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.
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
as Iron-beaked hen
Iron-beaked hen
Leung Sing-por
as Fatso Po
Fatso Po

Wong Cho-San
as Ching Hau
Ching Hau
More Like This

Angels Inc
2007 • Movie

Monsoon Wedding
2001 • Movie

The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 • Movie

Summer Things
2002 • Movie

Into the Woods
1991 • Movie

Lesbian Space Princess
2025 • Movie

Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008 • Movie

Monster Mash: The Movie
1995 • Movie

Vienna Blood
1942 • Movie

The Magic Lamp
1964 • Movie

Little Dickie
2002 • Movie

The Grand Substitution
1965 • Movie

Goodbye Burlesque
1996 • Movie

Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
2025 • Movie

Car Wash
1976 • Movie



