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| Directed by | Johnny To |
| Produced by | Ching Siu-tung Johnny To Yeung Kwok-fai |
| Written by | Susanne Chan |
| Starring | Michelle Yeoh Anita Mui Maggie Cheung Damian Lau |
| Music by | William Wu |
| Cinematography | Tom Lau Poon Hang-Sang |
| Editing by | Ng Kam Wah |
| Release date(s) | 1992 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
The Heroic Trio (Dung fong saam hap, TC: 東方三俠, pinyin: dōng fāng sān xiá) is a 1993 Hong Kong action film directed by Johnny To, starring Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, and Anita Mui as the titular trio. Other cast include Damian Lau, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Paul Chun, James Pak and Yan Yee Kwan. The main characters of the film are reunited in a sequel, another 1993 film, Executioners.
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An invisible woman is kidnapping newborn babies who are destined to be emperors and delivering them to the mysterious subterranean supernatural Evil Master. The police are powerless, and the city must be saved by three very different women who share a terrible past. Anita Mui plays the mild-mannered wife of a police inspector who's also the mask-wearing, sword-slinging and knife-throwing crime fighter, Wonder Woman. Maggie Cheung plays the shotgun-toting, hard-boiled bounty hunter, Thief Catcher. Michelle Yeoh is Invisible Girl, the troubled but determined strong right arm of the Evil Master.
Wonder Woman is intelligent and helpful. Her true identity is Tung, long-time wife of Police Inspector Lau. Wonder Woman has a recurring dream in which she fails to save her sister from falling off a cliff when they were little girls; in the dream, it is unclear whether the sister has survived or not. This worries Tung and she feels that she must find her; at the same time she hears that newborn babies are being kidnapped, and that one baby has been taken by the Thief Catcher. She is played by Anita Mui, in the film
Ching is the sister of Tung. In the film, she tells Tung that she is leaving home and not coming back. It is also seen that she has been in contact with a villain named the Evil Master. Though the Thief Catcher is her childhood friend, the two are only reunited as adults. Ching is responsible for the kidnapping of the babies. She uses an invisible robe which is given to her by the Evil Master to carry out the kidnappings. Ching is known to the Evil Master as "San". She is portrayed by actress Michelle Yeoh in the film.
Thief Catcher is an irresponsible detective who is attracted to the Chief of Police. She takes one of the babies as bait for the kidnapper and heads for a remote cottage. In the ensuing struggle, the baby is accidentally killed. Afterward, she meets with Ching and asks why the Evil Master wants the babies. She later is hired to rescue the Police Chief's baby, but in doing so, she almost gets caught. She teams up with Wonder Woman to rescue the babies and to stop the Evil Master's men attacking the hostages at the train station. She is played by Maggie Cheung.
He is the main villain of the film. He compels Ching to steal newborn babies as part of his supernatural scheme to provide China with a new king. Ching has worked for him for many years. The Thief Catcher likes to refer to him as "Damned Old Monster!" as she strongly dislikes him.
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