Ching Se (1993)

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99 min - Drama | Fantasy - 4 November 1993 (Hong Kong)

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Two snake spirits become human and learn about love and suffering. A monk discovers his own weaknesses and finds that morality is not as simple as he had thought.

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Ma Cheng-miu
	Maggie Cheung	...	Siu Ching (Xiao Qing), Green Snake
	Man Cheuk Chiu	...	Monk Fatt Hoi (Fahai)
	Chan Dung-Mooi
	Kong Lau	...	Blind monk
	Nagma	...	Bharata Natyam dancer (as Najma)
	Feng Tien	...	Spider
	Joey Wang	...	Bak Sei Juen (Bai Suzhen), White Snake
	Hsing-kuo Wu	...	Hsui Xien (Xu Xian), the scholar

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Two snakes reformed into two beauties. White Snake chose pedagogue Xian Xu as her husband and enjoyed human life, while Green Snake played around every day. Jealous to White Snake, Green Snake kept on flirting with Xian Xu. Xian Xu eventually found they were snakes ... After being tempted by Green Snake, monk Fahai decided to imprison the two "monsters". He kidnapped Xian Xu. A battle began ... Just then, White Snake borned her new baby. What should monk Fahai do? Adapted from an old Chinese folk story but quite different from the original. Written by Zheng Wang <zhwang@das.harvard.edu>

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