Lady Assassin

1983 Hong Kong film
  • January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15) (Hong Kong)
Running time
1 hr 26 min (86 min)CountryHong KongLanguageCantoneseBox officeHK$ $876,247.00[1]

The Lady Assassin is a 1983 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chin Ku Lu, starring Norman Chui, Leanne Liu, Tony Liu, and Jason Pai Piao.

Plot

The villainous 4th Prince plots to change a royal edict proclaiming himself as heir to the throne instead of the Emperor's favoured fourteenth prince. The Fourth prince gets the backing of Han loyalists by promising that the Manchu rule of iron will soften when he is in power however he fails to keep his promise and turns against those that helped him.

Cast

  • Tony Liu as 4th Prince Yung Cheng
  • Norman Chui as Tsang Jing
  • Jason Pai Piao as Min Geng Yiu
  • Ku Feng as Lui Liu Liang
  • Leanne Liu (credited as Leanne Lau Suet-Wa) as Lui Si Niang
  • Max Mok Siu-Chung as 14th Prince
  • Ching Miao as Emperor Kang Hsi
  • Cheung King-Yu as Pearl
  • Yeung Jing-Jing as Jade
  • Yuen Tak as Pak Tai Koon
  • Kwan Fung as Lord Chang Tieh Yue
  • Johnny Wang Lung-Wei as Lord Loong Foh Do
  • Sun Chien as Kam Fung Chi[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Lady Assassin (1983)". Hong Kong Movie DataBase. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  • Logan, Bey (1996). Hong Kong action cinema. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-663-1.

External links

  • Qing gong qi shi lu (The Lady Assassin) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Lady Assassin on Hong Kong Movie DataBase
  • The Lady Assassin on Hong Kong Cinemagic


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