Green Snake (1993)

Original title

青蛇

Directed by

Tsui Hark

Genre

fantasy film, comedy drama

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 125 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two female snake spirits take human form to live among people. One sister adapts easily while the other struggles with human customs, and both face danger from demon hunters.

whimsicalsensualvisually lushmelancholicdreamlikeromanticdarkly comictense

What happens

Green Snake is a 1993 Hong Kong fantasy drama film written, directed and produced by Tsui Hark. The film is based on the novel of the same title by Lilian Lee, itself based on the Chinese folk tale Legend of the White Snake, which depicts the love story between the female snake spirit Bai Suzhen, named White Snake in the film, and the male Human Xu Xian, named Hsui Xien in the film. Green Snake depicts the romance between the two, but features both White Snake and her sister Green Snake, originally a supporting character in the folk tale, as the two main characters. In Green Snake, the two sisters take on a Human form to try to live among Humans; however, Green Snake struggles heavily to adapt, and the sisters are threatened by several demon-hunters, including the Buddhist monk Fat-hoi. Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong, Vincent Zhao and Wu Hsing-kuo star as the four aforementioned characters, with Indian actress Nagma notably featured in a pivotal scene. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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