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The Mysterious Heroine

Nov 21, 1962

1h 30m

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Overview

Fok Tats scheme to raid a convoy of government reserve is intercepted by 'Ghost Knight'. Chau Ping, an accomplice of a corrupt official, declares wars on Fok whom he believes has ties with the mysterious raider. A meeting was convened by Ghost Knight to settle the dispute. Tat's son Sze-chuen learnt that his maid Ma Yuk-lan is the daughter of a general of the ousted Ming court who has donned the mask of a knight-errant to protect the son of the Ming minister Sze Ho-fat, Sze-chuen himself. Back in Deadly Valley, an impostor of Ghost Knight was caught. Slashing at the father, Sze-chuen is disheartened to learn that the faker, Ma's mother, has been transferred to the enemy camp in a feigned surrender orchestrated by Sze while an uprising is gathering momentum funded with money robbed from the corrupt official. Ma teams up with the father and son to storm the Chau Fortress and rescue Ma's mother. The couple champions the restoration of the old empire with Sze's seal.

Genres

Action

Music

Mystery

Production Companies

Tao Yuen Motion Picture Development Company

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Cast

Jade-faced Scholar Fok Sze-chuen

Yam Kim-Fai

Ghost Heroine Ma Yuk-lan

Law Yim-Hing

Fok Tat

Poon Yat-On

Woman Beggar Knight-Errant Miu Kam-fung

Pak Lung-Chu

Soul-Fetching Moon Goddess Sau Lai-sheung

Bing-Yee Yam

Sau Ping

Siu San-Kuen

Smiley Monk Cheung Sing-fei

Cheung Sing-Fei

Righteous Bandit Yuen Ling-kei

Wong Chiu-Fung

Ah Kwai

Sai Gwa-Pau

Shepherdess Goddess Chi Ding-heung

Yiu Yee-Wan

Grandpa Longevity/ Sau Bak

Cheung Chi-Suen

Uncle Riches/ Choi Suk

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