Come Drink with Me (1966)
1966 Hong Kong wuxia film by King Hu
- Released
- 7 April 1966
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Standard Chinese, Chinese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- King Hu
- Screenplay
- King Hu, Ting Shan-hsi
- Producer
- Run Run Shaw
- Music
- Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren
- Cinematography
- Tadashi Nishimoto
- Editing
- Chiang Hsing-lung
- Starring
- Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua, Chan Hung-lit, Lee Wan-Chung, Yang Chi-Ching
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Production company
- Shaw Brothers Studio
- Distributor
- Shaw Brothers Studio, Netflix
- Set in
- Ming dynasty
Come Drink with Me (大醉俠) is a 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by King Hu. Set in China during the Ming dynasty, it starred Cheng Pei-pei, Yueh Hua and Chan Hung-lit in the leading roles, and features action choreography by Han Ying-chieh.
Considered one of the greatest wuxia films of all time, Come Drink with Me was both a critical and commercial success, and launched the career of Cheng Pei-pei as a star of the wuxia genre. It was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
More films directed by King Hu
- Dragon Gate Inn 1967
- A Touch of Zen 1971
- The Fate of Lee Khan 1973
- The Valiant Ones 1975
- Raining in the Mountain 1979
- The Swordsman 1990
Nominations
- International Submission to the Academy Awards
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1170354 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.