tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80479602314317583092024-03-12T22:05:49.977-04:00I LOVE SHAW BROTHERS MOVIESShaw Brothers kung fu movie reviews released from 1965 to 1986.I Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13768436087666396531noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8047960231431758309.post-65394796147049513832017-07-06T11:08:00.000-04:002017-07-06T11:08:44.597-04:00REVIEW #8: THE SWORD AND THE LUTE (1967)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b> THE SWORD AND THE LUTE (1967)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Released on April
24<sup>th</sup>, 1967, THE SWORD AND THE LUTE</b> is part three of a trilogy that
began with <b>[TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS (1965) part one]</b> and <b>[TWIN SWORDS (1965)
part two].</b> It continues the adaptation of <b><u>Jiang Hu Qi Xia Chuan (Shang Xia),</u></b> a
wuxia novel written by Ping Jiang Bu Xiao Sheng. <b>Produced by Sir Run Run Shaw,</b> once
again <b>directed by Hsu Tseng-Hung</b> and also once again <b>screenplay and assisted
directed by Shen Chiang.</b> <b>Song lyrics by Chang Cheh.</b> There are no fight choreographers <b><u>credited</u> </b>but Shaw Brothers spared no expense with this <b>all-star cast </b>extravaganza. Let’s get busy!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Yin Yang Swordsmen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chin Ping as "Gan Lianzhu"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>THE SWORD AND THE
LUTE (1967)</b> features <b>three treasured weapons.</b></span> Treasured weapons in wuxia tales
are weapons made of the finest materials and include a mystical quality that
can be viewed as sort of a super power. In this movie the treasured weapons are: <b><u><span style="background-color: yellow;">The
Invincible Sword</span> </u></b>(aka the fish intestine sword) which cuts all kinds of iron,
<b><u><span style="background-color: yellow;">The Phoenix Lute,</span></u></b> a weapon of mass destruction that hurls scores of hair thin
poisonous needles. The Phoenix Lute can only be destroyed by The Invincible
Sword. Finally, there is <b><u style="background-color: yellow;">The Seven Stars Stone,</u></b> the Shen family heirloom that
is the only way to heal someone injured by The Phoenix Lute. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THE INVINCIBLE SWORD</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THE PHOENIX LUTE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THE SEVEN STARS STONE</td></tr>
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<b style="background-color: yellow; font-size: 13.5pt;">THE SWORD AND THE
LUTE (1967)</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> takes place some time after the conclusion of </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">THE TWIN SWORDS
(1965),</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> which featured the Gan family’s raid on The Temple of the Red Lotus to
rescue their third generation’s daughter, Gan Lianzhu from the clutches of the
Red Lotus Clan. The movie begins with </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the Yin Yang Swordsmen</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> (Gui Wu and his
wife, Gan Lianzhu) leaving </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the Scarlet Maiden’s</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> residence with two
instructions: </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">number 1.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u style="background-color: yellow;">do not use the Phoenix Lute</u></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">number 2. <u><span style="background-color: yellow;">destroy the Phoenix Lute
with the</span></u></b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u>Invincible Sword.</u></b></span><br />
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the Gan Residence to use the Invincible Sword to destroy the Phoenix Lute, Gui Wu suggests they cut through
the woods, doing so they run right into an ambush by the Flying Tiger Clan intent on
robbing whomever would pass that area of the woods. The Yin Yang Swordsmen are
highly skilled but the Flying Tiger Clan is present in great numbers. Seeing
the men surround his wife, </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">in spite the Scarlet Maiden's warning not to; </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><i> Gui Wu grabs the Phoenix Lute and fires into their
attackers injuring many of them and causing them to retreat. </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><i>One of the Flying
Tiger Clan’s members is unhurt but intrigued by such an astonishing weapon and
he sneakily follows the Yin Yang Swordsmen as they leave the scene of the
ambush and rest near a small waterfall. He overhears some valuable information
and then realizes <span style="background-color: yellow;">they have left a valuable prize unguarded!</span> Let the games
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yueh Hua as Shem Shuwen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Where is the Seven Stars Stone?"</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good: </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chin
Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Gan Lingzhu, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ivy Ling Po </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as the Scarlet Maid, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Petrina Fung Bo Bo</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
Miss Sun / Gan Xiaoling, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jimmy Wang Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Gui Wu, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yueh Hua </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Shen Shuwen, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lo
Lieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Du Ying, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pang Pang</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Daxin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Li Li </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Wei Mei Er, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng Miu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Flying Tiger Chief Master Wei Fei Hu, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee Wan
Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Master Wen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>SPOTTED:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Cheng
Kang-Yeh </b>as a Shen family servant</span></div>
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Despite <b>Liu Chia Liang</b> and <b>Tang Chia</b> both being present in this production, <b>THE
SWORD AND THE LUTE (1967) does not have any fight choreographers credited.</b>
Never the less I counted <b>seven (7) fight scenes</b> in the movie’s eighty-seven
minutes making for a <b>fun filled, action packed, wuxia extravaganza!</b> For its
time, <b>the fight scenes are top notch and natural</b>, making them easy to enjoy. I
would certainly not expect any less with the many, highly experienced martial art
actors on this project.</span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THE SWORD AND THE LUTE (1967)</b> is an all-star cast, continuation of a great
adaptation of a well-love Chinese novel. Not only is it <b>presented here in great
form but it is worthy, not only of a remake but adding additional chapters as
well.</b> Anyone of the major characters could also be spun-off into their own
adventures. <b style="background-color: yellow;">I highly recommend this movie for all viewers and collectors</b> of
wuxia movies at all costs. See you next time.</span><br />
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1967, THE TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE </b>was <b>produced by Sir Run Run Shaw. </b>The
prolific <b>Chang Cheh directed, scripted and wrote the lyrics</b> to the songs. Based
on the title, I would say this production was influenced by the popular westerns of the day
in the movies and on television. As far as I can tell, <b>this is the first "eastern / western".</b> The skilled team of <b>Liu Chia-Liang and Tang
Chia did the fight choreography.</b> Let’s get busy. </span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Fang Jun Zhao</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> is
one of the top, up and coming </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">students of Wu Dang Mountain. </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">While on his way
back to Wu Dang, he stops at a very small in
Guandong Province for a rest. From the room next door he overhears a
planned robbery of the household of retired Commander-in-Chief, Liu Xian. The
bandits planning the robbery are persuading the younger son of the Flying Fish
Island Clan Chief named Tu Hu, to help them because of the superior martial
arts of the Liu family. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>The head bandit
entices Tu Hu</b>, not only with the promise of plenty of money but <b>with a description
of Liu Xian’s daughter, Liu Zhen’Er as the village beauty</b> and how he could
enjoy her thoroughly as she is “a perfect match for someone as bright as you.”</span><br />
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his daughter</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> the end result being all of the bandits dead and </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Tu Hu severely
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Liu Xian asks Fang Junzhao to stay a few days and instruct his daughter in the
way of the sword. What <b>Zhen’Er’s father really hopes is that Junzhao and
Zhen’Er form a bond and then fall in love so that his daughter can forget her
childhood love: <u>Li Yue</u>. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Li Yue is the son
of the former Commander-In-chief of Zhejiang,</b> the great hero, Li Tian Cong. Tragically;
this great hero was falsely convicted and imprisoned all for the benefit of a
crooked Imperial Minister. <b>After his father died in prison, Li Yue murdered the
Imperial Minister and has been on the run ever since.</b></span><br />
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and <b>he swears a platonic friendship with her and vows to find Li Yue and unite
the two lovers to prove his honor and their friendship. </b></span><br />
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has made it back to <b>Flying Fish Island</b> but his injury has taken the ultimate
toll as he offers up the fatal dart to answer his family’s question of “who has
done this to you?” His father orders his eldest son to take his four henchmen
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two sets of travelers headed to their destinations fated to meet each other and
provide us with this early tale of the Jiang Hu and the chivalry of heroic
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Wang Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Li Yue / Jiang Qi. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kiu Chong</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Fung Jun Zhao. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chin Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Liu Chen
Erh. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lisa Chiao Chiao</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Shi Xiao Mei. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wei Pin-Ao</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Shi Gan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fan Mei-Sheng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
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Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Chief Tu Qian Qiu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chen Hung-Lieh </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Tu Long. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Kuang-Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Tu Hu,
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>SPOTTED:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Liu Chia Liang, Tang Chia, Liu Chia Yung, Wu Ma, Cheng Lui, Cliff Lok</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pang Pang. </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">HKMDB</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and the release date of </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">THE TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE (1967) </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">this is </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Yuen
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TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE (1967)</b> features the <b>fight choreography of Liu Chia
Liang and Tang Chia.</b> <b>I counted 6 (six) fight scenes </b>including its <b>very long finale</b> in
the one hour and forty-four minute movie, which to be honest, is not quite as
much as in past movies. With the genre being only 7 projects old in the span of
two years, I am mindful to not be too harsh in my analysis of the techniques.
Using a system of “pass” or “fail” <b>this movie’s fights are definitely a “pass”.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wisely gives him the majority of the screen time and stunts. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>RECOMMENDATION: </b></span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">THE
TRAIL OF THE BROKEN BLADE (1967)</b> <b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">has enough characterization, plot and action
to entertain you and hold your interest. </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">As the first “eastern / western”, and
an early Shaw Brothers classic it is also certainly collectible. Therefore it
should come as no surprise that I call for you to take out your cards or cash
and </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">pick this one up as a “must have”!</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <span style="color: red;">On a personal note I would love to discuss as a film group just what is it that motivates a writer / director to resolve a story in the </span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">controversial</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red;"> way that Chang Cheh does in this movie.</span> That’s it for now, see you next time.</span><br />
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first movie of 1967, <b>THAT MAN IN CHANG-AN (1967)</b> very quietly <b>set history as
<span style="background-color: yellow;">the first wuxia / comedy ever made.</span> Released February 18</b><sup style="font-weight: bold;">th</sup><b>, 1967</b> it
was <b>produced by Sir Run Run Shaw and directed by veteran director Yan Jun. Ting Shan-Hsi wrote the script</b><b>,</b> only his second film, but the film he wrote before this one was the great <u>COME DRINK WITH</u> <u>ME (1966)</u> in an effort with King Hu. <b>THAT MAN IN CHANG-AN (1967)</b> is
not as popular as other Shaw Brothers films of this period and while I have
read other reviews of this movie there is not a lot of information on the
making of the film and the audience’s reception of it. So we will just dig in
and experience it for ourselves, in other words – let’s get busy!</span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Empress Lu </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">wants
to replace the king of Zhongdu with her nephew. She </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">sends an Imperial Edit</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">to</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
her nephew, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">General Lu Kun to assassinate the king of Zhongdu, King Dai Liu
Heng and take his place as king in that province. </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">So, General Lu Kun puts a
scheme in place to frame King Dai Liu Heng for treachery so he may take the
king’s head but when it comes time to take the king’s head </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">does he do it?
Noooooo, he decides to hold the king’s mother hostage and the place the king
under house arrest so that he can marry the king’s sister and… </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">what in the
world is he doing?!? </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It says we are a comedy... what's a "comedy"?</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It does not make any sense but spoofs rarely do. <b>This
delightful send up of the plot devices used in the spy movies that were coming to be
popular in the sixties was a great idea but to set it in ancient China is probably
where it threw everybody off. </b>The movie itself is very funny in certain places but
defies logic in just as many places and so <b>while one should only have fun with it,
the movie is set in a genre where everything is taken very, very seriously.</b> What a challenge!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And what am I --blind?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim Jin-Kyu aka the Masked Man aka That Man in Chang-An aka Zhuang Bai the alchemist</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kim
Jin-Kyu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Zhuang Bai aka, The Masked Man aka, That Man in Chang-An. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fang Ying</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
as Princess Wen Yang. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alison Chang Yen </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Hong-er. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tien Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as King Dai Liu
Heng. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yan Jun</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Cao Wu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Park
Nou-Sik</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as General Lu Kun. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheung Kwong-Chiu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as General Zhang. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chiu Ming</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>HONORABLE
MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Kim Jin-Kyu</b> as That Man in Chang-An. Mr. Kim totally sells his
character as comedic when he has to and serious when he needs to, perfect
casting!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>SPOTTED: </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Fan
Mei-Sheng</b> as Cao Wu’s waiter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MAN IN CHANG-AN (1967) has no fight choreographer credited. I counted eight (8)
fight scenes</b> scattered throughout the movie. For the most part they are short
scenes with the exception of the four-minute finale. These fight scenes are
basically by the numbers “one, two, three – kill” sword fights, rarely (there
are exceptions, mostly during the finale.) more that two attackers at a time no
matter how many soldiers enter the scene. <b>There is also some last minute under
cranking during the finally that just adds to the humor of the entire film, </b>believe
me, you do not watch this film for the fights. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Alison Chang Yen’s (as Hong-er) double daggers versus soldiers with
swords and spears fight scenes with its very direct maneuvering and quick-kill
counters, were the best fights in the entire movie hands down. No nonsense,
practical self defense techniques, bravo!</b></span></div>
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</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THAT MAN IN CHANG-AN (1967)</b> is an automatic recommendation as a purchase
because it is <b>collectible as the first wuxia / comedy ever made. </b>I was very
animated while watching this movie with its the humorous moments and with the
sheer ridiculousness of some of the scenarios presented, so <b>I am definitely recommending
it for the average viewer for pure popcorn entertainment!</b> <b>This movie is funny, period.</b> That’s me for now,
see you next time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>REVIEW #5:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b> THE MAGNIFICENT TRIO (1966)</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Released October
08</span><sup>th</sup></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>, 1966, THE MAGNIFICENT TRIO (1966) reunites the cast and crew
of TIGER BOY (1964).</b> TIGER BOY was “an experiment” Sir Run Run Shaw permitted
Chang Cheh to engage in to produce a new genre in films provided Mr. Cheh kept
expenses low. To that end Mr. Cheh used all new actors in the starring roles,
used no martial arts action directors and filmed the movie in black and white.
Chang Cheh also wrote and directed the film that was not released until Sir Run
Run Shaw was convinced that the new genre was indeed a success. <b>TIGER BOY was
given a limited release February 16</b></span><b><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, 1966 according to HKMDB (Hong
Kong Movie Database). Elder brother, Runme Shaw</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>produced</b> THE MAGNIFICENT TRIO with <b>the script
written </b>once again <b>by the director, Chang Cheh <span style="background-color: yellow;">adapted from the Japanese movie: THREE</span> <span style="background-color: yellow;">OUTLAW SAMURAI (1964).</span></b> <b>Tang Chia and Liu Chia Liang
were the action directors. </b>Let’s get busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THE MAGNIFICENT
TRIO (1966)</b> takes place during <b>the twilight of the Ming</b> <b>Dynasty in China</b> as the Han
people fight off the Manchu invaders of the north. After a fierce battle the
Manchu forces have some Han forces surrounded. <b><u>Commander Lu Fang</u>, the grandson
of the Ming General has escaped the Han troop's encirclement and is on his way to see the
Imperial Minister Yuan to request reinforcements when he comes across three villagers kidnapping a young noble
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">same scene from THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI (1964)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The young noble
woman is </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Wei Wen Zhen, the daughter of the County Magistrate Wei Huaire. </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The
three kidnappers are the </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Head of Mati Village: Gao Bao-Shi</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">his son</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">: Gao
Ji-Xian </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">and another village dweller:</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Li Chu-Yen. Commander Lu Fang learns that
</span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: 13.5pt;">Mati Village has suffered from several years of drought and </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">the Imperial Court
has</span> <span style="background-color: yellow;">exempt the village’s provisions from taxation.</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> However, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">County Magistrate
Wei Huaire has continue to tax the village of Mati and otherwise oppress the
villagers until, in desperation, they came up with this plan to kidnap his
daughter which is to essentially sacrifice their own lives to save their village. </b><br />
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to resolve his daughter’s kidnapping <u style="background-color: yellow;">before The Imperial Minister comes </u></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u style="background-color: yellow;">for his
periodic inspection and reports any irregularities to the Emperor</u>. </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Prisoners
and thugs of all sorts are promised rewards in return for his daughter’s safety
</span><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">but is there </span><u style="font-size: 13.5pt;">ever</u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> any honor </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">among</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> thieves?</span></span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The star, Jimmy Wang Yu (right)</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good: </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jimmy
Wang Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Commander Lu Fang. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lo Lieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Yan Ziqing. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng Lui </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Huang Liang.
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Margaret Tu Chuan </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Li Ju Shan’s wife. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chin Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wei Wen Zhen. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fanny Fan
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lui Ming
</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Magistrate Wei Huaire. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee Wan-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as the Magistrate’s advisor. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tang Ti </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>HONORABLE MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Tien Feng, Ku Feng, Cliff
Lok, Chen Hung-Lieh, Chang Pei-Shan, Wu Ma, and Violet Pan Ying-Zi.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unicorn Chan, Tang Chia and Liu Chia-Liang.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>FIGHT TIME: </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This is the <span style="color: red;"><u>first</u> </span></span><u style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red;">credited</span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red;"> <u>team-up</u></span> of what is to become the legendary choreography team of </span><span style="font-size: large;">Liu Chia-Liang</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and </span></b></span><b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tang Chia.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> That fact makes this a collector's item! </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I counted eight (8) fight scenes and some minor skirmishes
for an action-packed one hundred and three minutes. </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The most common mistake
made when watching old movies is to judge them using the current standards
instead of the standards of the time in which they were made. That said,
<b>everybody’s techniques including the killing techniques were clean, functional
and precise for the most part.</b> The exception being, some of the multiple
killing techniques that sometimes missed their marks but not so much as to ruin
the movie. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">These gentlemen did a great job and we know there is more to come!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>RECOMMENDATION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
Unfortunately the first movie ever directed by Chang Cheh: Tiger Boy (1964) is
out of print and unavailable so I may never see, let alone review this movie in
my lifetime. <b>This review of the second movie ever directed by Chang Cheh, THE
MAGNIFICENT TRIO (1966) demonstrates the how skilled Mr. Cheh was at
characterization.</b> Since it is an adaptation and not an original script I am not
comfortable giving an opinion on his writing skills based on this movie but
history speaks volumes about Mr. Cheh’s writing talent so there is no need for
me to add my silly two cents on the matter.
<b>I <u>can</u> say that I was thoroughly entertained by all aspects of the film
and so I can recommend it wholeheartedly to collectors and casual viewers
alike. </b>See you next time!</span><br />
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<br />I Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13768436087666396531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8047960231431758309.post-21872478587143470292017-02-08T13:11:00.000-05:002017-02-10T19:54:31.648-05:00REVIEW #4:THE KNIGHT OF KNIGHTS (1966)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>THE KNIGHT OF KNIGHTS (1966)</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Released May 18<sup>th</sup>,
1966, THE KNIGHT OF KNIGHTS (1966) is based on a script by <span style="background-color: yellow;"><u>Chang Cheh</u></span> </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">that
according to the website </span><u style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Hong Kong Cinemagic</u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> is one of Mr. Cheh’s first foray
into the wuxia genre. [Chang Cheh was involved in the planning of </span><u style="font-size: 13.5pt;">TEMPLE OF THE
RED LOTUS (1965)</u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and </span><u style="font-size: 13.5pt;">THE TWIN SWORDS (1965)</u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">]. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Produced by <u>both</u> SHAW BROTHERS</span> it
is directed by</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> the multitalented </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Sit Kwan</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> but unfortunately </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">no action director
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">During the Ming
Dynasty,</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> King Jing of a southern Chinese province entered in an agreement with
the Imperial Eunuch Pei to increase the eunuch’s power with the ultimate goal
being to usurp the power of the emperor. To this end, King Jing has enlisted
the aid of </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the bandit Min Kong and his men along with the governor of Haimin,
Governor Wang. </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Min Kong and his men disguise themselves as monks and take over
the Zhaoqing Monastery as a base of criminal operations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>The criminal
operations of Zhaoqing Monastery consist mainly of human trafficking</b> but it is
done as such a level that the people become very disgruntled. To make matters worse, <b>Governor Wang has imposed unfair taxes and has even seized some of the people’s
land </b>from them and this causes outrage among the people and attracts the
attention of <b>Imperial Inspector Lin </b>who asks his nephew, <b>Wen Suchen of the
Seven Men Of Dragon School</b> to investigate the monastery and the governor and bring him evidence
of their crimes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Unfortunately
when Wen Suchen receives the Imperial Inspector’s orders he is visiting his
sick mother so he sends his six classmates ahead of him</b> to investigate in his
stead. Although <b>his six classmates</b> are highly trained in martial arts they <b>are
no match for the booby traps and the hit and run tactics of the fake monks</b> and
are wiped out but <b>with one classmate escaping, barely clinging to his life. Wen
Suchen and his two young students come across this same classmate on their way
to meet up with the rest of the Seven Men Of Dragon School and with his last
dying words he tells Wen Suchen of their failed mission at Zhaoqing Monastery! </b></span><br />
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students <u>as a scholar</u> to Zhaoqing Monastery to face Abbot Min Kong. The three
of them battle kidnapping, slavery and uncover <u>a plot to murder Imperial
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kiu
Chong</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wen Su Chen. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee Ying</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Imperial Inspector Lin. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cliff Lok</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wen Lung.
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chow Lung-Cheung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wen Hu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lily Ho Li-Li</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Lin Hong Yu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lily Li Li-Li</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Hsin
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee
Wan-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Governor Wang. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tang Ti</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Abbot Kung Ming. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fung Ngai :</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> senior
monk. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fan Mei-sheng :</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> senior monk. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tien Shun :</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> senior monk.</span><br />
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<b>Wu Ma, Ku Feng, Liu Liang-Hua, Cheng Lui, Chen Hung-Lieh, Chiu Hung, Wang
Kuang-Yu, Simon Yuen Siu-Tin</b></span></div>
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as Chin (Carpenter You’s sister) and Bruce Lee’s childhood friend <b>(Little)</b>
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KNIGHT OF KNIGHTS (1966)</b> has <b>no fight director </b>credited and indeed the quality
of the fights (or lack thereof) attests to the lack of skill in the execution
of the fight scenes. The fights seemed to me to be very poorly done with the
real martial artist looking only slightly skilled and the non-martial artists
looking like they had somewhere else to go and wanted to be killed quickly. Not
using a fight choreographer was a mistake and <b>the movie suffers from it. I
counted only five (6) fight scenes</b> including the short assassination attempt on
the Imperial Inspector <b>–enough for a legit kung fu movie and wisely spaced out
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KNIGHT OF KNIGHTS (1966)</b> is not a bad movie per-se.<b> It features an all-star
cast and guest stars the crème de la crème of the Shaw Brother studios. The
script by Chang Cheh </b>is above average as well. It’s major failing is in the
lack of martial art style or weapon focus or of martial art choreography.
However because of the full back nude scene it is an asterisk in wuxia film
history and so <b>it is collectible and should be purchased for this reason. </b>Feel
free to keep it in its sealed packaging so it is worth more money. <b>See you next
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the first release of Shaw Brothers’ new genre of movies "wuxia" : <u>TEMPLE OF THE
RED LOTUS</u> and in December of the same year a sequel followed: <u>THE TWIN SWORDS</u>.
