Lady Assassin

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.

The Lady Assassin
清宮啟示錄 Ching gung kai si luk
Directed by	Chin-Ku Lu
Written by	Chin-Ku Lu
Produced by	Mona Fong Yat Wah
Starring	Norman Chui, Leanne Liu, Jason Pai Piao, Tony Liu
Cinematography	Chin Chiang Ma
Music by	Chin Yung Shing, Chen-hou Su
Production company	Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd.^[1]
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong)^[1]
Release date	January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15) (Hong Kong)
Running time	1 hr 26 min (86 min)
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$ $876,247.00^[1]

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. "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  
• The Lady Assassin on Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Lady Assassin on Hong Kong Cinemagic