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Peking Opera Blues is a Hongkongais film of genre Comedy directed by Tsui Hark released in USA on 6 september 1986 with Cherie Chung
Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Dāo mǎ dàn
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Add to a movie listPeking Opera Blues (traditional Chinese: 刀馬旦; simplified Chinese: 刀马旦; pinyin: Dāo Mǎ Dàn; Jyutping: Dòu Máah Dáan; Cantonese Yale: Dou1 mah5 daan3) is a 1986 Hong Kong film directed by Tsui Hark. The movie combines comedy, Hong Kong action, and serious drama with scenes involving Peking Opera. Director Tsui Hark described the film as a satire on the "Chinese ignorance of democracy." The film was nominated for six awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Actress.
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The film is set in 1913 Beijing, during Yuan Shikai's presidency of the country. It depicts the adventures of a team of unlikely heroines: Tsao Wan (Brigitte Lin), a patriotic rebel who dresses as a man; Sheung Hung (Cherie Chung), a woman in search of a missing box of jewels; and Bai Niu (Sally Yeh), the daughter of a Peking Opera impresario.Actors
Cherie Chung
(Sheung Hung)
Sally Yeh
(Pat Neil)
Paul Chun
(Fa Kam Siu)
Wu Ma
(Boss Wong)
Kenneth Tsang Wing Kong
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