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Peking Opera Blues

6.5

103

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Original title

Do ma daan (Peking Opera Blues)

Year

1986

Running time

104 min.

Country

Hong Kong

Director

Tsui Hark

Screenwriter

Raymond To

Cast

Music

James Wong

Cinematography

Poon Hang-Sang

Producer

Cinema City Film Productions, Film Workshop

Genre

Action. Comedy | Opera

Synopsis

The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young men who are thrown together. One young woman grabs a box of jewels during the looting when one warlord takes Peking. A deserting soldier joins her, but the jewels end up at the Peking Opera. Here we meet the daughter of the head of the troupe, who dreams of being an actress. But even female roles are played by men in the opera. Soon, the daughter of the currently ruling warlord and a male agent of the democratic underground are involved.

Rankings Position

#120 Best Hong Kong Movies of all time

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Peking Opera Blues

1986

Tsui Hark

6.5

(103)