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Hu die bei

  • 19651965
  • 1h 28m
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Hu die bei (1965)
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Tian Yu Quan rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence c... Read allTian Yu Quan rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials.Tian Yu Quan rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
31
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POPULARITY
1,012,402
798,712
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    • Directors
      • Cheh Chang
      • Chiu-Feng Yuan
    • Writer
      • Cheh Chang
    • Stars
      • Pat Ting Hung
      • Feng Chin
      • Yanyan Chen
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    • Directors
      • Cheh Chang
      • Chiu-Feng Yuan
    • Writer
      • Cheh Chang
    • Stars
      • Pat Ting Hung
      • Feng Chin
      • Yanyan Chen
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    Feng Chin and Pat Ting Hung in Hu die bei (1965)
    Feng Chin and Pat Ting Hung in Hu die bei (1965)
    Feng Chin and Pat Ting Hung in Hu die bei (1965)
    Feng Chin and Pat Ting Hung in Hu die bei (1965)
    Lieh Lo and Miao Ching in Hu die bei (1965)
    Feng Chin in Hu die bei (1965)
    Pat Ting Hung in Hu die bei (1965)

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    Pat Ting Hung
    Pat Ting Hung
    • Hu Feng-lien
    Feng Chin
    Feng Chin
    • Tien Yu-chuan
    • (as King Feng)
    Yanyan Chen
    Yanyan Chen
    • Madam Tien
    • (as Yen-yen Chen)
    Pao-Shu Kao
    Pao-Shu Kao
    • Madam Lu
    Lieh Lo
    Lieh Lo
    • General Shih
    Miao Ching
    Miao Ching
    • Governor-General Lu Lin
    Ying Li
    Ying Li
    • Minister Tung
    Ying Lee
    Ying Lee
    • Magistrate Tien Yun Shan
    Wen-Chung Ku
    Wen-Chung Ku
    • Minister Hsu
    Ming Chao
    • General Tang
    Ying Chieh Chen
    • Lu Shih-kuan
    Wei Wang
    Kun Li
    Kun Li
    • Lu Manor page
    Feng Tien
    Feng Tien
    • Fisherman Hu
    Chung Wang
    • Minister Howe
    Ming Lei
    Ming Lei
    • Minister Yao
    Pei-Shan Chang
    Pei-Shan Chang
    • Bandit
    • (uncredited)
    Hsiung Chao
    Hsiung Chao
    • Bandit
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Cheh Chang
      • Chiu-Feng Yuan
    • Writer
      • Cheh Chang
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    THE BUTTERFLY CHALICE – Shaw Bros. Huangmei Opera
    THE BUTTERFLY CHALICE, produced in 1963, but not released till 1965, is a Shaw Bros. Huangmei Opera production in which portions of the dialogue are sung. (I would estimate a third of the dialogue, with the two leads doing most of the singing.) It tells a simple tale of a magistrate's son (Chin Feng) and a fisherman's daughter (Pat Ting Hung) and how they come together after he has accidentally killed a man who had bullied the fisherman (Tien Feng) and caused his death. The dead man is the son of the local Governor-General (Ching Miao), who puts pressure on the magistrate to turn in his son. The son becomes a fugitive and is aided in his escape by Feng-lian, the Fisherman's daughter, on whom he bestows the chalice of the title, a family heirloom, as a betrothal gift and sends her to his parents. While on the run, he winds up helping the Governor-General defeat a pack of bandits and, under an assumed name, becomes the Governor-General's adopted son and together they drive the bandits away. Eventually, the case is revived and the magistrate's son has to face the music for his earlier action, despite his new status.

    The film offers an interesting glimpse of the judicial process in Old China, with the Governor-General making numerous demands but being held in check by a panel of ministers who insist on more concrete evidence and a search for more witnesses. At some point, when it looks like it's all been resolved, the fisherman's daughter, still seeking justice for her father, makes demands of her own. In so many Shaw Bros. films like this, harsh punishment is meted out, often on those falsely accused or who at least deserve leniency because of mitigating circumstances, but here a much milder version of justice is, thankfully, in play.

    This is the first directing credit for Chang Cheh, listed as co-director with Yuan Chiu-Feng. Chang quickly went on to become the Shaw Bros. studio's leading director of kung fu and swordplay films right up to the early 1980s, so it seems like quite a stretch to see his name on a Huangmei Opera production. However, there is a fight scene midway through the film in which General Shi, played by Lo Lieh, the future star of so many Chang Cheh martial arts films, takes on a pack of bandits with a two-pronged spear and leaves a lot of bloody corpses, a clear sign of Chang's participation. I'm not as familiar with the co-director, Yuan Chiu-Feng, who's only done a couple of films that I've seen, THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER (1962) and DUEL AT THE SUPREME GATE (1968).

    I don't know who sings for Pat Ting Hung or if she does her own singing, but it's a beautiful voice. Miss Hung went on to co-star in such films as THE LAST WOMAN OF SHANG and THE BLUE AND THE BLACK, PARTS 1 & 2 and played the title role in PRINCESS IRON FAN. I've reviewed all four films on this site. The cast is filled with familiar Shaw Bros. actors who can do these kinds of roles in their sleep and are always a pleasure to watch, including Ching Miao, Tien Feng and Li Kun. I was particularly pleased to see Li Ying, who played the tyrannical minister in THE GRAND SUBSTITUTION (1965), turn up here as a much more benign authority figure.
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    • Release date
      • March 10, 1965 (Hong Kong)
    • Country of origin
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • The Butterfly Chalice
    • Production company
      • Shaw Brothers
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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