''The Dragon Chronicles – The Maidens'' ( zh, t=新天龍八部之天山童姥), also known as ''The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains'', ''Semi-Gods and Semi-Devils'', and ''The Dragon Chronicles – The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains'', is a 1994 Hong Kong film loosely based on

Louis Cha Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong dail ...

's novel ''

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils ''Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised concurrently from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966 in the newspapers ''Ming Pao'' in Hong Kong and ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' in Singapore. It has been ...

''. The film's plot centers on the story of Hui-juk, one of the three protagonists of the novel. The film was directed by Andy Chin and starred Brigitte Lin,

Gong Li Gong Li ( Chinese: 巩俐; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese actress. She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Gong was born in Shenyang, Liaonin ...

Sharla Cheung Sharla Cheung Man (born 7 February 1968) is a Hong Kong actress and film producer. Career Cheung's acting career began in 1986 in The Magic Crystal. Cheung was discovered by Wong Jing, with whom she worked on many of his productions in the earl ...

Frankie Lam Frankie Lam Man-lung (born 19 December 1967) is a Hong Kong actor. He entered a singing contest and subsequently, signed a contract with TVB. He left TVB in 2011 to join HKTV. Lam married Hong Kong actress Kenix Kwok on 10 March 2004. Their ...

and

Norman Chui Norman Chui Siu-keung (; born 16 October 1950) is a Hong Kong actor. He was best known for portraying heroic protagonists in many martial arts films from the 1970s to 1980s and later portraying villainous roles in the 1990s. Chui was contracted wi ...

Cast

: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' * Brigitte Lin as Lei Chau-shui / Lei Chong-hoi *

as Mou Hang-wan (Tin-san Tung-lo) *

as Ah-tsi *

as Hui-juk *

as Ting Chun-chau * Ku Tin-yi *

Liu Kai-chi Dick Liu Kai-chi (, 30 September 1953 – 28 March 2021) was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his everyman supporting roles. His career spanned over 40 years, with appearances in over 90 television series and 70 films. He earned eight nomina ...

as So Sing-ho * James Pak as Tai-hung

External links

* * * 1994 films Films based on works by Jin Yong Hong Kong martial arts films 1990s Cantonese-language films Wuxia films Films set in the Liao dynasty Films set in the Western Xia Films based on Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 1990s Hong Kong films {{1990s-HongKong-film-stub