China Movie

Drama/Action

107 Minutes

Multi-Lingual

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刀馬旦

Director : Tsui Hark

Starring : Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung

The movie is set in chaotic 1920’s China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen’s underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young men who are thrown together.

One young woman grabs a box of jewels during the looting when one warlord takes Peking. A deserting soldier joins her, but the jewels end up at the Peking Opera. Here we meet the daughter of the head of the troupe, who dreams of bring an actress. But even female roles are played by men in the opera. Soon, the daughter of the currently ruling warlord and a male agent of the democratic underground are involved.

DVD: List Price: US$15.95

Sale Price: US$9.95

Language: Mandarin / Cantonese

Subtitle: English / Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese

All Regions (DVD can be played on any DVD player in the world)

Letter Box

Rating: II - "May be Inappropriate For Children" (Broad rating equal to an MPPA rating of "PG-13". In the late 1980s this rating splintered in two ratings: IIA and IIB) Films rated Category II may contain mild to strong violence, nudity that is usually not sexually oriented, explicit language and adult situations.