2001 2h 3m Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai

Wu Yen

Name: Wu Yen
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 2001
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Sammi Cheng Sau-Man, Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Cecilia Cheung, Raymond Ho-Yin Wong

★ 6.2 IMDb

Fantasy Comedy

Lost in the woods, the Emperor Qi stumbles across local chief Wu Yen, his predestined bride, only to accidentally free a promiscuous fox fairy who promptly falls in love with both of them, changing between man and woman to clumsily woo each, setting the scene for a constantly shifting triangle with the emperor torn between both the fox fairy and Wu Yen and the fox fairy after whichever one will agree to marry her first.

Writer Yau Nai-Hoi

Cast Sammi Cheng Sau-Man, Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Cecilia Cheung, Raymond Ho-Yin Wong

DP Cheng Siu-keung

Music Raymond Wong

Essays and Criticism

On Johnnie To

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