- Directed by:
- Hark Tsui
- Writer:
- Raymond To
- Starring:
- Brigitte LinCherie ChungKenneth TsangMa WuPaul ChunLing Pak Hoi...
- Release Date:
- 2 March 1990 Finland ...
- Genres:
- ComedyAction
- Region:
- HongKong
- Language:
- Cantonese
- Runtime:
- USA:104 min
- Color:
- Color
- Other Info:
- Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm / Cinematographic processSpherical / Printed film format35 mm / Aspect ratio1.85 : 1 /
- Also Called:
- Peking Opera Blues Finland / Hong Kong (English title) / USA, Dao ma dan Hong Kong (Mandarin title), Knife Horse Dawn USA (literal English title), Peking Action Blues West Germany (video title)
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 being an ac
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