Peking Opera Blues
- Today, Sep 18
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Tsui Hark Run Time: 104 min. Release Year: 1986
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Mark Cheng Ho-Nam, Sally Yeh, Wu Ma
Come on out for a free screening of Peking Opera Blues, Tsui Hark’s 1986 action comedy!
The film is set in 1913 Beijing, during Yuan Shikai’s presidency of the Republic of China. It depicts the adventures of a team of unlikely heroines: Tsao Wan, a patriotic rebel who dresses as a man; Sheung Hung, a woman in search of a missing box of jewels; and Pat Neil, the daughter of a Peking Opera impresario.
Nominated for six awards at the 1987 Hong Kong Film Awards, Peking Opera Blues is a hilarious highpoint of Hong Kong cinema with a satirical bent.