Bai fa mo nu zhuan (1993)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Ronny Yu

Writers:

Kee-To Lam (writer)
Yusheng Liang (novel)

Release Date:

25 September 1993 (South Korea)

Genre:

Fantasy | Adventure | Romance | Action

Tagline:

A Classic Chinese Tale Of Swords And Sorcery Of Honor And Of Love

Plot:

The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang...

Plot Keywords:

Warrior | Tragedy | True Love | Sheep | Raised By Wolves

Awards:

7 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Brigitte Lin	...	Lian Nichang
Leslie Cheung	...	Zhuo Yi-Hang
Francis Ng	...	Male Ji Wushuang
Elaine Lui	...	Female Ji Wushuang
Kit Ying Lam	...	Ho Lu Hua
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
King-Kei Cheng	...	Hsin Cheng
Eddy Ko	...	General Wu San-Kuei
Lok Lam Law	...	Pai Yun
Le Lin Lo
Fong Pao	...	Master Tzu Yang

Also Known As:

Bak fat moh lui chuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Jiang-Hu: Between Love and Glory
The Bride with White Hair (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

89 min | USA:92 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18

Company:

Mandarin Films Distribution Co.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

A Chinese period film. Tragic, Romantic, Great.

This movie is a masterpiece in some sense. The cinematography is very well done. It's not the best Asian movie ever, but one of the best (I thought). The genre isn't common in movies(not as far as I know). I saw the "full" genre to be action ,romance ,period ,fantasy ,drama. But that's what good about it. It's different and in some sense "rare". They should really make more high quality movies like this. I thought it was always entertaining the whole way through, non-stop. Interesting to watch. It was a tragic romantic movie. Good action scenes and superb acting. I loved the way the characters interacted with each-other. The thing about this movie is that it's not a movie you just watch and forget about and say "That was a good movie". It's something you really should think about. It has a great meaning.

It's quite sad at the very end. But it does a wonderful job in making you wonder what will happen next in the sequel(The bride with white hair 2). If you're looking for something different than all these Western movies, than watch this one for sure. And If you're going to watch it, watch the subtitled version. It's much, much better than the dubbed as with most foreign movies.