It would not be until the spring of 1966 that Sir Run Run Shaw would produce
the next Shaw Brothers’ wuxia movie: <u>COME DRINK WITH ME</u>. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Released on April
7<sup>th</sup>, 1966</b>, <b><u>COME DRINK WITH ME</u></b> is an adaptation of a Beijing Opera
called <b><u>The Drunken Beggar</u></b>. In fact, the Chinese translation of the actual title of this movie is <b><u>Da Zui Xia</u></b> or <b><u>Big Drunken Hero</u></b>. <b>It’s director, King Hu Chin-Chuan</b> also
<b>co-wrote the screenplay</b> with newcomer <b>Ting Shan-Hsi</b> (who some sources say also
co-directed the film). <b>Han Ying-Chieh served as action director</b> and played a
small role in the film. This, <b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><u>Shaw Brother’s third wuxia film</u></span> would become so
well known that it is often mistaken as their first.</b> We shall see why the film
is a bona fide classic and is so well loved. Let’s get busy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and well-organized group of bandits have suffered a defeat at the hands of the
provincial governor’s troops, who capture the bandit’s leader and sentence him
to death. <b>The remaining bandits kidnap the governor’s son</b> with the intent to
trade the governor’s son for the return of their leader and write a petition outlining this request along with a deadline of five days. <b>The governor’s military commander, who also
happens to be his daughter, intercepts the petition and offers the bandits another option:</b> <b style="background-color: yellow;">release her
older brother and surrender in exchange for leniency from the governor –or die!</b></span><br />
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leadership of a clan whose grand master has died.</b> As they each choose opposing
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">the good:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng
Pei Pei </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Commander Chang aka Golden Swallow. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yueh Hua</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Fan Ta Pei aka Drunken
Hero (Drunken Cat)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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Hung-Lieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Jade-Faced Tiger. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee Wan-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Smiling Tiger Tsu Kan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yueng
Chi-Hing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Abbot Liao Kung.</span></div>
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MENTION: </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Cheng Pei Pei screen presence is absolutely fascinating to behold. A
true movie star!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>SPOTTED: </b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Simon Yuen Siu-Tin</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>seasoned action director and actor in independent films including Wong Fei Hung films and destined to become <span style="background-color: yellow;">best known in the United States as Sam Seed, the Drunken Master. His career spanned 325 films and 30 years (1949 to 1979) according to Hong Kong Movie Database.</span></b></span><br />
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right, time for </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">my favorite part of the movie review: the fights!</b> <b><span style="background-color: yellow; color: red; font-size: large;"><u>Han
Ying-Chieh is the fight choreographer</u></span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><u> </u></span></span>for <b>COME DRINK</b> <b>WITH ME (1966)</b> and I
counted <b>six (6) major fight scenes</b> pretty much evenly distributed throughout the
film. However, they are not all created equal. The first fight scene is the
raid on the prisoner’s procession where they kidnap the governor’s son. <b>This
fight is brutal, cruel and “economically” shows the viciousness of this group
of bandits. </b></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Golden Swallow
has three major fight scenes and they are masterpieces of effective double dagger
combat against multiple opponents.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Drunken Hero Fan Ta Pei has two major fight
scenes that work when his martial arts are displayed at the level of master,
</span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">however when the film tries to depict grand master level skills, the film
technology of 1966 just doesn’t do it justice</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> but it is both understandable and
forgivable. </span><br />
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Han Ying-Chieh</b> has a small role as a henchman but <b>is the action
director of record </b>for <b>COME DRINK WITH ME (1966)</b>. However, it seems to me the
director King Hu Chin-Chuan gets <u><b>all</b></u> the credit for how great the movie is but the fight choreography is
<b><u>always mentioned</u></b> in the reviews of this undisputed classic. <b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">I think it should
be a bit more balanced </b>but it is just my opinion. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white;">RECOMMENDATION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>“Mama
told me there’d be days like this…” There will be movies such as this that are
undisputed classics and as such no recommendations are necessary. Whether you are a
collector or casual viewer of films, <b>COME DRINK WITH ME (1966) is a "must see" and "must have".</b> 'Nuff said!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>REVIEW #002: THE TWIN SWORDS (1965)</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Released December
22<sup>nd</sup>, 1965, THE TWIN
SWORDS (1965)</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> was </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the sequel and continuation of </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the story started in </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">TEMPLE OF
THE RED LOTUS (1965)</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> an adaptation of the novel, </span><u style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Jiang Hu Qi Xia Chuan (Shang
Xia)</u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> written by Ping Jiang Bu Xiao Sheng. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">San Kong repeated his duties as the scriptwriter
and Hsu Tseng-Hung returns as director but the elder Shaw brother, Runme Shaw
is the producer this time out.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Also once again there is </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">no action director or
choreographer credited.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> So, let’s get busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We last left our
newly wed couple after they were </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">aided in their escape by The Scarlet Maiden</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
from The White Dove Convent (where the evil Red Lotus Clan had their kidnapping
and forced prostitution base of operations). </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Scarlet Maiden instructed them
to “mind their own business”</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and return to the Gan Family Fortress, practice
their kung fu and for Gui Xiao Wu to focus on avenging his parents. <b>Lian Zhu
and Xiao Wu </b>headed back to the fortress and had only traveled a short way when they witnessed an apparent
kidnapping of four women. It looked very much like the work of The Red Lotus
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immediately lunges forward to save the women but <b>Xiao Wu</b> pulls her back. Not
only does he want to heed the words of the Scarlet Maiden but he still feels
remorse because <b>all that has befallen them has been because of his poor
judgment,</b> if only he had minded his own business then they would have never
left the Gan Fortress. <span style="color: red;"><b>[</b>See <b><u>TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS(1965)</u></b> for details<b>]</b></span> But what husband can resists his wife’s pleadings? <b>Lian
Zhu convinces him that rescuing people is not minding someone else’s business</b>
and she knows they must be heading to the Red Lotus Temple. So <b>“just this once”</b>
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know it? <b>It’s a trap and Lian Zhu is captured!</b> <b>Xiao Wu has no choice but to
return to the Gan Fortress and face <u>the family that now views him as a</u> <u>traitor</u>
and beg them to help him rescue the daughter he caused to be endangered. And as
if that weren’t enough, The Red Lotus Temple monks will be prepared for their
attack, the danger and risk is obvious yet, how can they <u>not</u> go? <u>Prepared to be rocked by a 1965 state of the art blockbuster!</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jimmy
Wang Yu </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Gui Xiao Wu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chin Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Gan Lian Zhu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lo Lieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Du Chuang. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ivy
Ling Po</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Gui Qiu, The Scarlett Maiden. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Petrina Fung Bo Bo</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Gan Xiao Ling.
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Li Ming</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Grand Madame Gan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tien Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Master Dragon Gan.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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Ching-Ho</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Red Lotus Chief Fa Ben. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fung Ngai</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Red Lotus Chief Hua Fu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee
Wan-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Red Lotus Chief elder. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red;">Special Guest Star: </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng Miu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Red Lotus
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Ku Feng</b>, <b>Kao Pao-Shu</b>, <b>Wu Ma</b>, and <b>Lin Jing </b>veteran performers of the
Hong Kong movie industry with over one hundred films each!</span></div>
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as in <b><u>Temple of The Red Lotus,</u></b> <b>THE TWIN SWORDS</b> has no fight choreographer
credited. <b>I counted eight fight scenes </b>once you allow for the first four and a
half minutes of <b>THE TWIN SWORDS,</b> which is actually the last four and a half
minutes of <b><u>Temple of The Red Lotus.</u></b> <b><u style="background-color: yellow;">This is nearly twice the amount of action as the previous movie!</u></b> The quality of the fight scenes are upheld
in the sequel with the techniques displayed being realistic and to the point
with no flailing about of the arms and weapons to simulate action. (<b><i>The sole
departing from realistic martial arts comes when the two grand masters go at it
head to head in the finale. My instinct tells me to not make too much of this because the
creators are in totally uncharted territory here and still managed to express
their ideas. So I decided to give it a pass. )</i></b></span><br />
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MENTION:</b></span> <b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Chin Ping has a solo performance against the entire Red Lotus gang and
puts her heart and soul into it!</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Unlike the first movie, I could not spot a
single substitution of a stunt double during this entire fight and I even
caught a moment when her sword bent from her putting all her strength into her
techniques! </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Bravo! </span></b><br />
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<b>THE TWIN SWORDS (1965)</b> is only the second movie in our journey of the early
Shaw Brothers wuxia classics and the standard is already very high. This
two-part adaptation of <u>Jiang Hu Qi Xia Chuan (Shang Xia) </u>[<b>TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS</b>
being the first part] is fantastic and I can easily recommend this classic for
collectors and casual viewers of martial art movies alike. The story and the
action both <b>hold up even fifty years later</b>, see you next time!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Released on
October 1</span><sup>st</sup></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>, 1965, TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS (1965) was produced by
Sir Run Run Shaw and was the first movie that showcased wuxia themes and
action without being encased in Chinese Opera. The script was written by San
Kong based on a series of wuxia stories written by Ping Jiang Bu Xiao Sheng called <u>Jiang Hu Qi Xia Chuan (Shang Xia)</u>. Unfortunately not much else is available on the author or his series in English. The movie adaptation was directed
by Hsu Tseng-Hung,</b> a long time <b>cinematographer</b>, TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS (1965) was <b>the
first time Mr. Hsu directed a movie! </b>There is no action director or
choreographer credited for this movie. Let’s get busy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Central to the story of
TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS (1965) is <b>the Jin (Gan) family Castle </b>located in Dragon Valley and
<b>the “knights” of Jin Family </b>that are known for bringing justice to others in
the Jiang Hu even if it means challenging other martial artists. <b>A young
warrior (Gui Xiao Wu)</b> with a military background has been betrothed to the Jin
family and on his way to reunite with his bride-to-be stumbles upon an escort
caravan being attacked by masked armed warriors. </span></div>
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</b>decides to get involved and defend the escort caravan. He is injured and
knocked unconscious for his trouble by the <b>masked attackers</b>. When he wakes up,
he discovers the great swordswoman; <b>the Scarlet Maiden</b> has treated his wound and
they become acquainted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Scarlet Maid
seems very concerned with Gui Xiao Wu and advises him to stay focused on
training to revenge his parents and go to Jin Castle to improve his kung fu.
She tells him how to get to Dragon Valley and Jin Castle and sends him on his
way. After Gui Xiao Wu gets to Jin Castle, in the middle of the night,<b> the
monks of the Temple of the Red</b> <b>Lotus attack Jin Castle</b>. After the battle, <b>Gui Xiao Wu believes he
knows the identity of the masked robbers, --the very family he is to be wed into!</b>
What is he going to do, now?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IVY LING PO as The Scarlet Maiden<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>CAST REPORT:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Sir
Run Run Shaw assembled an all-star cast of some of the greatest actors Shaw
Brother Studios had to offer!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span>
<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Introducing: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Wang Yu</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Gui Xiao Wu. </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Introducing: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Lo Lieh</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Du Zhuang.
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chin Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Jin Lian Zhu. </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Guest starring </span><span style="font-size: large;">Ivy Ling Po</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as The Scarlet Maiden. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Li
Ming</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Great-grand Madame Jin. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tien Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Master Dragon Jin. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lin Jing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
Madame Jin (Lian Zhu’s mom). </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Petrina Fung Bo Bo</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Jin Xiao Ling. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Petrina Fung bo Bo as Jin Xiao Ling</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>The bad:</b></span> <b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Introducing:
</b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chow Lung-Cheung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Monk Zhi Bao. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fung Ngai</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Red Lotus Chief Fa Fu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wong
Ching-Ho</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Red Lotus Chief Yan Zong. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee Wam-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Red Lotus Chief Zhang
Yuan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chen Hung-Lieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Monk Zhi Yuan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wu Ma</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Monk Zhi Lai. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>SPOTTED!:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
<b>Tang Chia</b>, <b>Liu Chia-Liang</b>, and <b>Yuen Wo-Ping</b> are listed by Hong Kong Movie
Database as cast members in the movie as Red Lotus members. While I did spot Tang Chia and Liu Chia-Liang, I was unable to spot Yuen Wo-Ping. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>FIGHT TIME:</b></span>
<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS (1965)</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> has no action director credited. I counted five (5) fight scenes including the big finale at The White Dove Convent. There is almost
no empty-handed combat. All combatants excel in throwing projectiles but it is particularly a </span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>specialty</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b> of the Jin Family</b>. The fights at Jin Castle are the main battles of the movie. <b><u>The Yuan-Yang Sword</u></b> technique is a featured sword style that is very powerful but the young couple has yet to master it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Now, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">let's talk
about the kung fu</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, because, let's face it, it is why I started watching these
movies and got hooked on Shaw Brothers in the first place. I remember in the
1980's when wushu in America first became a big thing and there was a lot of
discussion on what was the difference was between "kung fu" and
"wushu" techniques. Well, as I am currently watching "<u>The
Journey of Flower</u>" a Chinese drama from Chinese television on Youtube, the
answer would be to watch any pair of fights one from " <u>The Journey of</u>
<u>Flower</u>" and one from <b>"Temple of The Red Lotus"</b> and it would be
obvious as to what the difference was, although to express it in words still
might prove challenging. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The words that came to mind as I watch the fights in
Temple of The Red Lotus were "raw" and "realistic". The
techniques displayed in Temple of The Red Lotus were also "to the
point" and very practical.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> I really appreciated that even though I also
like the fancy stuff as well. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">There is very little flailing and waving arms and weapons
about pointlessly. </b><span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: 13.5pt;">The martial arts here are definitely worth looking at and
every so once in a while someone throws in a nice stance. As far as the amount
of action, I am
going to say that five fight scenes is a fair amount of action and will use five battles as
the standard by which to judge the amount of action in future movies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>HONORABLE
MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Jimmy Wang Yu shows off his athleticism and seems skilled in martial
arts. </b>(Lo Lieh, not so much.) Chin Ping also does a good job when performing
her stunts although she is still occasionally stunt doubled. The casting here
is very balanced between male and female.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">RECOMMENDATION:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">TEMPLE OF THE RED LOTUS (1965) is a great adaptation than makes me want to read
the novel and learn more about The Scarlet Maiden and her </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">previous</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> adventures.
But, as I said earlier, the novels are not available in English. These are all
interesting characters and in addition to being a historical collector’s item, I recommend this movie because the story and action are worth-while, for any viewers of martial arts movies. I honestly did not think I would enjoy this movie because of its age. If the rest of the movies are this good then I can be very excited about all the work ahead of me. See you next time!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Filmed in 1964,
<b>TIGER BOY </b>was not released until February 16</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, 1966. It was <b>produced
by Sir Run Run Shaw</b> who chose <b>Chang Cheh to write the screenplay and directed
the film,</b> which is based on a Chinese folk tale. <span style="background-color: yellow;">Chang Cheh wrote about his experience filming this classic in his book: <b><u>Chang Cheh: A Memoir.</u></b> </span>There were no fight choreographers used for the making of this film and <b><u>it was filmed in black and white. </u></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>DISCLAIMER: I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE! </u></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Anything I write about the plot has come from reading advertisements for the movie. Period. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It has been
fifteen years since Tiger Boy’s father has been murdered. <b>Tiger Boy has been on
the trail to avenge his father’s death</b> for some time when he comes across a
damsel in distress, <b>Jiang Xiao Qing and rescues her. </b>It turns out the men that
attacked the woman <b>are led by the son of the man who murdered Tiger Boy’s
father</b> who is named <b>Jin Peng.</b> <b>Jiang Xiao Qing and Tiger Boy develop feelings
for each other,</b> which causes him to doubt his love for his childhood
sweetheart (played by Chin Ping). When <b>Jiang Xiao Qing stumbles into the villain's lair,</b> Tiger Boy must rescue her again and hope to finally avenge his father's death. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jimmy Wang
Yu </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Tiger Boy. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chin Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Tiger Boy’s childhood sweetheart and woman
warrior. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng Lui</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Jiang Xiao San. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Margaret Tu Chuan</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Jiang Xiao Qing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Released June 23<sup>rd,</sup>
THE GOLDEN SEAL (1971) is directed by veteran actor Tien Feng, </b>his first solo
direction project. Working <b>with Wong Yi-Wa (who?) writing the script</b> and <b>Leung
Siu-Chung [THE LADY HERMIT (1971)] directing the action, </b>Mr Feng gives us a
typical tale of revenge with twists that seem awfully familiar but don’t quite
mesh together in this story. Senior Shaw brother <b>Runme Shaw</b> <b>gives Mr. Feng this opportunity as the producer,</b> but I am not quite sure what the back story is. It is of record that Mr. Feng does some back and
forth work between independent movie companies and Shaw Brothers in 1971 and 1972 before settling in
with the rival company in 1973. All right, let’s get busy!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ku Feng as Lei Zhentian</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ku Feng as Lei Zhentian and Cliff Lok as Xiao Bai Lung</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Lei Zhentian</b> is a
power hungry bully who is determined to rule the Jiang Hu by force. His gang of
thugs have become <b>the Sun and Moon Clan</b> and one by one they have challenged the
other local clans until they have become rather powerful in their own right.
Along the way they have done many misdeeds and have crushed any who have stood
before them <b>while having no regard for righteousness whatsoever. </b>Therefore it
stands to reason Lei Zhentian has many enemies and it is his fate that <b>they
band together</b> one day, <b>to end him for once and for all. </b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chung Wah as Dai Tianchou of the Green Dragon Clan</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chung
Wah</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Dai Tianchou. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wu Dapeng / Xiao Yan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yue Fung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Feng Jing
Yi. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pai Lu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Ms. Shi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ku Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
as Lei Zhentian. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chan Shen</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wu Tianting. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cliff Lok</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Xiao Bai Lung. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>HONORABLE MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pai Lu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as the exotic cave-dwelling orphan keeps you interested in this movie
that is less than totally original. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tien Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> has a <b>cameo as the Green Dragon Clan </b></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>grand master</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> in this movie he directed. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>FIGHT TIME: </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THE
GOLDEN SEAL (1971) has Leung Siu-Chung as its action director and once again
his choreography is crisp and easy to follow,</b> however there is none of the
creative under-cranking I loved so much in <u>THE LADY HERMIT (1971)</u>. The
<b>under-cranking used for this picture is either rushed or lazy and is sometimes
unintentionally comical.</b> Mr. Leung also seems to not have as much confidence in
the <b>women fighters as they are often stunt doubled to a fault </b>and in an obvious
way no less. I counted seven (7) fight scenes in this movie, which is a bit
less than Mr. Leung delivered in his past efforts. Over-all the fighting here is a middle of the
road effort or a “5” on a scale of “1 to 10”.</span><br />
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> The three way women fight in the cave could have been <b><u>longer and with
less stunt doubles would have rocked the house!<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">RECOMMENDATION</b><br />
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some faults with <b>THE GOLDEN SEAL (1971)</b> it was still an entertaining film that
<b>I can confidently recommend for entertainment.</b> The direction by Tien Feng is
too much of a patchwork to be of merit to this great actor and his career shows
that directing was not his passion. If you can see it without buying it then that
would be ideal in my opinion. It is collectible only if you need to have all of
the wuxia films produced by Shaw Brothers. See you next time!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Released May 12</span><sup>th</sup></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>,
THE EUNUCH (1971)</b> is the creative work of prolific <b>screenwriter Lo Wei</b> who
surprisingly <b>did NOT direct</b> this movie himself but instead works with <b>brand new director
Teddy Yip Wing-Cho.</b> The <b>action director is Simon Chui Yee-Ang</b> and the man that
put it all together is the great <b>producer Runme Shaw.</b> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This is a very <b>straightforward
story of treachery and revenge somewhat based on historical fact.</b> All right,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pai Ying is THE EUNUCH</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">From the middle
of the Zhou Dynasty (6<sup>th</sup> century B.C.) to the end of Imperial China in the Qing Dynasty (1912 A.D.) the <b>Emperors of China</b> did not trust men and their carnal desires and so <b>used
Eunuchs to</b> <b>work in the palace close to their concubines</b> so there was no chance
of sexual impropriety in the court. <b>Unfortunately the Eunuchs found other ways
to betray the trust and misuse the emperor’s power</b> that was uniquely theirs. The eunuchs were hated with a passion that is often reserved for those that are "different" and so there are many such stories in Chinese history about their misdeeds. This is just one of them that
is also one of revenge. Please enjoy it,... if you can. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chung Wah as the Imperial Crown Prince Zhu Jin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeung Chi-Hing as Prince Jin's teacher</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lisa
Chiao Chiao</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Yan Yan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chung Wah</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Crown Prince Zhu Jin. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yeung Chi-Hing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
Old man, Man Gongsun, Zhu Jin’s teacher. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yung Yuk-Yi</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Old woman master, Yan
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pai Ying</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
as The Eunuch, Gui Dehai. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Hsieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as General Ye Zicong. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>James Tien </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as
General’s guard. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yeung Chak-Lam</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as General’s guard. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Little Unicorn </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as General’s
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sammo Hung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as first challenger in contest. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lisa Chiao Chiao as Yan Yan</td></tr>
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EUNUCH (1971)</b> <b>was choreographed by Simon Chui Yee-Ang</b> by himself (he often
shares the chores with Sammo Hung) the last time he choreographed by himself
was on A Taste Of Cold Steel (1970) and <b>he once again does a great job and even
improves on his previous work. I counted six (6) fight scenes including the
extra long finale</b> but I never felt bored at any time during the film. I loved
his work most notably with the pole and Lisa Chiao Chiao’s solo fight at the
temple was fierce!</span><br />
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Not only was Simon Chui Yee-Ang’s choreography top quality but <b>Lisa
Chiao Chiao’s performance during her solo fight at the temple equally
exceptional. </b>I totally believed each killing technique and I also believed her
taking on such a large number of men at one time <b>with a combination of skill
and rage!!</b> Bravo!</span></div>
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</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THE EUNUCH (1971)</b> is an emotionally charged journey of Chinese history that <b>is
well worth watching.</b> In addition, <b>it is Teddy Yip Wing-Cho’s first directed movie
and since he goes on to direct (and write) THE THUNDER KICK (1974), (direct
only) SLEEPING FIST (1979) and (direct only) THE THUNDERING MANTIS (1980)</b> it
is, at least in my opinion <b>a collectible conversation</b> <b>piece</b> for kung fu flick
lovers of all ages. So, overall I’m going to say it is a must-have and
<b>certainly a must-see as an interesting part of Shaw Brothers and karate / kung
fu movie history.</b> See you next time!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Released on April
21</span><sup>st</sup></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>, THE DUEL (1971)</b> is yet another well-loved movie <b>produced by</b>
the elder brother Shaw: <b>Runme Shaw.</b> <b>It is written by</b>, surprise, surprise <b>Chiu
Kang-Chien, </b>the writer of <u>THE SINGING KILLER (1970)</u> but not so surprisingly, also
the writer of <u>THE BELLS OF DEATH (1968)</u>. <b>THE DUEL (1971) is a tale of intrigue set on the backdrop of the birth of The Republic of China. </b>The great <b>Chang Cheh is the director</b> working
once again with the <b>action direction team of Yuen Cheung-Yan and Tang Chia
</b>putting in their most exciting work to date! Let’s get busy!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ti Lung as Tang Ren Jia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Chiang as Jian Nan, the Rambler and Cheng Kang-Yeh as Xiao Mao</td></tr>
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it <b>THE DUEL (1971)</b> is a tale of <b>a fateful duel between two fighters. Tang Ren
Jie is fighting to avenge his godfather’s death</b> at the hands of a journeyman in
the underworld (the Rambler), <b>Jian Nan</b>, a highly skilled fight with no ties to any one gang
and as such can be persuaded to help one gang or another. In this case however, <b>Jian Nan is deceived in killing Tang Ren Jie’s godfather, Shen Tian Hung,</b> an elder
gang boss who is actually retiring from the criminal life after taking revenge
for a friend of his who was also killed recently. Jian Nan must fight Tang Ren
Jie but he is sorrowful for what he feels is an unworthy kill for him since his
victim was going to retire from the gang life and become a civilian. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THE DUEL (1971)
takes place during “The Warlord Era”</b> or the period after the Qing Dynasty from
1916 to 1927. Whether they were called <b>warlords</b> or <b>bandits</b> or <b>gangsters,</b> these
people wrecked havoc on life in Mainland China where it was a “man’s world” and if you
were weak or a woman you could be forced to do whatever you were told and
corruption was everywhere and <b>justice was whatever the powerful said it was.</b> I
mention this because <b>the more you know of China and this era the more there is
for you to experience in THE DUEL (1971),</b> it is <b>that</b> deep. There are double crosses galore and everybody has deep characterization if you care to look for it. A look at life in China after the Qing Imperial government and before Communist Party rule, <b>THE DUEL (1971)</b> is a must have for everyone's library of Asian films. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chuen Yuen steals this scene but ONLY if you are paying attention to details</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the “good”:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ti Lung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Tang Ren Jie. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>David Chiang</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
Jian Nan, the Rambler. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chang Kang-Yeh </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Xiao Mao. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ku Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Tang Jen Lin.
</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Ping </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Hu Die. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chuen
Yuen</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Gan Wei Bin. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hung Lau</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Shiu Li. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Ching Ho</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Jau Hai Shan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee
Wan-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Senator Fung.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chuen Yuen</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> is absolutely repulsive as the big bad, excellent acting
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DUEL (1971)</b> <b>was choreographed by the fight team of Tang Chia and Yuen
Cheung-Yan.</b> Their design style could certainly be called <b>“fast and furious”</b> and
it was again difficult for me to grab screen shots of action without any blur.
