Film at Freer: Come Drink with Me (Meyer Auditorium) August 7, 2005

King Hu, the godfather of Hong Kong action movies, perfected the gravity-defying fight scenes that characterize Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. In this, one of his greatest films, female action star Cheng Pei-pei plays Golden Swallow, a fierce warrior who, with the help of a mysterious kung fu master disguised as a drunken beggar, takes on a gang of thugs that kidnapped her brother. The film's gracefully choreographed action scenes are as powerful today as they were four decades ago. 1966 / 90 min. / Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles