The Inspector Wears Skirts (霸王花) is a 1988 Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 martial arts

Martial arts film

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

-action comedy

Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural...

 produced by Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

, directed by Wellson Chin Sing-Wai and starring Sibelle Hu, Ellen Chan

Ellen Chan

Ellen Chan Ar-Lun is a Hong Kong actress who has appeared in a number of Hong Kong film productions.- Filmography :* Alibis * Grow Up in Anger * Fury * How To Pick Girls Up...

 and Sandra Ng

Sandra Ng

Sandra Ng Kwan-yu is a Hong Kong film and television actress.-Biography:The daughter of Ng Kam-chuen, Ng was born in Hong Kong, where she attended St. Stephen's Girls' College. Encouraged by her parents, she began her entertainment career at the age of 16. She is most known through her comic...

. In common with many other Hong Kong film

Cinema of Hong Kong

The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

s The Inspector Wears Skirts moves from genre to genre. Technically it is an action film with a high level of kung fu fighting, but it is also a comedy that relies on slap-stick and has elements of a love story.

Synopsis

The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues as well as some serious criminals.

Cast

• Sibelle Hu (胡慧中)
• Cynthia Rothrock
  Cynthia Rothrock
  Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress specializing in martial arts films. -Martial arts achievements:Rothrock is five-time World Karate Champion in forms and weapons between 1981 and 1985...
  
  
• Kara Hui
  Kara Hui
  Kara Hui Ying-Hung is a Hong Kong actress of Manchu ancestry.-Biography and career:Hui's family moved to Hong Kong in 1966 and she started working at night clubs at fourteen. In her interview on Be My Guest, Hui revealed her family lost their savings from her father's business acquaintances...
  
  
• Ellen Chan
  Ellen Chan
  Ellen Chan Ar-Lun is a Hong Kong actress who has appeared in a number of Hong Kong film productions.- Filmography :* Alibis * Grow Up in Anger * Fury * How To Pick Girls Up...
  
  
• Ann Bridgewater
  Ann Bridgewater
  Ann Bridgewater , who is sometimes also known as Pak On Lei, is a former Hong Kong actress.Bridgewater was born in Hong Kong of mixed British, Chinese and Malay parentage...
  
  
• Cindy Lai
• Sandra Ng
  Sandra Ng
  Sandra Ng Kwan-yu is a Hong Kong film and television actress.-Biography:The daughter of Ng Kam-chuen, Ng was born in Hong Kong, where she attended St. Stephen's Girls' College. Encouraged by her parents, she began her entertainment career at the age of 16. She is most known through her comic...
  
  
• Regina Kent
  Regina Kent
  Regina Kent was a Hong Kong film actress who acted in some notable Hong Kong films in the 1980s.She acted alongside Brandon Lee in Legacy of Rage , Chow Yun-fat in A Better Tomorrow 2 and Jackie Chan in Project A Part II and Miracles . She disappeared from films in 1990 and nothing is known of...
  
  
• Billy Lau
• Stanley Fung
  Stanley Fung
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• Alex To
  Alex To
  Alex To is a Hong Kong and Taiwan based singer and actor. He is the winner of the 4th annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1985. He has released numerous albums throughout his career and mainly has R&B influenced songs.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Michael Chow
• Jeff Falcon
  Jeffrey Falcon
  Jeffrey Falcon is an American actor appearing in martial arts films. His most notable starring role was in the film Six-String Samurai.-Filmography:*Operation Pink Squad *The Inspector Wears Skirts...
  
  
• Joanna Chan
• Dennis Chan
• Mars
  Mars (actor)
  Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:...
  
  
• Anthony Caprio
• Ken Lo
  Ken Lo
  Ken Low Wai-kwong is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist and a ex-member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team.-Early life:...
  
  
• Vanessa Chan
• Bill Tung
  Bill Tung
  Bill Tung Biu was a Hong Kong actor and horse racing commentator. Tung started off as a horse jockey with his family racing horse stable. He was then recruited to become a horse racing commentator. Due to his fame, he was invited to act in many movies from 1949 to 1996, many of them with Jackie...
  
  
• Shing Fui-On
  Shing Fui-On
  Shing Fui On was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his supporting roles in Hong Kong cinema. He had only one leading role in his entire career.-Biography:...
  
  
• Johnny Cheung
• Danny Chow
• Benny Lai
• Rocky Lai
• Lee Pooi-Ling
• Lai Ming-Si
• Wellson Chin
• Fong Yue
• Laai Sing-Gwong
• Lau Wai-Man
• Chung Pau-Yung
• Mai Kei
• Ricky Hui
  Ricky Hui
  Ricky Hui Koon-Ying was a Hong Kong movie star. He and his brothers, Michael and Sam, made several comedy blockbusters in the 1970s and 1980s.-Biography:...
  
  
• Lee Jun-Git
• Chan Tat-kwong

External links

• Love Hong Kong Film Article