Story of the White-haired Demon Girl

Story of the White-haired Demon Girl

Dir: Lam Yim (aka Lee Fa)
Orig Story: Liang Yusheng
Scrs: Chun Hung, Leung Fung
Prod Co: Emei
Co-starring: Cheung Ying, Lam Kau, Sima Wah-lung, Sek Kin, Molly Wu Kar
1959 B&W D Beta Cantonese Part One 93min | Part Two 93min | The Concluding Episode 108min

The classic wuxia novel Story of the White-haired Demon Girl by Liang Yusheng was adapted for the big screen and TV over the decades. A public poll on the casting was conducted for this 1959 film version with Cheung Ying and Law Yim-hing being cast. The story revolves around the tumultuous relationship between the kind-hearted Cheuk Yat-hong (Cheung) and fierce Lin Ngai-sheung (Law).

They fall in love but eentually Lin's hair turns white in one night as love sadly turns into hatred. Being a consummate wuxiaheroine, Law showcases her martial arts skills in numerous scenes, especially in a memorable scene of sword dance, she dances with grace and fluidity while singing with passion to the a traditional tune.

As the very first actress playing the role of 'White-haired Demon Girl', Law mentioned on her having great sympathy for Lin, often immersing in the character with no reserve to the point of designing the clothes for the character.

日期 日期 Date 集數 時間 时间 Time 地點 地点 Venue
7/6/2019 (Fri) #
# Post-screening talk with Yuen Tsz-ying,
Honourable Guest: Law Yim-hing
Part 1 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
14/6/2019 (Fri) Part 2 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
21/6/2019 (Fri) #
# Post-screening talk with Hui Kin-cheung
The Concluding Episode 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive