The Black Tavern

The Black Tavern
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Traditional Chinese黑店
Simplified Chinese黑店
Hanyu PinyinHēi Diàn
Directed byTeddy Yip
Written byYeh I-fang
Produced byRun Run Shaw
StarringShih Szu
CinematographyYau Kei
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Lee Yim-hoi
Music byFrankie Chan
Wu Dajiang
Production
company
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 16 December 1972 (1972-12-16)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

The Black Tavern is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Teddy Yip and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Shih Szu.[1][2]

Cast

  • Shih Szu as Zhang Caibing
  • Tung Li as Zha Xiaoyu
  • Ku Feng as Zheng Shoushan
  • Kong Ling as Jinglu
  • Kwok Chuk-hing as Jinghong
  • Barry Chan as Jinghu
  • Yeung Chi-hing as Hai Gangfeng
  • Dean Shek as wandering monk
  • Wang Hsieh as Gao Sanfeng
  • Yue Fung as Sanniang, a robber and daughter of the inn owner[3]
  • Situ Lin as Doggie
  • Law Hon as tavern cook
  • Lee Ho as Iron Arm Liu Tong
  • Wu Ma as leader of Xiangxi Five Ghosts
  • Yau Ming as Three-headed Cobra
  • Chiang Nan as skilled robber
  • Liu Wai as Hu
  • Chan Chan-kong as Hu's partner
  • Yeung Chak-lam as robber
  • Chu Gam as Tai'an
  • Unicorn Chan as Three-headed Cobra
  • Yuen Wah as Xiangxi Ghost
  • Sa Au as Xiangxi Ghost / constable
  • Ho Kei-cheong as constable
  • Mars as Official Hai's servant
  • Jackie Chan as Official Hai's servant
  • Ling Hon as restaurant book keeper
  • Yi Fung as waiter
  • Cheung Hei as restaurant guest
  • Wong Yuet-ting as restaurant guest
  • Gam Tin-chue as restaurant guest

References

  1. ^ Teo, Stephen (2015). Chinese Martial Arts Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 115. ISBN 9781474403887. ...in many subsequent wuxia films produced by Shaw Brothers, most notably Heidian (The Black Tavern, 1972), directed by Ye Rongzu, a film with discernible Hu influences...
  2. ^ Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (May 2014). "Little Shoppe of Horrors". Little Shoppe of Horrors. No. 32. Elmer Valo Appreciation Society. When she was sixteen, [Shih Szu] joined Shaw Brothers Studio and began appearing in films such as... Teddy Yip's The Black Tavern (1972)...
  3. ^ Hiramoto, Mie; Teo, Cherise Shi Ling (16 September 2014). "I Am the Invincible Sword Goddess: Mediatization of Chinese Gender Ideology through Female Kung-Fu Practitioners in Films". Societies. 4 (3): 477–505. doi:10.3390/soc4030477. ISSN 2075-4698. Typical examples of such "dishonorable or unvirtuous behavior" can be seen in ruthless robber characters, like San Niang (Black Tavern 黑店, 1972)


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