The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa (1968)
The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa (1968)
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.

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Cast

Connie Chan Po-Chu Connie Chan Po-Chu As: Fan Lei-fa
Tam Lan-Hing Tam Lan-Hing As: Cheng Yaojin
Yu Kai Yu Kai As:
Sum Chi-Wah Sum Chi-Wah As:
Yu Wai-Fun Yu Wai-Fun As:
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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.


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Details

Genres: Music, History, Drama

Language: 广州话 / 廣州話

Release Date: 13 March 1968

Country: HK

Runtime: 99m

Company Credits

Company: Gin Lei Film Company

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Cast

Directed By

Fung Chi-Kong

Fung Chi-Kong

Director

Wong King-Wan

Wong King-Wan

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Fung Chi-Kong

Fung Chi-Kong

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Yu Shun

Yu Shun

Editor

Costume and Makeup

Tse Tsak-Yuen

Tse Tsak-Yuen

Makeup Artist

Lai Chu

Lai Chu

Costume Designer

Tsui Kam-Lun

Tsui Kam-Lun

Hair Designer

Sound

Poon Cheuk

Poon Cheuk

Music

Poon Cheuk

Poon Cheuk

Music Arranger

Visual Effects

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Camera

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Lighting

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Art Department

Chan King-Sam

Chan King-Sam

Set Designer

Other Crew

Ngai Hoi-Fung

Ngai Hoi-Fung

Cinematography

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