They also like to keep <b>multiple fights working simultaneously making for some
very exciting scenes</b> where you could get caught up in just trying to follow
everything. <b>I counted twelve (12) fight scenes making this one of the most
fight filled movies to date. </b>No wonder this one is a fan favorite!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;">HONORABLE MENTION: </span>The all-star cast of henchmen used throughout the film. Including: Liu Chia-Yung, Yuen Woo Ping, Fung Hak-On, Cliff Lok, Wang Chung, Yuen Shun-Yi, Chen Kuan-Tai, Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan, and more!</b></span><br />
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Any <b>Shaw Brothers</b>, <b>David Chiang</b> and <b>Ti Lung</b> co-starring project needs no one's recommendation, especially mine. It is entertaining <b><u>and</u></b> collectible. <b>It is
automatically a must-see and a must-have.</b> See you next time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Released April 9th, THE JADE FACED
ASSASSIN (1971)</b> <b>is the first movie adaptation of</b> (pen name) <b>Gu</b> <b>Long’s</b> extremely
popular <b>wuxia novel: Jue Dai Shuang Jiao</b> which has been called in English: The
Proud Twins, Two Peerless Heroes, The Legendary Siblings, etc. It was <b>produced
by Sir Run Run Shaw, scripted by Wong Fung</b> [The Golden Knight (1970)], and
<b>directed by Yan Jun</b> [The Iron Buddha (1970)] who, this time, <b>does not use or at</b> <b>least does not credit an action director </b>which is surprising considering the popularity of this
stand-alone novel from Gu Long but we shall see what we shall see, eh? Let me
point out from the outset that <b>the twins are both male in the novel </b>but Sir Run Run
Shaw went for the female lead<b> </b>as is his usual choice so<b> one twin is female and the other is male.</b> Okay, <u>let’s get busy!</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>The head master
of the Chang Chuen Clan had bestowed the Clan leadership to his most senior
male student, Chang Chun</b> on his deathbed. <b style="background-color: yellow;">This is done in the Jiang Hu by </b><b style="background-color: yellow;">handing over a badge known as the Headmaster's Creed. </b>Unfortunately Chang Chun was not the most skillful of his pupils. That honor went to the older of his three daughters. While the second daughter feel in love with Chang Chun, <b><span style="background-color: yellow;">he had an affair</span>
<span style="background-color: yellow;">and twin children with <u>the youngest daughter</u> </span>and he had no choice after
their master’s death but to take his family and run for their lives. But before he left, he sent a message to his foster brother the hero, Lian Lan Yan informing him of his plight and asking for help.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Chang Chun, his
wife and twin infants </b>had only gone a short way when <b>The Weird Four of Lao Shan
ambushed them, taking the Chang Chuen Clan Creed in their possession and were
intent on murdering them all. Suddenly, the second elder sister appeared and
struck down the whole gang saving them. But when the eldest sister came
everything changed. She was the big sister and the highest skilled and by right
she should be the clan headmaster so she killed her youngest sister and her
husband and grabbed a sword intent on o murdering the twin babies. </b></span><br />
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second sister could not bear the murder of the two infants so she convinced her
older sister that</span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> they should instead, separate the two siblings and create a situation where they would end up killing each other making for an </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">exquisite revenge.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The eldest sister
agreed and they went back to their mansion taking the male sibling. <b>Over a period of eighteen years</b></span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, she raised the child <span style="background-color: yellow;">(Hua Yu Chun)</span> as a member of the Chang Chuen Clan and made him vow to find Lian Lan Yan and kill
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Lian Lan Yan</b> finally comes across the scene of the bloodied bodies he finds <b>two
survivors: the female infant and Black Face, </b>one of The Weird Four of Lan Shan.
<b>Black Face tells Lian Lan Yan that <span style="background-color: yellow;"><u>Chang Zhai</u></span> set him up as a fall guy and is waiting at Happy Valley. </b>Hero Lian leaves Black Face right where he is to die <b>while taking the female infant with him and
goes off to Happy Valley to find Chang Zhai.</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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gets to Happy Valley he finds a haven for villains and <b>the evil people</b> <b>there promptly trick him and
beat him nearly to death. But Lan Cun Xiu, the Poison Scholar has come to Happy
Valley to turn over a new leaf, s</b>o he deceives the other residents of Happy Valley
into letting him keep Hero Lian to use as a human guinea pig <b>while the villains decide to keep the female infant with the intention of raising her and <span style="background-color: yellow;">training her to be a champion of
evil.</span> However over the course of eighteen years she (Xiao Lu Er) learns her true identity from Lan Cun Xiu and is told to find Chang Zhai and revenge her father's death.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Now they both walk the Jiang Hu on a collision course with destiny. I am not going to keep it from you, this is an epic tale, and an adaptation worthy of the original novel and is a must see!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lily Ho
Li-Li</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Xiao Lu Er. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kao Yuen</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Hua Yu Chun. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ku Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Lian Lan Yan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fan Mei-Sheng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
as Yu Chi Zhou Guang. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Violet Pan Ying-Zi </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Tse Xin Chan.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chang
Pei-Shan</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Chang Zhai / Chang Ting Le. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Essie Lin Chia</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Jie Jie. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chia No</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Black Face. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Kwok Chuk-Hing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Er
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>HONORABLE MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Lily Ho Li-Li</b> has captured the spirit of the character Xiao Lu Er from Gu Long's novel and draws us in enough to enjoy the movie. Good acting! </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>FIGHT TIME:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">THE
JADE FACED ASSASSIN (1971) is </span><span style="font-size: large;">directed by</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Yan Jun </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">who (according to the
credits) doubles as the action director. I counted ten (10) fight scenes including the finale</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and
there is plenty of action here to entertain us along with a great story. I must
say though, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the action has a low-tech, old fashioned feel</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> (not as slick as say,
Tang Chia’s work). Funny thing is, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the choreography is very well suited for the
feel of the movie</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and complements the background music and overall style of the film.
</span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Good job overall </b></span></div>
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MENTION: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Liu Chia-Yung</b> has a minor cameo, and I spotted <b>Wang Chung</b> and <b>Yuen Cheung-Yan</b> as extras / stuntmen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>RECOMMENDATION:
</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THE JADE FACED ASSASSIN (1971) is a “must see” and opportunity to experience
popular Chinese modern literature without learning to read the most difficult
written language (imo) on earth. </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>As the
first adaptation of Gu Long’s very popular novel it should have some
collector’s value as well. </b><u>Get this movie at all cost</u>, don’t say I didn’t tell
ya! See you next time!</span><br />
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<br />I Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13768436087666396531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8047960231431758309.post-75644939422412580942016-08-06T15:02:00.000-04:002016-10-01T18:17:53.718-04:00SIX ASSASSINS (1971) #62<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>SIX ASSASSINS
(1971)</b> <b>released March 25th, was written and directed by Walter Chung Chang-Hwa
produced by Shin Sang-Ok and Sir Run Run Shaw.</b> Shot in Taiwan, it is a twist of <u>THE MAGNIFICENT 7 </u>with a splash of <u>CHUSHINGURA: THE 47 RONIN</u>, wuxia movie! Let's get busy. </span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Lord Zheng Guo Li
Ming</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> is a feudal lord and land owner but most importantly </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">he is the</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">emperor's
brother.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Unfortunately Lord Li Ming is also a tyrant and his treatment of his servants
have them running to the neighboring estate, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the estate of Lord Zheng Shou Zhen Ding Yuan. </b><br />
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refuses to accept this defiance from lowly peasants</b> and personally travels to
the Ding Yuan estate to confront one such family and <b>robs and murders them. </b>He
then <b>orders the boundary marker to be moved</b> to expand his estate but <b>Lord Ding
Yuan arrives to confront him and demands he move the marker back and leave his
land. </b>This enrages the emperor's brother and <b>he murders Lord Ding Yuan right on
the spot. </b>As Lord Ding Yuan lies dying though, he orders his men to not do
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The case lands
before <b>Minister Cui Yin by virtue of written petitions</b> and before hearing from
either estate representative in person <b>he decides in favor of the emperor's
brother Lord Li Ming.</b> <b>Minister Cui decides that Lord Zheng Shou Zhen Ding Yuan
was in the wrong and his son will not inherit his title and will forfeit his
father's estate. When Minister Ruan Yi-Cheng arrives at the capital</b> <b>representing the Ding Yuan estate, </b>the edit against them has been
drafted already but Minister Ruan Yi-Cheng <b>begs Minister Cui to delay the issuing of the
edit for one month so he may prepare the people of Wei City for the outcome
and avoid any unrest. Under the conditions laid out by Minister Ruan Yi-Cheng, Minister Cui agrees to the one month delay <u>BUT</u> Minister Ruan has lied! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Minister Ruan
Yi-Cheng's real intention for the one month delay is to plan and execute the
assassination of the emperor's brother hoping that with his brother dead, the
emperor </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>would withdraw the edit and
allow Lord Ding Yuan's son to keep his inheritance. To this cause, he has
enlisted the help of Hero Mu Jun-Jie to help with the planning because the
murder must not take place on either lord's estate for it to work. Adding
further to the danger is not only Lord Li Ming's two personal body guards but his
protector is none other than Captain of the Imperial Guard, Qiu Zhang-Sheng!</b> Ladies
and gentlemen -- get your popcorn ready!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good: </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ling
Yun </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Hero Mun Jun-Jie. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>James Nam Gung-Fan </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Fu Cheng. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lily Li</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Sun
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Il-Bong</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Lord Zheng Guo Li Ming.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Kao Ming</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Captain Qiu Zhang-Sheng. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tong
Tin-Hei</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Lord Li-Ming personal body guard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b><u>Introducing in his very first movie:</u></b> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chan Shen</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Yu Li-De, Lord
Li-Ming personal body guard. <b>Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan, Luk Chuen, Sammo Hung, Someno Yukio and
Lam Ching-Ying have small roles as fighters. </b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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ASSASSINS (1971) </b>is credited by <b>HKMD (Hong Kong Movie Database)</b> as directed by Walter Chung Chang-Hwa <b>with
no credit given to any action director.</b> I must say, under these circumstances, <b>the
action is top notch</b> <b>and state</b> <b>of the art for 1971.</b> The techniques are clear, easy to follow, realistic and
entertaining. Each participant has their own flavor about their fight style and
I am hard to imagine anyone being disappointed with the <b>five (5) actions scenes</b>
I counted. This is not action-packed, but never-the-less, <b>the movie is still well
paced.</b> <b>There are both weapons and empty handed combat on display. Well done! </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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character which is a parallel to Robert Vaughn's character from the Magnificent
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>RECOMMENDATION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>SIX ASSASSINS (1971)</b> <b>is a nice eastern western romp for any slow Saturday
afternoon when one has a touch of kung fu fever that needs a fix. In addition it is collectible as the character actor, Chan Shen's first movie. He is well used in almost every classic Shaw Brother's movie whether action or comedy. Well, that's my review, see you next
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">"The king is
dead, all hail the king!" Jimmy Wang Yu is gone and <b>producer Runme Shaw
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ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1971) released February 7th. </b>The brand new script is <b>written
by wuxia specialist I Kuang</b> and <b>directed by frequent collaborator Chang Cheh.
