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?
I once saw such a film with singing throughout made in Hong Kong during the 70s which was quite good. You need a bit to get used to it, but it has completely its own charm. But the DVD was very bad, and the subtitles incomplete.
Too bad Imdb doesn't list it, as I cann't recall its title at the moment.

EDIT: I just noticed that Howard has also commented on this at imdb.