The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa
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.
- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- Cantonese
- cross dressing
- heroine
- cantonese opera
- huangmei opera
- doumadan (peking opera female fighter)
Top billed cast
Release dates
Hong KongHK
- Theatrical13 Mar 1968
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- When was The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa released?
- The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa was released on 13 March 1968.
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- Who directed The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa?
- The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa (1968) was directed by Fung Chi-Kong.
- How long is The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa?
- The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa runs for 1h 39m.















