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Release Date:
March 13, 1962
Original Title:
花田錯
Alternate Titles:
Hua tian cuo
The Mix Up
花田错
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Shaw Brothers
Production Countries:
Hong Kong
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 128
The ethereal Lok Dai plays a pivotal role in the 1962 Shaw Brothers screwball costume comedy The Bride Napping. Based on a chapter of author Shi Naian's The Water Margin (AKA: Outlaws of the Marsh), the action kicks off when Liu Yuen Ying (Ding Nung) is "bride-napped" by a bandit who's out to make her his wife! The bandit's sympathetic sister returns Ying, but that's only the beginning of the mistaken identities, social satires, and cross-dressing confusion as Ying's disappearance and return wreaks havoc with the locals! A delightful costume comedy that combines screwball antics, musical interludes, and even a little action, The Bride Napping is a fun and entertaining way to catch the legendary Lok Dai at her most beautiful and charming!
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Art Direction:
Tsao Nien-Lung
Director:
Yan Jun
Director of Photography:
Isamu Kakita
Shi Tian-Yong
Editor:
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Makeup Artist:
Chan Ho
Original Music Composer:
Yao Min
Producer:
Runme Shaw
Sound Recordist:
Wang Yong-Hua
Writer:
King Hu
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