Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters (1968)

Name: Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters (1968)
Cast: Li-Hua Yang, Ching Liu, Mei Chin

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KINO and A Tale of A Tub—a non-profit art space in the West of the city—are excited to be teaming up to present a screening of Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters, a Taiwanese action film that sees three long-lost sisters seek revenge on a string of bandits. Selected by Rotterdam visual artist Jay Tan, this film is being shown as part of a public program surrounding their exhibition at A Tale of A Tub, which runs until February 2. For the occasion, Tan will briefly introduce the film and the career of Li-Hua Yang, a female Taiwanese opera performer and actor who, unusually for Taiwanese opera, played a wide variety of male roles.

Credits

Regie: Hung-Min Chen
Cast: Li-Hua Yang, Ching Liu, Mei Chin
Genre: actie
Speelduur: 90 minuten
Land: Taiwan
Taal: Mandarin
Ondertiteling: English

Storyline

A gang of bandits raid the home of a former sheriff, murdering him and his wife. His three young daughters escape and hide separately. Fifteen years later, they have grown up to become warriors, determined to seek vengeance for their parents. The eldest sister, disguised as a man, leaves her teacher and searches for the bandits. Eventually she crosses paths with her sisters, who both unwittingly fall in love with this handsome stranger. Finally, the bandit leader lures them to a bloody showdown, but can the three sisters unite to avenge the murder of their parents?

A stellar cast of Taiwanese opera stars was assembled, including YANG Li-Hua, LIU Ching and Taiwanese-language film veteran CHIN Mei, to present a rare Taiwanese-language Wuxia film. The female characters, skilled and courageous warriors fighting together in a male-dominated world, are a powerful representation of independent women. Meanwhile, elements such as an illicit inn and a woman dressing as a man pay homage to King HU’s Dragon Inn (1967).