Metrograph

Hu singlehandedly revolutionized the wuxia film with this critical and popular sensation, employing silky smooth ’Scope cinematography inspired by Chinese scroll painting, kinetic camera movement, gravity-defying action choreography, and meticulous period production design, all melded into a fist-and-sword tale that gives pride of place to female fighters. Come Drink with Me established 19-year-old dancer-cum-actress Cheng Pei-pei firmly in the pantheon of international action stars playing Golden Swallow, a general’s daughter tasked with rescuing her brother from the clutches of bandits, one of cinema’s greatest personifications of the martial arts, managing to take on all opponents with several breathtaking bounds.

Distributor: Celestial Pictures