Wu Yen

Lost in a forest, the Emperor Qi encounters Wu Yen, the local chief destined to become his bride. In doing so he accidentally releases a fox fairy, who immediately falls for both of them. Able to shift between male and female form, the fairy courts each in turn, producing a triangle in which the emperor is divided between Wu Yen and the fairy, while the fairy pursues whoever agrees to marry her first.

Wu Yen is a Hong Kong comedy fantasy directed by Wai Ka-Fai, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Ben Wong and Yau Nai-Hoi, and produced it with Johnnie To and Charles Heung. Sammi Cheng plays Chung Wu Yen, Anita Mui appears as Emperor Qi and Ancestor Huan, and Cecilia Cheung plays Yin Chun and the Fairy Enchantress, with Raymond Ho-Yin Wong, Lam Suet and Lung Tin-Sang among the credited cast of 23. The film belongs to the Milkyway Image stable, and its production companies also include China Star Entertainment and One Hundred Years of Film Company.

For Wai Ka-Fai, Wu Yen came between Peace Hotel (1995) and Running on Karma (2003). Johnnie To directed it as the eleventh of 23 films in his filmography, after The Mission (1999) and before PTU (2003). On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.4 out of 10 from 21 votes.