The 14 Amazons

The 14 Amazons
The 14 Amazons
	Film poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	十四女英豪
Simplified Chinese	十四女英豪
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shí Sì Nǚ Yīng Háo
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Sap6 Sei3 Jyu5 Jing1 Hou4
Directed by	Cheng Kang
Screenplay by	Cheng Gang
Story by	Ko Yeung
Produced by	Run Run Shaw
Starring	Ivy Ling Po, Lisa Lu, Lily Ho, Yueh Hua
Cinematography	Charles Tung; Chu Chia-hsin; Chang Hsin; Hua Shan; Wong Chit; T. Watanabe; Yau Kei
Edited by	Chiang Hsing-lung; Fan Kung-ming
Music by	Wang Fu-ling; Zhou Lan-ping
Production; company	Shaw Brothers Studio
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date	27 July 1972;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

The 14 Amazons is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Cheng Kang and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The award winning film featured a predominantly female cast. The story is about the female generals of the Yang Family.

Overview

The film's Chinese title is Chinese: 十四女英豪. Its alternative title is The Fourteen Amazons. It is also known as Les 14 Amazones, in French. The film is a historical drama martial arts film that sets in the Song dynasty.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The Yang family, men and women, had served their country (Song Dynasty) loyally for generations. During the war with Western Xia, General Yang Tsung-pao is ambushed and killed. His death leaves his only son, Yang Wen as the only male heir left to the Yang family. His widow, Mu Kuei-ying, the grand matriarch and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country. Due to the interference of a corrupt official, Wang Ching, the Yangs were unable to have the emperor's consent to use the imperial army.

Thus, they set off with whatever volunteer troops they could muster. Knowing of Mu Kuei-ying's reputation as a warrior and tactician, the king of West Hsia and his sons try various ways to stop her to no avail. They are outsmarted at the end as Mu Kuei-ying, the Yang family and Sung soldiers successfully storm their stronghold.

Cast

Ivy Ling Po as Mu Guiying^[1]
Lily Ho as Yang Wenguang^[1]^[3]
Lisa Lu as She Saihua^[1]
Yueh Hua as Lü Chao
Chen Yen-yen as Geng Jinhua
Lin Ching as Zou Lanying
Hsia Ping as Dong Yue'e
Betty Ting as Huang Qiongnü
Huang Chin-feng as Ma Saiying
Ouyang Sha-fei as Chai Meirong
Tina Chin Fei as Du Jin'e
Lee Ching as "8th sister" Yang Yanqi
Yeh Ling-chih as "9th sister" Yang Yanying
Wang Ping as Yang Qiuju
Liu Wu-chih as Yang Qiulan
Shu Pei-pei as Yang Paifeng
Ku Wen-tsung as Yang Hong
Fan Mei-sheng as Jiao Tinggui
Huang Chun-hsing as Meng Huaiyuan
Tien Feng as Wang Wen
Wang Hsieh as Wang Wen's 1st son
Nam Seok-hun as Wang Wen's 2nd son
Tien Ching as Wang Wen's 3rd son
Chin Pei as Wang Wen's 4th son
Lo Lieh as Wang Wen's 5th son
Tsung Hua as Yang Zongbao
Yang Chih-ching as Kou Zhun
Ching Miao as Wang Qin
Yang Ai-hua as Pearl
Ting Chien as Shen Gu
Eric Zeng Zhiwei as Soldier
Michelle Yim - Yang female soldier

Awards

1973 Best Feature Film - Runner Up. 11th Golden Horse Awards.^[4]
1973 Cheng Kang won Best Director. 11th Golden Horse Awards.^[4]^[5]
1973 Lisa Lu won Best Supporting Actress. 11th Golden Horse Awards.^[4]
1973 Wang Yung-hua won Best Sound Effects. 11th Golden Horse Awards.^[4]
1973 Lily Ho won Outstanding Female Lead Performance. 19th Asian Film Festival.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Fourteen Amazons". hkcinemagic.com. 1972. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "14 Amazons (1972)". allmovie.com. 27 July 1972. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "27 SEP BEFORE THE CAMERA: THE 14 AMAZONS". shawbrothersuniverse.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. 30 October 1973. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Cheng Kang". hkfilmdirectors.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Actresses - Lily Ho". celestialpictures.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

External links

The 14 Amazons at IMDb
The 14 Amazons at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
The 14 Amazons at Hong Kong Cinemagic

[hkcinemagic_film-1] "The Fourteen Amazons". hkcinemagic.com. 1972. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[2] "14 Amazons (1972)". allmovie.com. 27 July 1972. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[3] "27 SEP BEFORE THE CAMERA: THE 14 AMAZONS". shawbrothersuniverse.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[goldenhorse_film1973-4] "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. 30 October 1973. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "Cheng Kang". hkfilmdirectors.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[6] "Actresses - Lily Ho". celestialpictures.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

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v t e Generals of the Yang Family
Main characters	Yang Ye She Saihua "1st son" "2nd son" "3rd son" "4th son" "5th son" "6th son" "7th son" Yang Zongbao Mu Guiying Yang Wenguang Yang Paifeng Meng Liang Jiao Zan Zhao Defang Kou Zhun Pan Renmei Pan Bao Wang Qin Empress Dowager Xiao Yanyan
Film adaptations	The 14 Amazons (1972) The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) Legendary Amazons (2011) Saving General Yang (2013)
Television adaptations	The Yang's Saga (1985) Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family & The Great General (1994) The Heroine of the Yangs (1998) Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine (2001) Warriors of the Yang Clan (2004) The Young Warriors (2006)