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Peking Opera Blues

Peking Opera Blues

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 6, 1986

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Action, Comedy

User Score

69%

Original Title

刀馬旦

Production Companies

Film Workshop

Director

Tsui Hark

Description

The film is set in 1913 Beijing, during Yuan Shikai's presidency of the Republic of China. It depicts the adventures of a team of unlikely heroines: Tsao Wan, a patriotic rebel who dresses as a man; Sheung Hung, a woman in search of a missing box of jewels; and Pat Neil, the daughter of a Peking Opera impresario.