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The White Dragon | |
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Traditional Chinese | 小白龍情海翻波 / 飛俠小白龍 |
Simplified Chinese | 小白龙情海翻波 / 飞侠小白龙 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Xiǎobáilóng Qínghǎi Fānbō / Fēixiá Xiǎobáilóng |
Directed by | Wilson Yip |
Written by | Wilson Yip Law Yiu-fai |
Produced by | Joe Ma Y.Y. Kong Cao Biao |
Starring | Cecilia Cheung Francis Ng Andy On Benz Hui Patrick Tang Liu Lei |
Cinematography | Cheung Man-po Tony Miu |
Edited by | Cheung Ka-fai |
Music by | Tommy Wai |
Production companies | China Star Entertainment Group, One Hundred Years of Film Company Ltd., China Film Co-Production Corp., Singing Horse Production Ltd., China Film Group Corporation |
Distributed by | China Star Entertainment Group, China Film Group Corporation |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Countries | Hong Kong Philippines |
Languages | Cantonese English |
The White Dragon is a 2004 Hong Kong martial arts romantic-comedy film starring Cecilia Cheung and Francis Ng. [1] Directed by Wilson Yip, this wuxia film tells the story of Phoenix Black (Cecilia Cheung), a pretty Robin Hood-esque expert swordswoman wooing who thinks she has what it takes to woo the most desirable eligible bachelor in the land, Second Prince Tian Yang (Andy On).
In a twist departing from the standard superhero formula, White Dragon is a narcissist, forever worried about her good looks, even as she's fighting with Feather, a blind assassin nicknamed "Chicken Feathers" because of his propensity for using chicken feathers as his calling card.
Chicken Feathers is first challenged by White Dragon, an elderly woman with proficient skills in martial arts to almost match his, but not quite enough. Thinking that she has been fatally wounded, White Dragon transfers her kung-fu knowledge into empty shell Black Phoenix, turning the young woman into the prettiest martial arts expert around. The downside to having these extraordinary powers, which she does not fully understand, is bad acne, which she manages to prevent only by doing "noble" deeds like robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.
Phoenix is reluctant to take on her new role at first, but soon becomes interested in tracking down Chicken Feathers when she learns that her love interest, Second Prince Tian Yang, might become his next target. Using her flute-playing as bait, White Dragon finally faces Chicken Feathers in an attempt to defeat him before he can carry out the assassination. Chicken Feathers proves to be too good for the new White Dragon, however. When White Dragon tries to exploit his "weak points," she ends up injured(breaking her leg while trying to kick Feathers in the nuts) and dependent on Feathers, who does nurse her back to health after their heated battle. While Chicken Feathers plays nurse, White Dragon seeks to find his true weak point to stop him once and for all. What she finds instead is that Chicken Feathers has fallen in love with her, and that he is growing on her as well.
After a while her leg healed and Chicken Feathers found a letter for Second Prince Tian Yang and had it read by the town's doctor. This letter made Chicken Feathers thinking that Black Phoenix already has a boyfriend, namely the Second Prince Tian Yang. Chicken Feathers confronted Phoenix Black with this and they ended up struggling. Accidentally the girl stabbed her flute into the back of Chicken Feathers, which gave him a moment of sight. She ran away.
The Third Prince, brother of the Second Prince, apparently hired Chicken Feathers to kill his brother, this was revealed at the very last scene.
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