The action direction is by the team of Liu Chia-Liang and Tang Chia</b> and as in the original also
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Sadly, he began to fabricate situations revolving around these young fighters, and then swoop in "to the rescue" and defeat them.</b> Rather than kill his young opponents he would "punish" them by having them chop off their own right arms and swear to retire from the Jiang Hu forever. He would often rob a security escort's cargo and use his men to blame the targeted swordsman. <b>He would then return the cargo</b> after "punishing" the young swordsman <b>even further raising his status as a hero.</b> The punished swordsmen would never speak of the incident to anyone out of their very own shame. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Over the years it has added up to quite a number of young swordsmen. Soon it would be the young hero <b>Lei Li</b>'s turn. Lei Li used a long saber and a shorter companion knife. <b>However his reputation for his arrogance almost outmatched his</b> <b>reputation for his swords skills</b>. <b><u>Our story begins as the hero Lei Li falls into Lung Yi Zhi's web of deceit.</u></b></span></div>
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Chiang</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Lei Li. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ti Lung</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Hero Fung. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Li Ching</b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Ba Jiao. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as Lung Yi Zhi. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chen Sing </b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">as Chief Chan Chun Nam.</span></div>
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Huang Pei-Chih, Wang Kuang-Yu, Cheng Lui, Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan, Yau Ming, Liu Chia Yung and Cheng
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and </span><u style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Heads For Sale</u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">), with </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">action directed by Leung Siu-Chung.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> An action filled revenge tale </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">introducing a brand new female action star: Shih Szu!</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. Let's get busy!</span><br />
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to learn martial arts at the foot of a real martial arts master, in particular,
the one known as <b>"The Lady Hermit"</b>. She heard rumors of The Lady
Hermit being sighted in and around <b>Baijiang Town </b>near a <b>Chung Kuei Temple </b>and is
determined to go there to ask The Lady Hermit to be her master. Cui Ping has
already learned "all the basics" and literally cracks a mean whip. She
is confident The Lady Hermit will accept her as a student.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>What Cui Ping
does <u>not</u> know is that Chung Kuei Temple is a trap for The Lady Hermit set up by
her nemesis, Black Demon. </b>When Black Demon and The Lady Hermit last fought
three years ago she was severely injured during the battle and has been hiding
out recovering from her wounds and developing a counter for the<b> Black Demon's
deadly technique "shadow-less claw".</b> If Cui Ping is not careful,
instead of just becoming the disciple of The Lady Hermit she may also become the cause of
her death! Game on!</span><br />
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</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Introducing Shih Szu </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">in her first movie as Cui Ping. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng Pei-Pei </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Leng
Yushuang / The Lady Hermit. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lo Lieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Chang Chun. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fang Mien </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Chief Wang
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Black Demon disciples -- <b>Sammo Hung, Chiu Hung, Chuen Yuen, Tong Tin-Hei, Lee Siu-Chung,
Law Hon, Woo Ka-Kei, Siu Wa, Cliff Lok, Yeung Chak-Lam, Suen Lam, Ng Ming-Choi,
Bruce Leung Siu-Lung,</b> and <b>Bruce Tong Yim-Chaam.</b></span></div>
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LADY HERMIT (1971)</b> has <b>Leung Siu-Chung (Lady of Steel) as its action director</b> and just
as he did in his last work, his choreography is still crisp and easy to follow
while he ups the ante with more fights: <b>I counted ten (10) fight scenes
including the finale</b> while Lady of Steel had eight (8) and a creative
under-cranking that spiced up the fight in spots. I would love to see more of
this style because it adds some suspense to the fight. <b>Action-packed and
creative fight scenes, need I say more?</b></span><br />
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(1971)</b> features <b>the return of Cheng Pei-Pei and Lo Lieh together </b>in a love
triangle but unlike <b><u>GOLDEN SWALLOW</u></b>, this movie's third wheel is a woman, <b>the
newcomer Shih Szu.</b> There is a saying: "Hindsight is 20/20". and
looking at the future of Cheng Pei-Pei this movie could have been her swan song
and would have been perfectly fitting as such. The truth is, she did make <u>two
more</u> movies for Shaw Brothers one more wuxia and one comedy (released in 1972)
before leaving for the rival studio Golden Harvest. The drama of the love triangle added texture and
interest to <b>THE LADY HERMIT (1971)</b> and the action was top notch making my
recommendation for <b><u>this movie a must-see and collectible for all audiences.</u></b>
Cheng Pei-Pei's star presence is undeniable <b>but this is definitely Shih Szu's
movie</b> and they don't debut better than this! See you next time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Our first movie of 1971 is KING EAGLE (1971)
released on January first</b> it is an all-out fight fest featuring Ti Lung for what (I
am guessing) is the hunt for Wang Yu's successor based on the one-note
characterization of the protagonist. <b>Sir Run Run Shaw is the producer, Chang
Cheh is the director, I Kuang is the script writer, and action directors are
Tang Chia teaming up yet again with Yuen Cheung-Yan</b> <b>(VENGEANCE 1970)</b>. King Eagle is basically <b>a
murder mystery <u>without the mystery!</u> </b> Let's get busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Tien Yi Tung</b> is a
orthodox clan that has done many good deeds for the common people. It is a clan
with <b>a headmaster and 8 chiefs.</b> But one of the chiefs, <b>First Chief <u>Hung Sing</u>
<u>Tien</u>, wants to be the headmaster himself. </b>He wants to be the headmaster for his own
personal gain and <b>not to continue the good work</b> of the Tien Yi Tung. <b>To that end he
has assassinated the current headmaster and has arranged partnerships with
heretic clans to support his take-over by murdering his own clan brothers. Unfortunately
Jin Fei, known as King Eagle witnessed the death of the Sixth Chief,<u> Chu Hung</u>. </b>Jin
Fei is not a member of any clan and wants nothing to do with the politics of
the Jiang Hu and he makes this quite clear. <b style="background-color: yellow;">However, <span style="background-color: yellow;">First Chief Hung Sing Tien, has decided that Jin Fei might get in
the way in the future and decides to kill Jin Fei anyway. Dude, <u>bad idea!</u> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ti Lung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
as King Eagle Jin Fei. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Li Ching</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Seventh Chief An Yuk Lin. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee Sau-Kei</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
Headmaster of Tien Yi Tong. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Kuang-Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Fang Shing. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Second
Chief Fan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yau Lung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Sixth Chief Chu Hung. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng Lui</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Chief Koon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pei-Shan</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as First Chief Hung Sing Tien. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Li Ching</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Eighth Chief An Bing Er. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng
Miu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Deadly Fingers Wan Hau Ba. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chen Sing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Fifth Chief Chen Tang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">HONORABLE MENTION: </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan, Tang Chia, Tung Li, David Chiang and Yuen Shun Yi have
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>FIGHT TIME:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>KING
EAGLE (1971)</b> is action-packed! <b>I counted nine (9) fight scenes</b> including the
finale. <b>Tang Chia and Yuen Cheung-Yan are the action directors. </b>They have
worked together before <b>[VENGEANCE (1970) and HAVE SWORD WILL TRAVEL (1969)] </b>and
<b>once again do an excellent job</b> here with mostly sabre (dao) fights that are
really fast paced and not just under-cranked. I was thrilled to watch this movie
and it was very hard to capture a fight still without any blurr. <b>Kudos!</b></span><br />
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is Ti Lung's first movie where he is dominate for the entire movie and is not
sharing the lead role </b>with Wang Yu nor David Chiang. In fact HKMD credits David
Chiang with a very small role as an extra or stuntman but I could not spot him.
It also <b>introduces Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan in a featured role above extra or stuntman.</b>
As I have stated earlier the action is spot on and the only flaw in this movie
is with its story. I called it "a murder mystery without the mystery"
which you will understand in the first five minutes of the film but there is
another point not made clear. Why don't they just leave him alone? Why murder
the people in the restaurant? Who were they waiting for in the restaurant if
not him? Anyway these questions are forgivable <b>if you are just looking for a
good time and I certainly recommend KING EAGLE (1971)</b> for a good time <b>and, any
film with Ti Lung in it from Shaw Brothers Studios is an automatic collector's
item. </b>That's all for now, see you next time! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>The Singing
Killer (1970) released 12/22</b> is Shaw Brother's the last kung fu movie released in 1970. <b>Sir Run Run
Shaw produces Master Director Chang Cheh's heist / kung fu / modern
music / romantic / young people's slice of life in Hong Kong / dramatic movie.
</b>This movie is definitely <b>one for the time capsule</b> with everything and the
kitchen sink from the Shaw Brothers Studios packed inside it and <u>it takes
itself very seriously.</u> <b>The script is co-written by I Kuang and Chiu Kang-Chien</b>,
and the <b>song lyrics are written by director Chang Cheh. Action direction is by
the skillful team of Tang Chia and Liu Chia Liang</b> so it is a legit kung fu
movie. Let's get busy! </span><br />
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music promoter and <b>the manager of the Dragon Palace Night Club.</b> <b>Mr. Fung is
also an independent member of the criminal underworld in Hong Kong.
</b>Occasionally his legit world and his illegal underworld would cross paths but
this time they will totally collide as <b>his multi-million dollar jewelry heist
of Tse's Jewelry Shop</b> <b>is missing one "key" element.</b> That element is
someone to crack open the safe in the manager's office. Namely Mr. Fung's heist
requires the skills of <b>the Singing Killer himself, the former criminal gang
member known as "Johnny". </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Mr. Fung</b> is
keenly aware of Johnny's reluctance to return to a life of crime but he also
knows <b>Johnny's weakness --"Lily"</b>. Lily is the love of Johnny's life
and his former gang member and girlfriend. They have long went their separate
ways but <b><u>Johnny would do</u> <u>anything to be reunited with Lily</u> or at least, that's
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>David
Chiang</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Johnny. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Ping </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Shiu Hsien (Lily). </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stanley Fung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Detective
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Sing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Manager Fung. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tina Chin Fei</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Ho Man. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ku Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Brother One.</span></div>
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SINGING KILLER (1970)</b> spared no effort by assigning the masterful team of <b>Tang
Chia and Liu Chia-Liang to do their fight choreography </b>which consisted of street-fighting
and some </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">gun play</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. <b>I counted six (6) fight scenes</b> which is not very action-packed but with the drama and music necessary for the story any more
action would have made for a much longer film which I can see them not wanting
to risk on a multi-genre movie. Bottom line is <b>you can't do too badly with these guys
as your action</b> <b>directors, they do good as usual.</b></span><br />
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recommend <b>THE SINGING KILLER (1971)</b> if for no other reason than the <b>off-the-cuff kick-in-the-stomach realism it portrayed in depicting life on the run for
young street people in Hong Kong. </b>If you are not used to Hong Kong movie
realism then you might be taken aback when one of the female characters has to <b>"pay the rent"</b> for the group. Unfortunately this does not come until the movie is
two thirds over and so <b><u>you might be bored by the goody-goody two step of the
early part of the movie. </u></b>Over-all this is a movie one should "have" rather than "not-have" but I will not call it a must-see movie. <b><u>It is,</u> however, a unique look at Hong
Kong in the 1970's and as such as some collectible value.</b> See you next time!</span></div>
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Shaw</b> gives <b>Jimmy Wang Yu his first chance to write and direct his own movie </b>and
the wuxia genre and the world will never be the same again. <b>Action directing
master Tang Chia</b> is on board to add seasoning to this new style of wuxia and as
we all know -- it was a hit, pulling in over 2 million Hong Kong dollars on its
November 27, 1970 debut! Let's get busy!</span></div>
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<b>Diao-erh</b> is one of those village bullies that is more annoying than dangerous. A small petty man with countless grudges and a warped sense of entitlement. But sooner or later everyone gets to feel that enough is enough and so <b>the entire village petitioned to exile Diao-erh from among them</b> so he had to leave. Diao-erh ended up traveling to Japan and studied hard to learn the art of <b>Judo, but</b> <b>only the physical techniques. When Diao-erh returned to the village he singled out the village kung fu school thinking he would get a little competition but little did he expect he would lose.</b><br />
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even settled on his judogi he threatened to bring karate experts back with him in
one month's time for revenge. And <b>in one month's time Diao-erh is true to his
word bringing with him three karate trained killers to the Zhongyi Martial Arts
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Diao-erh was unsuccessful in leaving no survivors. </b>One of the survivors of that slaughter,
Lei Ming was determined to get vengeance for his teacher and his fellow
classmates. Master Li Chun-Hai of the Zhongyi Martial Arts School had always
lectured on the various martial arts of the world. <b>Lei Ming remembered what his
sifu had taught them on</b> <b>what would beat karate.</b> Lei Ming remembered and trained.
