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Iron-beaked Hen's Sudden Rise to Power

Iron-beaked Hen's Sudden Rise to Power

The 'Iron-beaked Hen' is one of Tang Bik-wan's iconic comedic characters in her prolific career.

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Iron-Beaked Hen and Fatso Bo on their way to the city to help a relative out of some trouble, they run into a band of robbers. They stop over an allegedly haunted house where they save the lovers To Lok-yin and Yu Mei-yung from their attemped suicide. Hen learn their story and decide to help them out. Yin comes from a rich family, he lost his father when he was very young and was brought up by his uncle. Now that he is old enough to claim his inheritance, the guardian, his uncle, in order to keep the fortune under control, forces him to marry a girl of his choosing. The couple cannot face separation and resolve to end their lives together. Hen thinks of a way to help them, which involves Yin pretending to comply; that is, to go ahead with the marriage arrangement. On the wedding day, they swap the bride with Yung. Disguised as a matchmaker and a county official respectively, Hen and Bo reprimand To's uncle who schemes to seize To's family fortune. To and Yu marry.

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95 mins

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Release Date

11 January 1957

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Cast

Tang Pik-Wan

Tang Pik-Wan

Iron-beaked hen

Leung Sing-por

Leung Sing-por

Fatso Po

Wong Cho-San

Wong Cho-San

Ching Hau

Leung Miu-Seung

Leung Miu-Seung

To Lok-yin

Chow Kwun-Ling

Chow Kwun-Ling

Yu Mei-yung

Chow Hoi-Tong

Chow Hoi-Tong

Yuet-kiu

Ching Lai

Ching Lai

Gam Lau

Gam Lau

Chow Gat

Chow Gat

Cheung Sing-Fei

Cheung Sing-Fei

Cheung Chi-Suen

Cheung Chi-Suen

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