Two snake sisters become human and vie for the affections of a student monk in GREEN SNAKE, Tsui Hark's splashy and colorful rendition of an oft-filmed traditional Chinese tale adapted by Tsui and Lilian Lee from the latter's novel. An unusually sensual costumed tale, the film plays up
fantasy elements over action set-pieces and offers Maggie Cheung in a delightful performance as the younger sister who reverts to partial reptilian form when sexually aroused.
Two sisters, White Snake (Joey Wang) and Green Snake (Maggie Cheung), show up in the province of Hangzhou, having just transformed into humans after centuries of practice. White has practiced twice as long...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins