The Black Tavern
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Traditional Chinese黑店
Simplified Chinese黑店
Hanyu PinyinHēi Diàn
Directed byTeddy Yip
Written byYeh I-fang
Produced byRun Run Shaw
StarringShih Szu
CinematographyYau Kei
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Lee Yim-hoi
Music byFrankie Chan
Wu Dajiang
Production
company
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 16 December 1972 (1972-12-16)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

The Black Tavern is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Teddy Yip and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Shih Szu.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ Teo, Stephen (2015). Chinese Martial Arts Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 115. ISBN 9781474403887. ...in many subsequent wuxia films produced by Shaw Brothers, most notably Heidian (The Black Tavern, 1972), directed by Ye Rongzu, a film with discernible Hu influences...
  2. ^ Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (May 2014). "Little Shoppe of Horrors". Little Shoppe of Horrors. No. 32. Elmer Valo Appreciation Society. When she was sixteen, [Shih Szu] joined Shaw Brothers Studio and began appearing in films such as... Teddy Yip's The Black Tavern (1972)...
  3. ^ Hiramoto, Mie; Teo, Cherise Shi Ling (16 September 2014). "I Am the Invincible Sword Goddess: Mediatization of Chinese Gender Ideology through Female Kung-Fu Practitioners in Films". Societies. 4 (3): 477–505. doi:10.3390/soc4030477. ISSN 2075-4698. Typical examples of such "dishonorable or unvirtuous behavior" can be seen in ruthless robber characters, like San Niang (Black Tavern 黑店, 1972)

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