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The Lady Assassin
Directed byChin-Ku Lu
Written byChin-Ku Lu
Produced by Mona Fong Yat Wah
StarringNorman Chu,
Leanne Liu,
Jason Pai Piao,
Tony Liu
CinematographyChin Chiang Ma
Music byChin Yung Shing,
Chen-hou Su
Production
company
Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd.[1]
Distributed byShaw Brothers (Hong Kong)[1]
Release date
  • January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15) (Hong Kong)
Running time
1 hr 26 min (86 min)
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$ $876,247.00[1]

The Lady Assassin is a 1983 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chin Ku Lu, starring Norman Chu, 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 Chu Siu-Keung 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
  • Miao Ching 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.