Come Drink with Me
1966 Hong Kong wuxia film by King Hu / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Hong Kong film. For the Chinese TV series with the same Chinese title, see Drunken Hero.
Come Drink with Me (Chinese: 大醉俠; pinyin: Dà Zuì Xiá; lit. 'Great Drunken Hero') is a 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming Dynasty, it stars Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua and Chan Hung-lit in the leading roles, and features action choreography by Han Ying-chieh.
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Traditional Chinese | 大醉俠 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 大醉侠 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Great Drunken Hero | ||||||||||
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Directed by | King Hu | ||||||||||
Written by | King Hu Ting Shan-hsi | ||||||||||
Produced by | Run Run Shaw | ||||||||||
Starring | Cheng Pei-pei Yueh Hua Chan Hung-lit | ||||||||||
Cinematography | Tadashi Nishimoto | ||||||||||
Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung | ||||||||||
Music by | Chow Lan-ping | ||||||||||
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Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||
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Running time | 91 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Language | Mandarin | ||||||||||
Box office | 12,892 tickets (France)[1] |
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Considered one of the greatest wuxia films of all time, Come Drink with Me was both a critical and commercial success, and launched the career of Cheng Pei-pei as a star of the wuxia genre.[2] It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[3]