Vengeance was coming, and it was coming for Diao-erh and his karate friends. </span><br />
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Wang Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Lei Ming. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Ping</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Li Xiao Ling. </span></div>
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Chun-Hai. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cheng Lui </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">as Cheung Da Lung. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Kuang-Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Suen Tung. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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as Master Kita. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chiu Hung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Diao-erh. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Tanaka. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chen Sing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
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MENTION: </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Wong Ching, Tung Li, Yuen Wo-Ping, Chen Kuan-Tai, Jason Pai Piao,</b> and <b>Yuen Cheung-Yan</b> have
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CHINESE BOXER (1970) is fight directed by Tang Chia. I counted nine (9)
fight scenes</b> including the finale with some of the fights containing <b>authentic
Japanese and Okinawan martial arts.</b> <u>This is the first Shaw Brothers movie in
the wuxia genre that specialized in unarmed martial arts in Asia</u> and as such is
very collectible. With the whole world loving this film and the action in it,
my opinion pales in comparison, time for silence.</span><br />
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(1970)</b> is a movie that is a lot of "firsts" to its name but it is
also <b>the last movie Jimmy Wang Yu made for Shaw Brothers Studios. </b> Perhaps the reason why it is not mentioned
all that often is because it was not the last of anything for Jimmy Wang Yu nor
for Shaw Brothers Studios. They both went on from their separate ways to do
great things from this accomplishment forward. <b>This movie is one of the very
many classic (and collectible) productions from Shaw Brothers that needs no
one's recommendation, </b>so just get out and enjoy this one by hook or by crook,
and I'll see you next time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>On November 12, 1970 Shaw
Brothers Studios released THE IRON BUDDHA (1970) </b><b>produced by Sir Run Run Shaw,</b>
<b>directed by</b> veteran actor, <b>Yan Jun</b> with the <b>script chores done by two time
script writer, Sung Hiu-Wong (as Sung Kang) </b>and <b>action directed by Sammo Hung
(as Chu Yuan Lung) and Han Kuo.</b> This is a very twisted but psychologically
interesting revenge tale with the revenge seeker in the first half of the tale
being an unrepentant serial rapist! Let's get busy!</span></div>
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spotted his next victim in a silhouette from a home he has happened to pass.
Unfortunately for Xiao Tianzun, the hero known as <b>Wind Chasing Knife Master Liu Peng</b>
also happens to be enjoying the hospitality of the family that owns the home <b>along
with his two daughters and his senior student. </b>The hero and his daughter stop Xiao
Tianzun from raping the mute daughter of a blind woman and Xiao Tianzun quickly
begins begging for his life. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Master Liu's
daughters and student all protest strongly, nevertheless, Master Liu grants
Xiao Tianzun's request to spare his life but scars Xiao Tianzun's chest to
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later</b> and Xiao Tianzun has made some changes in his life. <b>He has <u>NOT</u></b> <b>however, turned over a new leaf. </b>Instead, he has planted roots in the world of the Jiang
Hu as a notorious rapist and a very evil man. He has murdered his sifu and his
sifu's family. He has acquired <b>the famous Evil Poisonous Sword </b>and with it has
joined a heretic sect. He is now lying in wait for Wind Chasing Knife Master Liu
Peng and his two daughters. Xiao Tianzun left a note for Master Liu's students
to come and collect their teacher's body somewhere in the woods. <b>Xiao Tianzun
intends to murder Master Liu rape</b> <b>his daughters and then murder all of Master
Liu's students in order to punish Master</b> <b>Liu and the world for allowing him to
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<b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Luo Han</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> is the
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As the sole survivor of Xian Tianzun's massacre, it has become his
responsibility to seek justice for his master, his clan, the people of Swallow
Valley and the murdered family and owner of the Ten Mile Inn. But in order to
defeat Xian Tianzun's Evil Poisonous Sword, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Luo Han must first travel to the
capitol and get the precious Hulong Saber. </b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">With villains to the front of him,
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Ling
Yun</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Luo Han. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fang Ying</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Mu Dan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ku Wen-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Uncle Chen Imperial Guard
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: yellow;">Huang Chung-Hsin</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"> </span><b><span style="background-color: yellow;">gives a command performance as Xiao Tianzun the pathological
serial rapist, murderer that makes the movie a must see!</span></b></span></div>
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"can you handle the truth?"):</b> <b>I counted eleven (11) fight scenes including the finale</b> in <b>THE IRON BUDDHA ()1970) which </b>credits <b>Sammo Hung and
Han Kuo as the action directors.</b> As far as Han Kuo goes, his entire action
directing career spans a whopping total of 3 movies, period. Conversely, Sammo
Hung continues to work to this day and the quality of his work is literally, legendary. As
politely as I can put it: <b>this is NOT the movie to watch for experiencing
quality action direction.</b> Some of the fight scenes are badly over-cranked often
looking "cartoonish". The editing is also chaotic and aids in a
negative experience with the fight scenes. "Nuff said." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>THE IRON BUDDHA (1970)
is a peek at pure evil</b> or as close as I have seen so far of pure evil in a
wuxia movie. Even though Sung Kang (Hiu-Wong) never wrote another screenplay
after this one I can't say why this script would be considered so bad... --okay
I can, but <b>themes of the psychological underpinnings of pathological criminals</b>
should not only be pursued by television crime drama script writers but those
that want to expand and kept the wuxia genre alive. People now-a-days will be more likely
to see your movie if there is more to it than "Why did you kill my
teacher?" (or "steal my elephant?"). For these reasons <b>I
recommend THE IRON BUDDHA (1970) as a "must-see" especially for</b> <b>students of film making,</b> but as a collectible
--not so much. See you next time!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>THE SECRET OF THE DIRK (1970)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Runme Shaw
produces</b> <b>Hsu Tseng-Hung's last directed movie for Shaw Brothers Studios: THE SECRET OF THE DIRK (1970).</b> <b>Hsu
Tseng-Hung is the most famous director you do not know:</b> he directed the very
first movie in the wuxia genre, the wonderful BUT underrated classic, Temple of the
Red Lotus (1965) [as well as the two sequels: The Twin Swords (1965) and The
Sword and the Lute (1967)]. <b>THE SECRET OF THE DIRK (1970) was released on October 24th, Yat Fong is the script writer</b> and <b>Tang Chia does
the fight choreography</b> all by his lonesome. The movie is told in an complex manner but it is really a simple two-party treasure hunt. Let's get busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A large army of
robbers lead by one, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Pa Tien Wang</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> laid siege to the </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">City of Liu</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> for three
months forcing its citizens to flee but not before pooling their most precious
valuables together in single </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">lock-box</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. <b>The Liu City treasure</b>'s location was kept
secret and try as they might neither the robbers nor Pa Tien Wang was able to
get their hands on the treasure. </span><br />
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later,</span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Madame Liu</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> returns to the village where a group of the former citizens of
Liu City have hidden out. She is mortally wounded by members of The Black Tiger
Gang. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Black Tiger Gang</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> are a band of notorious robbers that have learned
about the </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Liu</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">City Treasure Lock-Box</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and wants it for themselves. Madame Liu had
been out searching for some of the missing citizens of Liu City especially </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">a
female child named Liu Ching</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Ching</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> who is the rightful heir of the City of Liu
and true custodian of the treasure. Madame Liu had gotten a lead on the child's
whereabouts when she was ambushed. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">On her deathbed, Madame
Liu assigns her four students the task of finding the heir Liu Ching Ching and
restoring the treasure to the survivors of Liu City.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><br />
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Black Tiger Gang locate and kidnap Liu Ching Ching with the hopes of
discovering the location of the Liu Treasure but are coincidentally discovered
by <b>Da Law</b> <b>School senior member Zhou Ying Long, who is the sole wielder of the
deadly Da Law Sword. Zhou Ying Long is a true knight errant of China </b>and rescues
Liu Ching Ching and takes the responsibility to escort her home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">On the way to
bringing Liu Ching Ching back to her home, Zhou Ying Long and Ching Ching both
pass by Madame Liu's four students' camp and the students overhear Liu Ching
Ching identify herself. Madame Liu's four students decide to acquire Liu Ching
Ching but <b style="text-decoration: underline;">without her permission.</b> <b>By doing so, they become in direct
competition with The Black Tiger Gang but with Zhou Ying Long and the Da Law
School sitting smack in the middle of the conflict for the Liu City Treasure. </b>The
story continues with<b> </b>twists and<b> </b>turns and red herrings but <b>only at the very end
do we learn THE SECRET OF THE DIRK. </b></span><br />
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Jing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Madame Liu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Helen Ma Hoi-Lun</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Xiao Lan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cliff Lok</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Xiao Ying. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fang
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Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wang Shan Hu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chiu Hung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Wan Tai Zhi.</span></div>
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<b>Tang Chia</b>, <b>Chen Kuan-Tai</b>, <b>David Chiang</b>, <b>Liu Chia-Yung</b> and <b>Wang Chung</b> all have
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SECRET OF THE DIRK (1970)</b> <b>was fight choreographed</b> <b>solo by Tang Chia. </b>I counted eight (8) fight
scenes, most of them were very short but exciting. Some of them seemed pretty
chaotic but they were few in number. <b>The movie's finale was excellent</b>, even though
it stopped just a little sudden for me there was plenty of tension and
excitement as the fights went back and forth from one on one to one versus
many from Ching Li's fights to Chang Yi's fights and some shots showing both at the same time. Kudos!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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performance in the finale when she took a double-handed grip on the sword and
went to town</b> you just knew it was about to get bloody!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Based on the
small roles of some prominent stars of the time, I am going to conclude that
this is one of the many films that sat a while on a shelf a minute before being
released, which in and of itself is not at all a rare practice. Nevertheless,
<b>THE SECRET OF THE DIRK (1970) is an entertaining film, flaws and all</b> so I am
going to recommend it for general viewers but not necessarily a must have for
collectors. The plot twists and red herrings will make you want to watch it a
couple of times to figure out what you (or they) missed. Have fun with it! See
you next time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>VALLEY OF THE
FANGS (1970)</b> was <b>released October 6th</b> <b>produced by both Sir Run</b> <b>Run Shaw and Lee
Ji-Ryong. Written by Wong Po-I and directed by</b> the very talented <b>Walter Chung
Chang-Hwa</b> it is a mission wuxia tale with the oft used tale of the Ming Dynasty
during the rule of a child emperor and a corrupt eunuch and a corrupt prime
minister. A loyal subject is unjustly accused of treason and his loved ones
must find a way to save them. <b>The action choreography is handled by Liu Chia Yung</b> the younger brother of Liu Chia Liang. Let's get busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Song Yuan</b> is the
senior lecturer in the Imperial Academy. He was honored by the emperor with an
<b>Iron Shield Pardon</b> for his loyalty and contributions to the empire. <b>The</b> <b>person
presenting this small token can even be pardoned a death sentence.</b> When the
emperor died, his very young son became emperor and </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Prime Minister Jia Shoudao</b> <b>took advantage of the child and
oppressed the common people.</b> Song Yuan refused to go along with the abuse of
power by the prime minister and so was framed for treason, imprisoned and
tortured with the prospects of being put to death. </span><br />
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Punishment, Geng Shangde </b>visits the child emperor to ask for a pardon of Song
Yuan as a favor to him (Geng Shangde) but is rebuffed. He then goes and tells
<b>Song</b> <b>Yuan's wife and daughter</b> they must use <b>the Iron Shield Pardon</b> as it is the
only way to gain Song Yuan's release. Unfortunately <b>the child emperor's eunuch</b>
has followed The Head Of Punishment and <b>alerts Prime Minister Jia Shoudao of
the Song's plan</b> to use The Iron Shield Pardon. Prime Minister Jia Shoudao
<b>assigns Commander Gao Sixian</b> of the Jin Yi Wei to confiscate the Iron Shield Pardon
but <b>it must be done in secret</b> because Song Yuan's loyalty to the previous
emperor is well known and he is loved by the people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and daughter disguise themselves as street entertainers</b> and hide the Iron
Shield Pardon on their person as they make their journey to the capital to save
the head of their family. The journey
is dangerous enough as it is but to make it to the capitol <b>they must pass
through the dreaded Valley Of The Fangs</b> where the emperor's new palace is under
construction. <b>Will they make it? </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Li
Ching</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Song Jie. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lo Lieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as You Rulong. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chan Leung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Chin Shikai. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chen
Yan-Yan</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Song Jie's mother. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tung Li</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Boss kiln worker.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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Hsieh</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Commander Gao Sixian. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fan Mei-Sheng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Instructor Ma. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Kuang-Yu</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
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<b>Paul Wei Pin-Ao</b> <u>as Hu San shows his skills as an excellent character actor.</u> In fact, the moment the movie gets to <b>"THE VALLEY OF</b> <b>THE FANGS" with the workers in the kiln it hits a higher note of drama than the rest of the film</b> and the actors in it rise to the occasion! <b>Chen
