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Princess Iron Fan (1966)

Princess Iron Fan poster
Original title
鐵扇公主
Directed by
Ho Meng Hua
Genre
adventure, fantasy, action, music
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A superhero monkey and his allies travel to different kingdoms, facing off against a powerful princess and other magical beings. It is a loose adaptation of a classic Chinese novel.

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What happens

Princess Iron Fan (鐵扇公主, Tie shan gong zhu) is a 1966 Hong Kong film, the second in a series of four Shaw Brothers productions (1966–1968) based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. It was directed by Ho Meng Hua. The other films of the series are Monkey Goes West (1966), The Cave of the Silken Web (1967) and The Land of Many Perfumes (1968). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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