Green Snake (1993) Hong Kong
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Director:Hark Tsui
Studio:Mei Ah Entertainment
Producer:Hark Tsui, Benzheng Yu
Writer:Pik Wah Lee, Hark Tsui
Rating:6.9 (1,305 votes)
Rated:R
Date Added:2013-11-05
UPC:4890391106469
Price:$19.95
Awards:3 nominations
Genre:Chinese films
Release:2001-04-17
IMDb:0106559
Duration:99
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:Cantonese
Subtitles:Chinese, English
LAC code:300011146
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Hark Tsui  ...  (Director)
Pik Wah Lee, Hark Tsui  ...  (Writer)
 
Man Yuk Maggie Cheung  ...  
Xing Guo Wu  ...  
Wen Zhuo Zhao  ...  
Tsu Hsien Joey Wang  ...  
Maggie Cheung  ...  Siu Ching (Xiao Qing), the Green Snake
Joey Wang  ...  Bak Sei Juen (Bai Suzhen), White Snake
Ma Cheng-miu  ...  
Chan Dung-Mooi  ...  
Kong Lau  ...  Blind monk
Nagma  ...  Bharata Natyam dancer (as Najma)
Feng Tien  ...  Spider
Hsing-kuo Wu  ...  Hsui Xien (Xu Xian), the scholar
Wenzhuo Zhao  ...  Monk Fatt Hoi (Fahai)
Joey Wong  ...  
Man Cheuk Chiu  ...  Monk Fatt Hoi (Fahai)
Tsiu Ko  ...  Cinematographer
Chiu-Lam Ko  ...  Cinematographer
Zhan Huang  ...  Composer
Songde Lei  ...  Composer
Tsung-tak Lui  ...  Composer
James Wong  ...  Composer
Tsik Ah  ...  Editor
Summary: Demons have never looked better than in this delirious fantasy-romance directed by Tsui Harak (Once Upon A Time In China). The story of two snake demons (Maggie Cheung and Joey Wang) and their love-hate relationship with mortal men is a dazzling visual feast, filled with stunning plateaus, vivid costumes and sets, and unforgettable images.

Maggie Cheung and Joey Wong play the half-humans Green Snake and Son Ching, two beauties who live in an open-air house on the outskirts of town. Son Ching, through 1000 years of discipline, has begun to evolve out of her reptilian heritage to become a human being; Green Snake has only been practicing for 500 years, and feels more comfortable slithering around, or catching vermin with her two-foot tongue.

Fa-Hai (Zhao Wen Zhou), self-righteous Buddhist monk with extraordinary powers (and a bad case of spiritual materialism), proves to be their greatest adversary. Furious that Con Ching or Green Snake would dare transgress natural law and take on human form, he takes upon himself the role of enforcer -- a kind of metaphysical traffic cop. His lack of love leads to the destruction of his own ashram and a nearby town.