# The Bride with White Hair 2 (白发魔女2)
**The Bride with White Hair 2** (白髮魔女2; also released as *Bai Fa Mo Nu Zhuan II*) is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia fantasy film and the sequel to *The Bride with White Hair* (1993), continuing the story of the white-haired witch Lien Ni-Chang and her former lover Cho Yi-Hang.[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/) It was directed by David Wu, and stars [Brigitte Lin](https://www.edgepedia.org/brigitte-lin), Leslie Cheung, Sunny Chan, Christy Chung, and Joey Meng.[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | December 22, 1993 (Hong Kong)[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/) |
| Runtime | 80 minutes[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/) |
| Directors | David Wu[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/) • [3](https://asianwiki.com/The_Bride_with_White_Hair_2) |
| Writers | David Wu, Ronny Yu, and Du Guowei; based on Liang Yusheng's characters[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/) |
| Producer | Ronny Yu[4](https://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/bride-with-white-hair-2-1993.htm) |
| Principal cast | Brigitte Lin (Lien Ni-Chang), Leslie Cheung (Cho Yi-Hang), Sunny Chan (Fung Chun-Kit), Joey Meng (Lyre/Yu Qin), Christy Chung (Ling Moon Yee)[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/) |
| Language / genre | Cantonese; action, fantasy, romance[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
The film picks up after the first film's ending. Ten years after her lover Cho Yi-Hang turned against her in battle, Lien Ni-Chang has gone mad while mastering a deadly martial skill and wages war on the Eight Big Clans, slaughtering their successors.[3](https://asianwiki.com/The_Bride_with_White_Hair_2) • [5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_ii) Cho, meanwhile, has withdrawn to a snowbound peak, where he waits for a rare flower to blossom, hoping it will break the curse of her white hair.[6](https://www.litv.tv/movie/watch/VOD00398313) • [7](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-bride-with-white-hair-ii/cast/2030033140/)
The story shifts to a new generation. Fung Chun-Kit (Sunny Chan), described in English-language sources as Cho's nephew and the next leader of the [Wu-Tang Clan](https://www.edgepedia.org/wu-tang-clan), marries Yu Qin (Joey Meng), a woman of the Dianchang sect.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_ii) • [8](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-b2c140e9-2d76-46ed-b2ef-10a074dc6fb6) On their wedding night the witch appears, kills the guests, and abducts the bride.[3](https://asianwiki.com/The_Bride_with_White_Hair_2) Fung is badly injured trying to rescue her and is saved by Ling Moon-Yee ([Christy Chung](https://www.edgepedia.org/christy-chung)), a Kunlun sect fighter who lives disguised as a man.[8](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-b2c140e9-2d76-46ed-b2ef-10a074dc6fb6)
Lien takes Yu Qin to the Yuen Yuen temple, whose head is Chan Yuen-Yuen (Ruth Winona Tao), a former concubine of the general Wu San-Kuei who jumped from a cliff in protest at his letting the Qing armies through the pass, and was saved by the witch; the two became sworn friends and built the temple together, vowing revenge on all men.[8](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-b2c140e9-2d76-46ed-b2ef-10a074dc6fb6) There Lien indoctrinates the captive bride into hatred of her husband, and Fung gathers a ragtag rescue force to storm her castle of fighting women.[2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/) • [4](https://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/bride-with-white-hair-2-1993.htm) The eight clans, meanwhile, try to draw Cho back into the conflict, but he wants no further part of the martial world until the final confrontation with Lien, where the two original stars reunite.[8](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-b2c140e9-2d76-46ed-b2ef-10a074dc6fb6) • [9](https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/bride-with-white-hair-2-the-1993/)
## Production
Ronny Yu, who directed and produced the first film, handed the sequel's direction to David Wu, the first film's editor and screenwriter, while Yu remained as producer.[4](https://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/bride-with-white-hair-2-1993.htm) • [1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/) The production company was Mandarin Films.[4](https://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/bride-with-white-hair-2-1993.htm) Asian and database sources credit the screenplay to David Wu, Ronny Yu, and Du Guowei.[1](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/)
The film followed its predecessor very quickly: it reached Hong Kong theaters less than four months after the first film and reuses footage from it liberally.[10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_2) It also aired in South Korea from January 1, 1994.[11](https://www.blu-ray.com/The-Bride-with-White-Hair-2/569784/)
## Reception
Critical and audience responses were far cooler than for the original, which holds 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_ii) The sequel's Tomatometer stands at 42% from three critics, and its IMDb rating is 5.8/10 from about 1,300 users.[10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_2) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/)
Reviewers have faulted the sequel's rush and changed tone. An audience reviewer on Rotten Tomatoes called it a "paper tiger sequel" whose exposition-heavy story leans on footage from the first film, and the Heroic Cinema review found little of the original's sweep, singling out only the late reunion of Brigitte Lin and [Leslie Cheung](https://www.edgepedia.org/leslie-cheung) as worth watching.[10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_2) • [9](https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/bride-with-white-hair-2-the-1993/) The Moria review took the opposite view, judging David Wu's film "a far more satisfying effort than its predecessor" for its rounded plotting, comedy from the granny and tomboy warrior characters, and well-posed swordplay, while noting an overdose of slow motion.[4](https://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/bride-with-white-hair-2-1993.htm)
The film remains available on streaming services; it appears on Disney+ in Taiwan (rated 15+) and was distributed in the United States by AsianCrush on Apple TV, rated R, with a 1 hr 20 min runtime.[8](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-b2c140e9-2d76-46ed-b2ef-10a074dc6fb6) • [12](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-bride-with-white-hair-ii/umc.cmc.4alnam3bmjhc96v2l1p4jw1n1) Blu-ray releases have come from Koch Media, Spectrum, Nova Media, CN Entertainment, and Disk Kino.[11](https://www.blu-ray.com/The-Bride-with-White-Hair-2/569784/)
## References
1. [白发魔女2 (1993), 1905电影网](https://www.1905.com/mdb/film/2206950/)
2. [The Bride with White Hair II (1993), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106343/)
3. [The Bride with White Hair 2, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/The_Bride_with_White_Hair_2)
4. [The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993), Moria](https://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/bride-with-white-hair-2-1993.htm)
5. [The Bride With White Hair II | Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_ii)
6. [白髮魔女傳2, LiTV](https://www.litv.tv/movie/watch/VOD00398313)
7. [The Bride with White Hair II - Full Cast & Crew, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-bride-with-white-hair-ii/cast/2030033140/)
8. [觀看《白髮魔女2》, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/zh-tw/browse/entity-b2c140e9-2d76-46ed-b2ef-10a074dc6fb6)
9. [Review: The Bride With White Hair 2 (1993), Heroic Cinema](https://www.heroic-cinema.com/reviews/bride-with-white-hair-2-the-1993/)
10. [The Bride With White Hair 2, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bride_with_white_hair_2)
11. [The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993), Blu-ray.com](https://www.blu-ray.com/The-Bride-with-White-Hair-2/569784/)
12. [The Bride With White Hair II, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-bride-with-white-hair-ii/umc.cmc.4alnam3bmjhc96v2l1p4jw1n1)
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