The Chinese Opera Festival 2025 will present a special series of ‘Three Kingdoms’ Chinese opera films from the period of 1950 to 1980, from the late Han dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period. The film shows will resonate with the theme of this year’s stage performances, creating a cohesive experience that deepens the audience’s understanding of the stories adapted from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Chinese Opera Film Shows
Cantonese Opera Films
31/5 (SAT) 7:45pm
14/6 (SAT) 7:45pm
12/7 (SAT) 7:45pm
30/8 (SAT) 7:45pm
6, 13/9 (SAT) 7:45pm
Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum
$70
Chinese Opera Films
9, 3/7 (WED) 7:30pm
6, 27/8 (WED) 7:30pm
3, 10/9 (WED) 7:30pm
Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
$70
Chinese Opera Film Shows
Cantonese Opera Films
31/5 (SAT) 7:45pm
Zhou Yu Thrice Humiliated by Zhuge Liang (1956)
Starring: Sun-Ma Sze-Tsang, Kim Fai Yam, Kwun-Lai Ng, Choi Zhen-chu
Director: Hok Sing Wong
B&W / 118 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
Director: Hok Sing Wong
B&W / 118 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
14/6 (SAT) 7:45pm
The Beauty of the Warring States (1959)
Starring: Ho Fei-fan, Lam Dan, Leung Sing-por, Mak Bing-wing
Director: Yeung Kung-leong
B&W / 102 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
Director: Yeung Kung-leong
B&W / 102 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
12/7 (SAT) 7:45pm
The Goddess of Luo River (1957)
Starring: Yim-Fen Fong, Kim Fai Yam, Mak Bing-Wing, Yat-On Poon
Director: Zhixiong Luo
B&W / 108 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
Director: Zhixiong Luo
B&W / 108 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
30/8 (SAT) 7:45pm
Lu Bu Rivals for Diao Chan (1956)
Starring: Sun-Ma Sze-Tsang, Tang Pik-wan, Lau Hak Suen,Lung-Chu Pak
Director: Gongliang Yang
B&W / 103 mins
Lyrics with Traditional Chinese subtitles
Director: Gongliang Yang
B&W / 103 mins
Lyrics with Traditional Chinese subtitles
Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Space Museum
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Chinese Opera Films
9/7 (WED) 7:30pm
Invoking the East Wind (1957)
Starring: Changhua Xiao, Ma Lian Liang, Tan Fu Ying, Ye Sheng Lan
Director: Cen Fan
Colour / 95 mins
No subtitles
Director: Cen Fan
Colour / 95 mins
No subtitles
30/7 (WED) 7:30pm
A Meeting of Heroes (1957)
Starring: Changhua Xiao, Ma Lian Liang, Tan Fu Ying, Ye Sheng Lan, Shengrong Qiu, Yuan Shihai
Director: Cen Fan
Colour / 87 mins
Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese subtitles
Director: Cen Fan
Colour / 87 mins
Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese subtitles
6/8 (WED) 7:30pm
The Sworn Brothers’ Reunion at the Old City (1976) (1957)
Starring: Shenglin Gao, Shihai Yuan, Shizhang Li
Director: Guoquan Zheng
Colour / 57 mins
Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese subtitles
Director: Guoquan Zheng
Colour / 57 mins
Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese subtitles
27/8 (WED) 7:30pm
Zhuge Liang Mourns Zhou Yu (1980)
Starring: He Quanzhi, Shen Xiaomei, Chen Jing
Director: Huaiai Chen
Colour / 104 mins
Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese subtitles
Director: Huaiai Chen
Colour / 104 mins
Lyrics and dialogue with Chinese subtitles
3/9 (WED) 7:30pm
The Goddess of Luo River (1955)
Starring: Mei Lanfang, Jiang Miaoxiang
Director: Wu Zuguang
Colour / 65 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
Director: Wu Zuguang
Colour / 65 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
10/9 (WED) 7:30pm
The Battle at Changbanpo (1976)
Starring: Shihai Yuan, Jialin Li, Dalu Yu
Colour / 87 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
Colour / 87 mins
Lyrics with Chinese subtitles
Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
Source and information provided by China Film Archive