Crew
FC
Fung Chi-Kong
Director
FC
Fung Chi-Kong
Screenplay
LL
Lee Long-Koon
Producer
Cast
Connie Chan Po-Chu
Fan Lei-fa
TL
Tam Lan-Hing
Cheng Yaojin
YK
Yu Kai
SC
Sum Chi-Wah
YW
Yu Wai-Fun
Lai Man
Wan Ling-Kwong
PL
Pak Lung-Chu
LF
Lee Fung
The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa
196899m
MusicHistoryDrama
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.