Sing, Luk Chuen, Someno Yukio,</b> and <b>Cheng Lui</b> have small roles in this movie. </span></div>
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Chia-Yung handles the fight choreography all by himself for the first time so
that alone makes this a </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">collectible</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> film.</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>I counted a total of nine (9) fight scenes
</b>making for an action-packed movie. The techniques were good and added to the excitement
of the film. Bravo. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>HONORABLE MENTION: </b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Liu Chia-Yung's choreography (especially with Paul Wei
Pin-Ao)</b> during the kiln sequence shows his skills as in putting the right technique with the correct character for maximum entertainment value, double bravo!!</span></span><br />
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FANGS (1970)</b> is certainly good entertainment but it is <b>a showcase</b> <b>for the
action choreography talents of Liu Chia-Yung</b> and that makes this first solo job
from him <b>a collectible and must have.</b> Watching some of the faces on the actors
here make for a good time if group watching as well. <b>So please see this film if
you have the opportunity to do so.</b> See you next time!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Sir Run Run Shaw
produces</b> another film by the team of <b>Director Griffin Yueh</b> <b>Fung</b> and <b>Writer Wang
Po I</b> entitled <b>A TASTE OF COLD STEEL (1970). Released September 16th</b>, it seems
to borrow a few things from August 5th's <u>Swordswomen</u> <u>Three (1970)</u> while being just marginally a
sequel to the team's previous movie <u>Rape Of The Sword (1967)</u> made three years
previous to this one. <b>A TASTE OF COLD STEEL (1970)</b> has a more straight forward
sword stealing, character driven plot and an updated style to entertain us. <b>The
action</b> <b>choreography is done by Simon Chui Yee-Ang</b> which I will get to later on, so
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The entire cast did a good job but <b>the villains were freaking outstanding!</b> The Five Tigers were genuinely scary and <b>kept the tension up until the end of the movie.</b> I know the movie is over thirty years old but I really hate to ruin <b>the surprise guest star that comes in near the end of the movie</b> so I won't! If you want to know who it is you'll just have to find a way to see the movie but I'm not kidding you. It is worth it if, like me, this the first time you are watching these Shaw Brothers gems from the 60's. Watching these movies in order and not just jumping to the ones I thought would be good proved to be a learning experience for me. I am very glad I did it that way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red;"><b>FIGHT TIME:</b></span> Yes, this is the reason I watch these movies! Glad to see that this time there is an<b> action director: Simon Chui Yee-Ang</b>, the actor playing Tiger number three Crippled Tiger. The improvement in the fights scenes from the previous movie are quite noticeable. <b>The women also stood out in their fights</b> and they look like they really took their performance to heart, bravo! <b>I counted eight (8) fight scenes and lots of action in this movie so I had a really good time watching it.</b> No, the techniques are no where near where they will be in just a few short years but I still enjoyed the movie and <b>respect the effort put into the production. </b>My only sore point is<b> the shaky-cam work. It just made it more difficult for me to see what I was looking at and I just don't care for it. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For sequels I look to see if the characters are advanced in their depiction or is the purpose of the plot moved forward. In this case neither is true. We have a very entertaining movie but it is a sequel only because the villains are again used here but they are no more this or that for this story than the last one. Yet, <b>the new villains are better enacted in this sequel and the fights are improved and the movie stands alone in its presentation so you don't need to see the previous movie to enjoy this one.</b> That said, it is an easy nod for me to recommend this movie (as I did the previous one) on the strength of its entertainment value alone, <b>especially if you like creepy villains and surprise guest stars. Maybe not a collectible so much. </b>Thanks for reading, see you next time! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Sir Run Run Shaw
produces</b> a historical drama entitled <b>THE HEROIC ONES</b> <b>(THIRTEEN HIGH OFFICIALS)</b>
<b>written by Chang Cheh and I Kuang and directed by</b> <b>Chang Cheh.</b> This story is based
on an historical event that took place in China during the Tang dynasty where a
tribal chieftain came to the aid of the emperor to recapture the capital city
with the help of his thirteen adopted sons and the tragedy of the aftermath. The <b>action choreography is done by</b> the awesome team of <b>Tang Chia and Liu Chia-Liang</b> <b>with Liu Chia-Liang's younger brother Liu Chia-Yung also getting action director's credit. </b>Let's get busy! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WARLORD BANDIT WANG CHAO</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In 883 during the Tang
Dynasty, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the Warlord Bandit, Wang Chao</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> rebelled against the Tang Emperor and
attacked and captured the nation's capitol of Chang'an. The Emperor, by
imperial decree summoned </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Chieftain of Shatuo, Li Ke Yong</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> to liberate Chang'an
and promised to make him King of Jin. Chieftain Li and his thirteen adopted
sons, known as the Thirteen Generals, along with 100,000 of his own soldiers
and 500 of his personal guards went to a neighboring province to plan the attack.
As guest of </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Warlord and Governor of Bianlian, Zhu Wen</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Chieftain Li and his Thirteen
Generals entered hostile territory and had to deal with not only the Warlord
Bandit, Wang Chao but with the jealous Warlord, Governor Zhu Wen. This is their
story.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CHIEFTAN LI KE YONG OF SHATUO</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ku Feng</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
as Chieftain Li Ke Yung. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>David Chiang</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as 13th General Li Chun Xiao. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ti Lung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as
11th General Li Jing Si. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chin Han</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as 1st General Li Sxu Yuan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>James Nam</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as 4th
General Li Tsun Hsin and </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wang Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as 12th General Kang Chun Zi.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the bad:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee
Hae-Ryong</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Bandit Warlord "King" Wang Chao. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chen Sing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Warlord
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Liu Chia-Yung as 10th General Li Chun Shou and Lily Li as Tsui Yen.
Bolo Yeung as General Meng Jue Hai. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>FIGHT TIME:</b></span> <b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">THE
HEROIC ONES (1970)</b> <b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">boasts three</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> (count 'em 3) </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">action choreographers</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> and these
three are no run of the mill action directors. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Tang Chia, Liu Chia-Liang and
his younger brother Liu Chia-Yung</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> have a resume that can not be equaled but the
action looks like it is a little bit crowded. There is so much going on in the scenes that there is
hardly anyway to keep track of it all. However, I can buy that, 1)for the time period it is
set in, and 2) the sheer number of combat participants, that this is actually a
realistic depiction of army combat. It is just a little rough on the eyes </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">but
careful observation reveals quality techniques going on</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> so I am just going to
eat the results. </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I counted seven (7) fight scenes including one nearly 20
minute long but the action builds and supports the </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">story line</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> so it is an
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when presenting an historical drama is how to honor the history but still
present enough drama to hold the audience. <b>Chang Cheh and I Kuang</b> do just that
with their work in <b>THE HEROIC ONES (1970)</b>. But still, I would love to see a
modern production of this drama in an 40 or 50 episode television show. There
are plenty of characters and subplots to merit such a work. <b>I unreservedly
recommend this movie for collectors and casual viewers alike </b>and in fact thist is one of
the most challenging reviews where I am tempted to reveal spoilers of the plots
but please, since I did not spoil the movie please, please, please go and see
this movie by any means necessary. See you next time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><b>Runme Shaw produced SWORDSWOMEN THREE (1970), released August 5th,
written and directed by San Kong</b> (Shen Chiang) with <b>action scenes arranged by
Tang</b> <b>Chia and Liu Chia-Liang.</b> The story revolves around a person determined to
be the number one swordsman and the head of all the clans in the Jiang Hu even
if it means ruining two families to do so. Let's get busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In the </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Jiang Hu</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
there is a martial arts competition held every ten years among the top clans.
Should one person </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">win every challenge</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, then that person is awarded with a
plaque from the top clans that reads </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">"Head of Martial Arts"</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The
latest winner of this honor was Xiude Martial Arts Academy's Master Xu Mu
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A young upstart
and founder of </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the new group called The Green Dragon Clan, Zhu Tian Xiang</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, wishes
to lead the martial world so he </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">challenged Xiude Martial Arts </b><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>Academy</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> for its
position and the plaque. But Master Xu Mu Liang was not at the fort but Zhu
Tian Xiang (with a betrayal and insults) forced <b>the master's son, Xu Jin Wu</b> to
accept his challenge. Fortunately, young <b>Xu Jin Wu won the match but allowed
Zhu Tian Xiang to leave with nothing but a scar for his trouble. </b></span></div>
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Sword</b> is a legendary weapon <b>used by the great hero Master Han</b> all over the
Jiang Hu for the cause of justice. Besides being a sword of the finest quality
it has two unique attributes, one for each side of the sword. <b>On one side, the entire
surface of the sword allows blood to drain down from the blade making it a self
cleaning sword. On the other side is a powerful magnet powered by the users own
chi (life-force) allowing the user to disarm his opponent.</b> Unfortunately, the
great hero Master Han has died having fallen victim to an unknown illness. <b>He is survived only by his three daughters.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After his defeat, it is suggested to <b>Zhu Tian Xiang</b> by his betrayal accomplice, <b>Li Chi Liang</b> to steal the
legendary weapon, <b>The Mighty Steel Sword from his fiance's family.</b> It turns out Zhu Tian Xiang is betrothed to <b>Master Han's eldest daughter Han Rou Lan. </b>The sisters are
vulnerable because although the
family would still be in mourning and still on guard, they would trust Zhu Tian Xiang
as family. <b>Zhu Tian Xiang gets Han Rou Lan to trust him with The Mighty Steel
Sword and runs off with it, hoping to use it to defeat Xu Mu Liang. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Ashamed on how
badly </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Zhu Tian Xiang trick her into giving him the Mighty Steel Sword</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Han Rou
Lan</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> left a note for her two sisters telling them what happened and promising to
bring the sword back home. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Han Rou Mei and Han Xiao Lian quickly go after their older
sister and meet Xu Jin Wu along the way.</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Xu Jin Wu was on his way to see the
three sisters to warn them about Zhu Tian Xiang and is determined to help them
retrieve the sword. </span><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A chess game of cat and mice plays to an ultimate bloody
ending, who do </span><span style="font-size: large;"><u>you</u></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> bet on? </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>the good:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Essie
Lin Chia</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Han Rou Lan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shen Yi</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Han Rou Mei. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chang Yi</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Xu Jin Wu. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pan
Ying-Zi</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Han Xiao Lan. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yeung Chi-Hing</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Xu Mu Xiang. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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as Zhu Tian Xiang. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lee Wan-Chung</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Li Ji-Liang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>HONORABLE
MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><b>Fang Mian</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Huang Flying Panther. </span><b style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Huang </b><b>Chung-Hsin</b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> as Zhong Pa-Tien
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<b>SWORDSWOMEN THREE (1970)</b> has eight (8) fight scenes <b>choreographed by the great team of
Tang Chia and the legendary Liu Chia-Liang</b> and it is the quality of these fight
scenes that are the most telling of this production (the casting of extras supports this as well e.g. Wu Ma and David Chiang). Although released in 1970
anyone familiar with the work of these two masters can tell <b>this</b> <b>project was completed
well before 1970 and released afterwards.</b> So I am justified in giving it a pass
on analytical comparison to work actually of this time period. Suffice it to
say it is still worthy of the names Tang Chia and Liu Chia-Liang. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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MENTION:</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> <b>Essie Lin Chia </b>does a fantastic job in her one on one fight scenes, I
was very pleased.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In researching
<b>SWORDSWOMEN THREE (1970)</b> I was alerted to some problems viewers had with the
narrative. When watching the movie, I also experienced the jolting manner in which the story moved and I
attributed this to <b>a lack of smooth transition scenes or segues.</b> <b>When moving
the story ahead in time and location, San Kong's characters just appear there
without any forewarning.</b> Is it a bad job of editing or did some parts of the
story make the cutting room floor because of length -- I don't know. The movie
suffers from it though and that's a shame. What we have here is a "mission
impossible" style story of suspense with some "interesting" character choices and a real sleazy villain in Lo Lieh's character. Alas,
all we can do is bemoan what could have been another Shaw Brothers' classic and
encourage <b>casual viewers, if they are to watch this particular movie to watch out
for lack of the transitions of plots so the movie will be less jolting.</b> There
is no need for collectors to spend money to own this one unless they
"gotta have 'em all". See you next time!</span><br />
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