I this one of those chinese opera films, where the entire cast keeps singing their lines throughout? Kind of like a stage production on film, or comparable to our western musicals?

Although the opera parts were entertaining I'm glad the film wasn't a musical. Saying that though, I must admit the hugely entertaining Princess Raccoon worked very well as such.

I once saw such a film with singing throughout made in Hong Kong during the 70s which was quite good.

Was it The Love Eterne (Liang Shan Bo yu Zhu Ying Tai) by any chance? This was also showing in the Chapter but I had prior commitments and sadly had to give it a miss.

Cheers Trev.