The Bride with White Hair 2 (1994)
"Bai fa mo nu zhuan II" (original title)

For ten years, Cho has been in the snow of Mount Shin Fung waiting for a rare flower to blossom that will cure his wife who, back in Chung Yuan, is slowly killing all of the members of the ... See full summary »

Director:

David Wu

Writers:

David Wu, Ronny Yu

Stars:

Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Christy Chung

Cast

Credited cast:
Brigitte Lin	...	Lien Ni-Chang
Leslie Cheung	...	Cho Yi-Hang
Christy Chung	...	Moon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sunny Chan	...	Fung Chun-Kit
Kwok Leung Cheung	...	Siu Lau
Lily Chung	...	Ying-Wai
Eddy Ko	...	General Wu San-Kuei
Lan Law	...	Wu Tang Clan Elder
Heung Kam Lee	...	Yip Pak-Chow
Elaine Lui	...	Female Ji Wushuang (cameo)
Yee-Man Man	...	Lyre (as Joey Maan)
Chun Fung Ng	...	Lan Long
Francis Ng	...	Male Ji Wushuang (cameo)
Richard Suen	...	Liu Hang
Ruth Winona Tao	...	Chen Yuen-Yuen

Storyline

For ten years, Cho has been in the snow of Mount Shin Fung waiting for a rare flower to blossom that will cure his wife who, back in Chung Yuan, is slowly killing all of the members of the Eight Big Clans. Something Cho did to her early in their marriage has turned her hair white and driven her mad. Cho's nephew, Kit, marries Lyre; they are deeply in love. On their wedding night, Ni-Chang, the bride with white hair, kidnaps Lyre and takes her to her harem of fighting women to indoctrinate her against Kit. Kit tries to lead a rescue party, but they are up against formidable opponents. Can Cho come in time with the blossom to soften Ni-Chang's heart?

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | kidnapping | witch | sequel

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

1 January 1994 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

The Bride with White Hair 2

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mandarin Films Distribution Co., Yes Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows The Bride with White Hair (1993)

User Reviews

Decent enough sequel

There's some confusion in these reviews between the first and second movies. The sequel was rushed into production to capitalise on the success of the first, so obviously there is a drop in quality. Brigitte Lin did not "retire" as such, but got married, which in Hong Kong cinema often counts as the same thing - its seen as bad form if a woman has to work because it suggests that the husband is not providing. The rest of us know that acting in movies doesn't actually count as real work, but we almost lost Maggie Cheung to this odd syndrome, and even Michelle Yeoh retired for the few years when she was married to a big name producer. Anyway, Brigitte Lin is still fine in this film (great to see a woman "of a certain age" still given such a strong part in a HK film), despite her performance being simplistically villainous throughout. And Christy Chung is fantastic in a cigarette chewing pastiche of Chow Yun Fat. The gender politics in this movie are particularly striking - the men are mostly sexist pigs trembling in the face of female empowerment, while the women inhabit a man-hating commune where they are gradually eradicating the two-timing dogs from their world ("Men. I see one, I kill one."). Both are somewhat reprehensible in their own way, but in the Asian context, it is notable that many such films indulge fantasies of powerful evil women permitting spectacular displays of forceful sexuality which is always punished or destroyed at the end to return the gender balance to its patriarchal, safe norm. As such, it fits neatly into all the categories which have made Hong Kong films so fascinating and extreme to Western viewers.