The Black Tavern

The Black Tavern
The Black Tavern
	DVD cover art
Traditional Chinese	黑店
Simplified Chinese	黑店
Hanyu Pinyin	Hēi Diàn
Directed by	Teddy Yip
Written by	Yeh I-fang
Produced by	Run Run Shaw
Starring	Shih Szu
Cinematography	Yau Kei
Edited by	Chiang Hsing-lung; Lee Yim-hoi
Music by	Frankie Chan ; Wu Dajiang
Production; company	Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date	16 December 1972;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

Last updated July 18, 2025

The Black Tavern is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Teddy Yip and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Shih Szu.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Shih Szu as Zhang Caibing
Tung Li as Zha Xiaoyu
Ku Feng as Zheng Shoushan
Kong Ling as Jinglu
Kwok Chuk-hing as Jinghong
Barry Chan as Jinghu
Yeung Chi-hing as Hai Gangfeng
Dean Shek as wandering monk
Wang Hsieh as Gao Sanfeng
Yue Fung as Sanniang, a robber and daughter of the inn owner^[3]
Situ Lin as Doggie
Law Hon as tavern cook
Lee Ho as Iron Arm Liu Tong
Wu Ma as leader of Xiangxi Five Ghosts
Yau Ming as Three-headed Cobra
Chiang Nan as skilled robber
Liu Wai as Hu
Chan Chan-kong as Hu's partner
Yeung Chak-lam as robber
Chu Gam as Tai'an
Unicorn Chan as Three-headed Cobra
Yuen Wah as Xiangxi Ghost
Sa Au as Xiangxi Ghost / constable
Ho Kei-cheong as constable
Mars as Official Hai's servant
Jackie Chan as Official Hai's servant
Ling Hon as restaurant book keeper
Yi Fung as waiter
Cheung Hei as restaurant guest
Wong Yuet-ting as restaurant guest
Gam Tin-chue as restaurant guest

References

↑ Teo, Stephen (2015). Chinese Martial Arts Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 115. ISBN 9781474403887. ...in many subsequent wuxia films produced by Shaw Brothers, most notably Heidian (The Black Tavern, 1972), directed by Ye Rongzu, a film with discernible Hu influences...
↑ Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (May 2014). "Little Shoppe of Horrors". Little Shoppe of Horrors. No. 32. Elmer Valo Appreciation Society. When she was sixteen, [Shih Szu] joined Shaw Brothers Studio and began appearing in films such as... Teddy Yip's The Black Tavern (1972)...
↑ Hiramoto, Mie; Teo, Cherise Shi Ling (16 September 2014). "I Am the Invincible Sword Goddess: Mediatization of Chinese Gender Ideology through Female Kung-Fu Practitioners in Films". Societies. 4 (3): 477–505. doi: 10.3390/soc4030477 . ISSN 2075-4698. Typical examples of such "dishonorable or unvirtuous behavior" can be seen in ruthless robber characters, like San Niang (Black Tavern 黑店, 1972)

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[1] Teo, Stephen (2015). Chinese Martial Arts Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 115. ISBN 9781474403887. ...in many subsequent wuxia films produced by Shaw Brothers, most notably Heidian (The Black Tavern, 1972), directed by Ye Rongzu, a film with discernible Hu influences...

[2] Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (May 2014). "Little Shoppe of Horrors". Little Shoppe of Horrors. No. 32. Elmer Valo Appreciation Society. When she was sixteen, [Shih Szu] joined Shaw Brothers Studio and began appearing in films such as... Teddy Yip's The Black Tavern (1972)...

[3] Hiramoto, Mie; Teo, Cherise Shi Ling (16 September 2014). "I Am the Invincible Sword Goddess: Mediatization of Chinese Gender Ideology through Female Kung-Fu Practitioners in Films". Societies. 4 (3): 477–505. doi: 10.3390/soc4030477 . ISSN 2075-4698. Typical examples of such "dishonorable or unvirtuous behavior" can be seen in ruthless robber characters, like San Niang (Black Tavern 黑店, 1972)

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