Peking Opera Blues

Peking Opera Blues (刀馬旦, 1986) is a Hong Kong action-comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Tsui Hark.

Set in Beijing in 1913, the film throws three women into the same political mess. Tsao Wan is the governor's daughter working undercover for the revolution, chasing documents that could shift the balance of power. Sheung Hung is a street-smart thief who stumbles into the wrong plot. Pat Neil just wants to perform in the Peking Opera despite her father's flat refusal. None of them planned to team up — they just kept needing each other to stay alive.

Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, and Cherie Chung each carry enough screen presence for a lead role, and Tsui Hark holds all three together at the same pitch. The film arrived as a touchstone of Hong Kong's action cinema — fast-cut, operatically staged, genuinely funny in the gaps between the fights. Stream Peking Opera Blues (1986) online on iFILM.