Heroine Li Feifei

Heroine Li Feifei
Brochure
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNǚxiá Lǐ Fēifēi
Wade–Giles3-hsia2 Li3 Fei1-fei1
Directed byRunje Shaw
Screenplay byRunde Shaw and Gao Lihen
Starring
CinematographyXu Shaoyu
Production
company
Release date
  • 1925 (1925)
Running time
10 reels
CountryRepublic of China
LanguageSilent

Heroine Li Feifei (traditional Chinese: 女俠李飛飛; simplified Chinese: 女侠李飞飞; pinyin: Nǚxiá Lǐ Fēifēi) is a 1925 film directed by Runje Shaw for the Tianyi Film Company. Starring Fen Juhua, Lin Yongrong, and Wu Suxin, it follows a young couple who fall in love after being arranged to marry. When a spurned suitor sullies the reputation of the bride and endangers the engagement, they are assisted by a knight-errant. The film, now lost, was reported to have been a success on release. It has been described as the first wuxia picture.