Movie

鐵嘴雞水鬼陞城隍

(cn)

The 'Iron-beaked Hen' is one of Tang Bik-wan's iconic comedic characters in her prolific career.

1957

1h35m

鐵嘴雞水鬼陞城隍

Comedy

Music

Overview: Iron-Beaked Hen and Fatso Bo on their way to the city to help a relative out of some trouble, they run into a band of robbers. They stop over an allegedly haunted house where they save the lovers To Lok-yin and Yu Mei-yung from their attemped suicide. Hen learn their story and decide to help them out. Yin comes from a rich family, he lost his father when he was very young and was brought up by his uncle. Now that he is old enough to claim his inheritance, the guardian, his uncle, in order to keep the fortune under control, forces him to marry a girl of his choosing. The couple cannot face separation and resolve to end their lives together. Hen thinks of a way to help them, which involves Yin pretending to comply; that is, to go ahead with the marriage arrangement. On the wedding day, they swap the bride with Yung. Disguised as a matchmaker and a county official respectively, Hen and Bo reprimand To's uncle who schemes to seize To's family fortune. To and Yu marry.

Status: Released

Release date: January 11, 1957

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Production company:
  • Baohua Film Company

Top Cast

Tang Pik-Wan

Tang Pik-Wan

as Iron-beaked hen

Leung Sing-por

Leung Sing-por

as Fatso Po

Wong Cho-San

Wong Cho-San

as Ching Hau

Leung Miu-Seung

Leung Miu-Seung

as To Lok-yin

Chow Kwun-Ling

Chow Kwun-Ling

as Yu Mei-yung