Legendary Amazons is a 2011 Chinese film based on the stories of the Yang Clan Generals. The film is directed by Frankie Chan

Frankie Chan

Frankie Chan Fan-kei is a Chinese actor, film director, producer, action director, and composer.Chan is best known to Hong Kong action cinema fans as the main antagonist in Sammo Hung's The Prodigal Son where he faces Yuen Biao in the final reel...

 and stars Cecilia Cheung

Cecilia Cheung

Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Tse, thus being the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have two sons, Lucas and Quintus Tse...

, Richie Ren

Richie Ren

Richie Jen is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He has become extremely popular throughout Asia, particularly in the Chinese-speaking countries. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department.-Films:...

, Liu Xiaoqing, Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s...

, Kathy Chow, Chen Zihan and Jin Qiaoqiao. The film is based on the same source material as the 1972 Hong Kong film The 14 Amazons

The 14 Amazons

The 14 Amazons is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and featuring a predominantly female cast. The story is about the female Generals of the Yang Clan.-Plot:...

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Plot

The film is set in early 11th century China during the reign of Emperor Renzong

Emperor Renzong of Song

Emperor Renzong was the fourth emperor of the Song Dynasty of China. His personal name was Zhao Zhen . He reigned from 1022 to 1063. Renzong was the son of Emperor Zhenzong of Song. Despite his long reign of over 40 years, Renzong is not widely known...

 of the Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty

The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...

. The emperor neglects state affairs and indulges in personal pleasures, while the government sinks into corruption and war continues to rage on at the borders of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty is being invaded by the armies of the rival state of Western Xia

Western Xia

The Western Xia Dynasty or the Tangut Empire, was known to the Tanguts and the Tibetans as Minyak.The state existed from 1038 to 1227 AD in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Ningxia, Gansu, eastern Qinghai, northern Shaanxi, northeastern Xinjiang, southwest Inner Mongolia, and...

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Yang Zongbao is the last man standing in the Yang clan

Yang Jia Jiang

Yang Jia Jiang is a collection of folk tales, plays and novels, which detail the exploits of the Yang clan over four generations during the Northern Song Dynasty. The stories recount the unflinching loyalty of the members of the Yang clan, and of how they defended the Song Dynasty's borders from...

, a family of generals who have dedicated their lives to defending the Song Dynasty from foreign invaders. He dies in battle tragically when the treacherous Imperial Tutor Pang refuses to send reinforcements to aid him. Yang Zongbao's widowed wife Mu Guiying leads the other widows of the Yang clan into battle to continue the legacy of their husbands.

Cast

• Cecilia Cheung
  Cecilia Cheung
  Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Tse, thus being the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have two sons, Lucas and Quintus Tse...
  
   as Mu Guiying
• Richie Ren
  Richie Ren
  Richie Jen is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He has become extremely popular throughout Asia, particularly in the Chinese-speaking countries. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department.-Films:...
  
   as Yang Zongbao
• Liu Xiaoqing as Princess Chai
• Cheng Pei-pei
  Cheng Pei-pei
  Cheng Pei-pei is an actress best known for her performance in the seminal 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me. She continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s...
  
   as She Saihua
• Kathy Chow as Fifth Sister Yang
• Chen Zihan as Eighth Sister Yang
• Jin Qiaoqiao as Third Sister Yang
• Xiao Mingyu as Yang Wenguang
• Ge Chunyan as Eldest Sister Yang
• Oshima Yukari as Zou Lanying
• Li Jing as Geng Jinhua
• Yang Zitong as Fourth Sister Yang
• Yu Na as Seventh Sister Yang
• Liu Dong as Ninth Sister Yang
• Zhou Xiaofei as Yang Paifeng
• Wang Ti as Yang Jinhua
• Zhao Qianyu as Xiaodouzi
• Wu Ma
  Wu Ma
  Wu Ma is a Chinese actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 180 appearances to his name , Wu Ma is one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema...
  
   as Imperial Tutor Pang

External links

Legendary Amazons on Baidu Baike

Baidu Baike

Baidu Encyclopedia is a Chinese language collaborative Web-based encyclopedia provided by the Chinese search engine Baidu. Like Baidu itself, the encyclopedia is heavily self-censored in line with government regulations....