The Bride with White Hair (1993)

Original title

白髮魔女傳

Directed by

Ronny Yu

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 104 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A member of the Wudang clan falls in love with a woman raised by wolves and later adopted by an evil cult. Their love is tested when their respective groups forbid the relationship.

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What happens

The Bride with White Hair (白髮魔女傳) is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Ronny Yu. The film's main character, Lian Nichang, is based on the protagonist of Liang Yusheng's novel Baifa Monü Zhuan. In the film, Leslie Cheung plays Zhuo Yihang, an undisciplined member of the Wudang clan, who falls in love with Brigitte Lin's character Lian Nichang. Its discovered that Nichang was raised by wolves and then taken in by an evil cult. Despite this the two fall in love and vow to leave each other, which leads to problems after their respective sects are both against such a pairing. The film was shot in two months and released in August, and was followed by a sequel, The Bride with White Hair 2, directed by the original films editor David Wu. It was released later in the same year. The film was nominated for several awards at the annual Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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