The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Connie Chan Po-Chu

Fan Lei-fa

Age : 77 | Popularity : 16%

Tam Lan-Hing

Cheng Yaojin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Yu Kai

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sum Chi-Wah

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Yu Wai-Fun

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Lai Man

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Wan Ling-Kwong

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Pak Lung-Chu

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Fung Chi-Kong
	Assistant Director	Wong King-Wan
Writing	Screenplay	Fung Chi-Kong
Sound	Music Arranger	Poon Cheuk
	Music	Poon Cheuk
Crew	Cinematography	Ngai Hoi-Fung
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	Lai Chu
	Makeup Artist	Tse Tsak-Yuen
	Hair Designer	Tsui Kam-Lun
Editing	Editor	Yu Shun
Art	Set Designer	Chan King-Sam
Production	Producer	Lee Long-Koon
Department	Role	Name

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