Come Drink with Me
Come Drink with Me (Chinese: 大醉俠; pinyin: Dà Zuì Xiá; lit. 'Great Drunken Hero') is a 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming Dynasty, it stars Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua and Chan Hung-lit in the leading roles, and features action choreography by Han Ying-chieh.
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| Traditional Chinese | 大醉俠 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大醉侠 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Great Drunken Hero | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | King Hu | ||||||||||
| Written by | King Hu Ting Shan-hsi | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Run Run Shaw | ||||||||||
| Starring | Cheng Pei-pei Yueh Hua Chan Hung-lit | ||||||||||
| Cinematography | Tadashi Nishimoto | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung | ||||||||||
| Music by | Chow Lan-ping | ||||||||||
Production company | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||
| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||
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Running time | 91 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Language | Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Box office | 12,892 tickets (France) | ||||||||||
Considered one of the greatest wuxia films of all time, Come Drink with Me was both a critical and commercial success, and launched the career of Cheng Pei-pei as a star of the wuxia genre. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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