Peking Opera Blues

Original title: Do ma daan

1986
TV-14
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

2.8K

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Cherie Chung, Brigitte Lin, and Sally Yeh in Peking Opera Blues (1986)

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The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the sto... Read allThe movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young men who are thrown together. One young woman grabs a... Read allThe movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young men who are thrown together. One young woman grabs a box of jewels during the looting when one warlord takes Peking. A deserting soldier joins... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 nominations

Trivia
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

Goofs
About 25 minutes in, when Tso-Wan (Brigitte Lin) cranks the Rolls Royce to start it, the sound track has the sound of a starter motor cranking an engine.

Alternate versions
The UK film was cut on its original release by 10 seconds to remove the sight of a man rubbing salt and sand into a woman's back wounds. It was passed uncut in 2005.

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #4.6 (1991)

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Featured review

9/10

crazy and fun

Really enjoyable film in so many ways ... funny, clever, exciting, thrill ride from start to finish. What the plot is or means we may never exactly know [what is that coveted document everyone is willing to die for, anyway? and how is the second general connected to the first?], but we get the basic story idea. Subtitles are such poor translations to make them added humor. I know this doesn't sound like a winner, but trust me - a bonafied "don't miss" feature.