Come Drink with Me

Come Drink with Me is a 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming Dynasty, it stars Cheng Peipei and Yueh Hua as warriors with Chan Hunglit as the villain, and features action choreography by Han Yingchieh. It is widely considered one of the best Hong Kong films ever made.unreliable source The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

A local drunk beggar named Fan DaPei acts as Golden Swallows guardian angel, secretly helping her avoid being ambushed at night. That morning Fan DaPei, whom we now know only as Drunken Cat tips off Golden Swallow to the bandits whereabouts. They have occupied a Buddhist monastery. Under the guise of an acolyte, Golden Swallow penetrates the temple and confronts the man whos taken her brother hostage. During the brawl she is injured by a deadly, poisoned dart. She escapes and is rescued in the woods by Fan who nurses her back to health. While shes convalescing, Golden Swallow learns that Fan is actually a martial arts master and a leader of a Kung Fu society, which he otherwise keeps a secret.The monastery is led by an evil abbot, Liao Kung, who is also a kung fu master and has allied himself with the bandits. He finds out that the beggar carries a bamboo staff, and then realises that the beggar is the former student of the same master. The abbot has in fact killed their master in order to get his bamboo staff, which was rescued by Fan DaPei. Now Liao Kung sees the opportunity to gain control of the staff. ........

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