patriotic rebel who dresses as a man; Sheung Hung, a woman in search of a missing box of jewels; and Pat Neil, the daughter of a Peking Opera impresario.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Film Workshop
Original title 刀馬旦
Directors Yeung-Wah Kam, Tsui Hark
Writers Raymond To

Cast

Sally Yeh

as Pat Neil

Cherie Chung Cho-Hung

as Sheung Hung

Mark Cheng

as Ling Pak Hoi

Wu Ma

as Boss Wong

Cheung Kwok-Keung

as Tung Man

Paul Chun

as Fa Kam Siu

Ku Feng

as Commander Liu

Kenneth Tsang

as General Cho

Huang Ha

as General Tun

Poon Hang-Sang

as Theatre doorman

Leong Po-Chih

as Mr Kam

David Wu

as General Cho's interpreter

James Lai Wing-Keung

as General Tun's adjuntant

Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu

as General Tun's wife

Wong Hoi-Yan

as General Tun's wife

Si-Ma Yin

as Ms Choi

Lee Hoi-Sang

as Captain

Tin Ching

as Comrade Sung

Fung Ging-Man

as General Cho's officer

William Leung Chi-Ming

as General Tun's soldier

Tenky Tin Kai-Man

as Cart pusher

Chang Kwok-Tse

as Commander Liu's man

Fung Yuen-Chi

as Overseas Chinese arrested in the street