Film

The Bride Napping

Name: The Bride Napping
Director: Yan Jun
Released: 1962
Rating: 7
Cast: Betty Loh Ti, Ding Ling, Kiu Chong, Diana Chang Chung-Wen, Chu Mu

1962 · 128 min · ★ 7 · Dir. Yan Jun

The ethereal Lok Dai plays a pivotal role in the 1962 Shaw Brothers screwball costume comedy The Bride Napping. Based on a chapter of author Shi Naian's The Water Margin (AKA: Outlaws of the Marsh), the action kicks off when Liu Yuen Ying (Ding Nung) is "bride-napped" by a bandit who's out to make her his wife! The bandit's sympathetic sister returns Ying, but that's only the beginning of the mistaken identities, social satires, and cross-dressing confusion as Ying's disappearance and return wreaks havoc with the locals! A delightful costume comedy that combines screwball antics, musical interludes, and even a little action, The Bride Napping is a fun and entertaining way to catch the legendary Lok Dai at her most beautiful and charming!