Brigitte Lin Archives

Peking Opera Blues: Tsui Hark's Classic Hong Kong Actioner Screened
It is that rare action movie that featured three female leads: Brigitte Lin played a warlord's daughter who cross-dressed as a man in military uniform, pop star Sally Yeh played the daughter of a Peking Opera impressario desperate to perform when no women were permitted on stage, and Cherie Chung played a courtesan looking for[...]
Shin, Queen of the Sea: Tsui Hark to Produce Chinese Pirate Queen Epic
He also transformed Brigitte Lin into a star when he cast her as the trans-martial artist Asia the Invincible in Swordsman 2 He helped launch the international career of John Woo when he produced the latter's A Better Tomorrow and The Killer He produced and directed the subversive Chinese military hit The Taking of Tiger[...]