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User Rating:
7.6/10   902 votes
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Director:

Hark Tsui

Writer:

Raymond To (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

6 September 1986 (Hong Kong) more

Genre:

Comedy | Action more

Plot:

The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's... more | add synopsis

Awards:

6 nominations more

NewsDesk:

Asian Cinema Scene: 'Departures' and 'Detective Dee'
 (From Cinematical. 6 January 2009, 6:15 PM, PST)

User Comments:

Tsui Hark's best action-comedy. One of best HK films ever. more (14 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Brigitte Lin ... Tsao Wan
Cherie Chung ... Sheung Hung
Sally Yeh ... Pat Neil

Kenneth Tsang ... General Tsao
Ma Wu ... Mr. Wong
Paul Chun ... Fa Gum-Sao
Mark Cheng ... Ling Pak-Hoi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kwok Keung Cheung ... Tung Man
Feng Ku ... Commander Liu
Hoi Sang Lee ... Soldier with Moustache
Po-Chih Leong
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue
Dean Shek
Yin Szema
Ching Tien
David Wu
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Peking Opera Blues (Hong Kong: English title) (USA)
Dao ma dan (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Knife Horse Dawn (USA) (literal English title)
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Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

South Korea:12 (re-rating) (2000) | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | West Germany:16 | UK:18 (re-release) (uncut)


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: About 25 minutes in, when Tso-Wan (Brigitte Lin) cranks the Rolls Royce to start it, the sound track has the sound of a starter motor cranking an engine. more

Movie Connections:

Remade as Nu ren bu huai (2008) more


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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Tsui Hark's best action-comedy. One of best HK films ever., 4 March 2000
Author: johnrlewis from Lewisville, Texas USA

A strange, unique, but very accessable mix of hard action and outrageous comedy. Bigitte Lin is disguised as a man as usual. Great rooftop kungfu and shooting action. This is one of the best Hong Kong films ever made. Another difference from standard HK fare is that the three heroes are all women.

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a must for all Brigitte Lin fans denizen_blank
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