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.
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Tang Pik-Wan
Iron-beaked hen
Leung Sing-por
Fatso Po
Wong Cho-San
Ching Hau
Leung Miu-Seung
To Lok-yin
Chow Kwun-Ling
Yu Mei-yung
Chow Hoi-Tong
Yuet-kiu
Ching Lai
Gam Lau
Chow Gat
Cheung Sing-Fei
Cheung Chi-Suen
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