''Princess Iron Fan'' (鐵扇公主, ''Tie shan gong zhu'') is a 1966
Hong Kong film
The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former British colony, British Hong Kong, Hong Kong had a gr ...
, the second in a series of four
Shaw Brothers
Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...
productions (1966–1968) based on the 16th-century novel ''
Journey to the West
''Journey to the West'' () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popu ...
''. It was directed by
Ho Meng Hua
Ho Meng Hua (1 January 1923 - 19 May 2009) was a Chinese film director from Shanghai, working in the Cinema of Hong Kong and the Cinema of Taiwan.
Early life
In 1923, Ho was born in Guangdong province, China. Ho grew up in Shanghai, China.
E ...
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The other films of the series are ''
Monkey Goes West'' (1966), ''
The Cave of the Silken Web'' (1967) and ''
The Land of Many Perfumes
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'' (1968).
Cast
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Pat Ting Hung as
Princess Iron Fan
Princess Iron Fan () is a character from the 16th century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West''. She is the wife of the Bull Demon King and mother of Red Boy. She is one of the most popular ''Journey to the West'' villains, alongside her husband ...
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Ho Fan
Fan Ho (; 8 October 1931 – 19 June 2016) was a Chinese photographer, film director, and actor. From 1956, he won over 280 awards from international exhibitions and competitions worldwide for his photography.
Photography career
Fan Ho was bor ...
as
Tang Sanzang
Tang Sanzang () is a central character in the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West'' by Wu Cheng'en. Tang Sanzang is based on the historical Buddhist monk Xuanzang. He is also widely known by his courtesy name, Tang Seng, () or Sanzang ().
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Yueh Hua
Yueh Hua (; 14 July 1942 – 20 October 2018) was a Shanghai-born Hong Kong actor, later based in Canada, with Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB. Yueh is one of the most versatile and prolific leading actors of Shaw Brothers. Yueh starred in five ...
as
Sun Wukong
The Monkey King, also known as Sun Wukong ( zh, t=孫悟空, s=孙悟空, first=t) in Mandarin Chinese, is a legendary mythical figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' ( zh, ...
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Cheng Pei-pei
Cheng Pei-pei (born 6 January 1946) is a Chinese actress, who is considered cinema's first female action hero. She is known for her performance in the 1966 King Hu ''wuxia'' film ''Come Drink with Me'', as well as her portrayal of Jade Fox in t ...
as White Skeleton (
Baigujing
Baigujing () is a demon from the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West''. The name is translated into English as ''White Bone Spirit'' in the William John Francis Jenner translation. Baigujing is a shapeshifting demoness, and in her true form ...
)
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Lily Ho as Sister White Skeleton
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Ching Miao
Ching Miao (March 15, 1913 – 1989) was a Taiwanese actor born in Shandong, China. He had appeared in over 190 films, mostly in Hong Kong for the Shaw Brothers Studio.
He won the Best Supporting Actor for Golden Horse Awards twice, for ''Betwe ...
as The Ox King
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Ho Li Jen
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* Ho people, an ethnic group of India
** Ho language, a tribal language in India
* Hani people, or Ho people, an ethnic group in China, Laos and Vietnam
* Hiri Mo ...
as Disenfranchised villager
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Ku Feng
Chan Sze-man (born 3 July 1930), better known by his stage name Ku Feng, is a Hong Kong actor.
Background
He studied in Beijing, and has appeared in hundreds of films, many of which were produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio
Shaw Brothers ( ...
as Distraught old man
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Ku Wen Chung
Ku, KU, or Kū may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ku (fictional language), a constructed language created for the 2005 film The Interpreter
* Esther Ku, a Korean-American comedian
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* In an ali ...
as Wu Jing-chi
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Lily Li
Lily Li () (born 14 June 1950) is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She is best known for her films '' The Wandering Swordsman'', ''Executioners from Shaolin'', ''One Foot Crane'' and ''The Young Master'', and television series ''The Br ...
as Chambermaid
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Pan Yin Tze
Angela Pan Yin-tze (born 5 June 1949), or Violet Pan Ying Zi, is a Hong Kong actress who starred in numerous films and soap operas in the 1970s–1980s.
Life and career
Pan started her career in Hong Kong in films and stage shows. She became ...
as Cavern dancer
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Peng Peng
Peng Peng (; born 24 November 2000) is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Shenzhen Peng City.
Club career
Peng joined Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy in 2018 after the club bought Genbao Football Base's und ...
as
Zhu Bajie
Zhu Bajie (), also named Zhu Wuneng, is one of the three helpers of Tang Sanzang and a major character of the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West''. Zhu means " swine" and Bajie means " eight precepts". Buddhist scholars consider that both e ...
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Shen Yi (actress) as Mistress Fox spirit
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Tien Shun as
Sha Wujing
Sha Wujing () is one of the three disciples of the Buddhist pilgrim Tang Sanzang in the 16th century novel ''Journey to the West'' written by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming dynasty, although versions of his character predate the Ming novel. In the sour ...
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Wen Hsiu (actress) as Distraught old woman
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Wu Ching-li as Cavern dancer
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Wu Wei
''Wu wei'' () is an ancient Chinese concept literally meaning "inexertion", "inaction", or "effortless action". ''Wu wei'' emerged in the Spring and Autumn period, and from Confucianism, to become an important concept in Chinese statecraft and Ta ...
as Mother Cicada Fiary
References
External links
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Love HK Film ReferenceHong Kong Cinemagic entry
1966 films
Hong Kong films
Films based on Journey to the West
Films directed by Ho Meng Hua
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