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

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

Po-Chih Leong

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