Green Snake

(1993)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 131 votes

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Romance

Year: 1993

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: Hong Kong

Director: Сюй Кэ

Cast: Мэгги Чун, 王祖賢, 赵文卓, 吳興國, 马精武, 刘洵, 田丰, Lun Ga-Chun, Лау Кхон, Nagma

Plot

Two snake spirits become human and learn about love and suffering. A monk discovers his own weaknesses and finds that morality is not as simple as he had thought.

Two snakes reformed into two beauties. White Snake chose pedagogue Xian Xu as her husband and enjoyed human life, while Green Snake played around every day. Jealous to White Snake, Green Snake kept on flirting with Xian Xu. Xian Xu eventually found they were snakes ... After being tempted by Green Snake, monk Fahai decided to imprison the two "monsters". He kidnapped Xian Xu. A battle began ... Just then, White Snake borned her new baby. What should monk Fahai do? Adapted from an old Chinese folk story but quite different from the original.