hkDVD DVDinfo - wu yen (wuyen) dvd - directors,johnnie to kei-fung,wai ka-fai, script by ben wong king-fai,wai ka-fai,yau nai-hoi,action director tony leung siu hung, producers johnnie to ke

Wu Yen (wuyen)

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Disc/Technical Information

Publisher: China Star HK
Audio: Cantonese/Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video: WideScreen
Subtitles: Chinese/English
Length: 123mins
Release Year: 2001
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(Synopsis) A comedic farce based upon a legendary Chinese fable it features three of Hong Kong's leading female performers in the key roles. Sammi Cheng stars as the films main character Cheung Mo Yim. A gifted female warrior who is destined to marry the emperor and bring prosperity to the dynasty. Cecelia Cheung plays the fairy spirit that comes between the destined couple. The nature of her role has her playing both masculine and feminine roles. Anita Mui has the largest role as both the Emperor Qi and his descendant Emperor Huang.

Arguably, Anita Mui is the real star of this film. She is given the most material of the film and comes across with some of the best laughs. Her performance as two male characters in the film is only underscored when she later (as a man) dons a dress to portray a woman. Sammi and Cecelia also give notable performances and the three woman work quite well on screen together.

The content of the film plays very much like a live cartoon, with sound effects and visuals to match. It also features some traditional shadow puppet narration and narrative music sung by Sammi. This creates some beautiful storytelling and in today's industry where everything of late seems to be rendered by computer effects, it is nice to see a film that returns to a bit of tradition.

Directors
Johnnie To Kei-Fung
Wai Ka-Fai

Script
Ben Wong King-Fai
Wai Ka-Fai
Yau Nai-Hoi

Action Director
Tony Leung Siu Hung

Producers
Johnnie To Kei-Fung
Wai Ka-Fai

Cast
Ai Wai
Anita Mui Yim-Fong
Bonnie Wong Man-Wai
Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi
Hui Siu-Hung
Lam Suet
Raymond Wong Ho-Yin
Sammi Cheng Sau-Man
Siu Leung
Wong Tin Lam

Publisher: China Star HK
Audio: Cantonese/Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Video: WideScreen
Subtitles: Chinese/English
Length: 123mins
Release Year: 2001