The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa (1968)

ALL 03/13/1968 (cn) Music, History, Drama 99 Min
  • Release
    03/13/1968
  • Production
    Gin Lei Film Company
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    樊梨花
  • Original language
    cn
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Centring on the legend of the four ancient Chinese heroines, the film was a novelty for audiences at the time, as the singing performance was in Cantonese and used huangmei operatic rhythms—a popular trend in the 1960s, yet it retained traditional flavours by using operatic luogu percussion in the battle scenes. ‘Movie-fan princess' Connie Chan Po-chu not only sings Cantonese song and huangmei tone solos in the film, she also wows the audience by taking up the doumadanrole for the first time as the Tang dynasty female general Fan Lei-fa, showing off her superb operatic martial skills, together with Shum Chi-wah, inherited from Peking opera master Fen Ju Hua. Yu Kai's weaponry prowess and renowned female comedian Tam Lan-hing cross-dressing as a male general are also brilliant in this gem.

  1. Fung Chi-Kong

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Yu Shun

    Editor

  4. Lee Long-Koon

    Producer



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The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa (1968) 99 Min

ALL 03/13/1968 (cn)
Music, History, Drama
  • Release 03/13/1968
  • Production
    Gin Lei Film Company
  • Original title 樊梨花
  • cn
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Centring on the legend of the four ancient Chinese heroines, the film was a novelty for audiences at the time, as the singing performance was in Cantonese and used huangmei operatic rhythms—a popular trend in the 1960s, yet it retained traditional flavours by using operatic luogu percussion in the battle scenes. ‘Movie-fan princess' Connie Chan Po-chu not only sings Cantonese song and huangmei tone solos in the film, she also wows the audience by taking up the doumadanrole for the first time as the Tang dynasty female general Fan Lei-fa, showing off her superb operatic martial skills, together with Shum Chi-wah, inherited from Peking opera master Fen Ju Hua. Yu Kai's weaponry prowess and renowned female comedian Tam Lan-hing cross-dressing as a male general are also brilliant in this gem.

  1. Fung Chi-Kong

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Yu Shun

    Editor

  4. Lee Long-Koon

    Producer