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When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.
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- TriviaDirector King Hu encouraged his martial arts choreographers to draw from the alternately fluid and rhythmic movements of Chinese opera. Rather than resorting to fast or slow motion, footage printed backward, animation, or other early special-effects techniques, the filmmaker relied as much as possible on the actual skills of his performers and on the magic of editing.
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The 1st Chinese Sword-fighting Classic and Box Office Champion
This is the original of the 1992 remake of the same title(with a NEW) and 2nd of the "INN" trilogy by King Hu after Come Drink With Me. It was a major hit all over Chinese areas in South East Asia and discovered Shang Kuan Ling Feng(note the mistake by a previous comment)as the 2nd most popular Sword woman(the 1st was Cheng Pei Pei, and later 3rd Hsu Feng(Hsia Nu aka A Touch of Zen). All these 3 females stars are made popular by him and they are also the 3 most popular swords women in Chinese Cinema.
If there is any complaint by any viewer, it's the pace that many may find it a bit slow but isn't most highly regarded movies slow ?? The finale scene is the most climatic in a Chinese action that critc compared this film to "Rio Bravo" and "The Wild Bunch".
Beware of some mistakes in the original English subtitles mentioned by the director himself.
You can watch some scenes of it if you go to the movie Bu San(2003) aka Goodbye, Dragon Inn(here in IMDb and watch the trailer) which paid tribute to this movie.
The 90's remake is nothing better except for an additional character well acted by Maggie Cheung.
If there is any complaint by any viewer, it's the pace that many may find it a bit slow but isn't most highly regarded movies slow ?? The finale scene is the most climatic in a Chinese action that critc compared this film to "Rio Bravo" and "The Wild Bunch".
Beware of some mistakes in the original English subtitles mentioned by the director himself.
You can watch some scenes of it if you go to the movie Bu San(2003) aka Goodbye, Dragon Inn(here in IMDb and watch the trailer) which paid tribute to this movie.
The 90's remake is nothing better except for an additional character well acted by Maggie Cheung.
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- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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