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Come Drink with Me
Great Drunken Hero / Das Schwert der Gelben Tigerin
Hong Kong 1966
produced by Run Run Shaw for Shaw Brothers
directed by King Hu
starring Cheng Pei-Pei, Yueh Hua, Yang Chih-Ching, Chen Hung-Lieh, Han Ying-Chieh, Shen Lao, Lin Chien Chuan, Ku Feng, Li Yunzhong, Wang Chung, Kuan Ying-Chi, Huang Cheng, Lan Wei-Lieh, Feng Yi, Yuen Siu-Tin, Ho Li-Jen, Chan Shao-Hung, Chang Hsi, Chao Hsin-Yen, Chao Hsiung, Chin Chun, Ching Siu-Tung, Chow Siu-Loi, Alan Chung San Chui, Erh Chun, Hsu Hsia, Simon Hsu, Hsu Sung-Hao, Kwan Cheng-Liang, Lai En, Lee Siu-Pang, Lily Li, Liang Lung, Liang Shao-Sung, Pan Yao-Kun, Pan Yin-Tze, Ren Hao, Ting Shan-Hsi, Tung Tsai-Pao, Little Unicorn, Wang Jo-Ping, Wu Ching-Li, Wu Ho, Yang Tsan-Hsing
written by King Hu, Ting Shan-Hsi, music by Chow Lan-Ping, fighting instructor: Han Ying-Chieh
review by Mike Haberfelner
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To press free their boss, a gang of bandits kidnap the son of the
gouverner. But the gouverner, instead of agreeing to an exchange of
hostages or sending his troops, sends top official Golden Swallow (Cheng
Pei-Pei, disguised as a man), a master of martial arts and the
kidnappees sister. When she first
meets the bandits at an inn, she teaches them a lesson, only leading
them to attempt to kill her that same night - she is saved by a drunk
beggar called Drunken Cat (Yueh Hua) though, who also tells her where to
find the rest of the bandits including their hostage - at a temple no
less. Golden Swallow of course enters the temple the very next day,
slaughtering many a bandit, but ultimately being hit by a poisoned dart
shot by bandit-leader Jade-faced Tiger (Chen Hung-Lieh). Golden swallow manages to escape only
with the help of Drunken Cat, who nurses her back to health, protects
her from the bandits following her, and does some investigating on his
own, soon finding out that the bandits are in league with Abbott Liao
Kung (Yang Chih-Ching). Now Drunken Cat and the abbott have a history together,
as the abbott was once Drunken Cat's benefactor and they trained under the same
master. Only the abbott eventually started to use his (supernatural) skills for
evil, since when Drunken Cat has avoided him. But to prevent the abbott from
doing more evil and helping Golden Swallow on her mission, Drunken Cat sees
himself forced to face the abbott in battle after all - but that said, the
abbott's skills in martial arts might even exceed Drunken Cat's ...
Come Drink with Me was King Hu's very first martial arts movie, but he
seems to have felt at home in the genre right away, not only by pushing all the
right buttons, but by taking wuxia cinema to new heights, by blending
genre traditions with elements from both Japanese samurai movies and action
movies and westerns from the West. The result is a beatifully put together
martial arts flick with plenty of inventive and excitingly filmed action
setpieces, but one that's also strong on story and that affords itself some
heart amidst all the on-screen goings-on. And on top of that, Cheng Pei-Pei sure
makes an impressive heroine, back when heroines were all but a given in martial
arts cinema.
A deserved classic that easily stands the test of time, and most certainly a
must-see!
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