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Director:
Hark Tsui
Writer:
Raymond To
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Release Date:
6 September 1986 (Hong Kong) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Action See more »
Plot:
The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
6 nominations See more »
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Definitely one of the greatest films of all time See more (13 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
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
Ging Man Fung ... General Tsao's officer
Ha Huang ... General Tun
Feng Ku ... Commander Liu
Paul Lai ... General Tun's adjuntant
Hoi Sang Lee ... Soldier with Moustache
Po-Chih Leong ... Mr. Kam
Sandra Ng Kwan Yue ... General Tun's wife
Hang-Sang Poon ... Theatre doorman
Dean Shek
Yin Szema ... Ms Choi
Ching Tien ... Sung

Kai Man Tin ... Cart pusher
Hoi Yan Wong ... General Tun's wife
David Wu ... General Tsao's interpreter
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Directed by
Hark Tsui 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Raymond To  (as To Kwok Wai)

Produced by
Claudie Chung Chun .... producer
Hark Tsui .... producer
 
Original Music by
James Wong 
 
Cinematography by
Hang-Sang Poon 
 
Film Editing by
David Wu 
 
Production Design by
Kim-Sing Ho 
Chi-Hing Leung 
Vincent Wai 
 
Costume Design by
Po-ling Ng 
 
Production Management
Patrick Yip .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yeung-Wah Kam .... assistant director
 
Other crew
Siu-Tung Ching .... action director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Do ma daan" - Hong Kong (original 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 See 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)
Company:
Cinema CitySee more »

Did You Know?

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.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998)See more »

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24 out of 31 people found the following review useful.
Definitely one of the greatest films of all time, 3 March 2005
Author: devilside from Peking

absolutely perfect film-making in a way that storytelling here is of foremost interest and not just great shots and cinematography like overrated Wong Kar Wai and Zhang Yimou used to do. This film beautifully depicting characteristic traits of China like its values, culture and principles and cleverly Tsui Hark let this clashed with politics, authority and government - which the last lyrical image of the laughing Peking Opera actor beautifully addressing to that political institutions are very transient but not Chinese valuable roots and traditions.

Sure, it's not evidently among Tsui Hark's bigger masterpieces like "Seven Swords" or "Once Upon A Time In China", but yet i think this surely should be compared to those greatest classics in the world but it's very difficult when a lot of people can't respect and understand Chinese traditions, so what we now have here is a tremendously underrated masterpiece that should be studied in the years to come, because is very inspirational how to tell a story in a visual way. Peking Opera Blues is the perfect paradigm.

I'll never forget this truly great film.

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