It's the 10th century BC, the emperor (Tien Feng) is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse. There is a man in a nearby kingdom, "Divine Physician" Chang Po-chao, whom it's said could cure his epilepsy, but the only way to bribe the head of the border guard is with a new work by painter Wei Yu-pi. He, meanwhile, wishes to be paid in jade, in fact with a specific piece, which requires a thief. But Ting Yu-yu, the best in the area, claims to be retired, though his daughter Li-ting (Cheng Pei-pei) seems enthusiastic. And for the sake of secrecy, the archivists originally sent to recruit Chang don't even know it's on behalf of the emperor!
The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.
천하의 자객 맹성흔은 아름다운 여인 소접을 사랑하지만 그 누구도 믿을 수 없는 강호에서 자객으로 살아야 하는 자신의 숙명 때문에 괴로워한다. 그를 중심으로 한 자객과 파벌들 사이에 처음부터 끝까지 배신과 음모, 권력과 야심으로 가득한 반전이 이어진다. ‘자객의 운명은 떨어지는 유성처럼 덧없고, 사랑의 아름다움은 나비처럼 유한하다’는 뜻을 담은 제목처럼 자객들의 비극적인 운명에 초점을 맞춘 작품. 쇼브라더스가 다시 한번 예전의 영광을 되찾아보고자 총력을 기울인 영화로, 미로처럼 펼쳐진 스튜디오 세트와 요약할 수 없을 만큼 복잡한 줄거리, 그리고 끝없는 반전이 매우 독특하다.
This is a fantastic rare basher from Taiwan with an all-star cast. Non-stop bloody action from start to finish.
A young Chinese all-karate champion, Tze Chiang (Kurata Yasuaki), along with his Japanese wife, arrives home in Shanghai only to find that the situation there has become intolerable. Now, he is a foreigner in his own land due to a Japanese occupation! Tze Chiang soon discovers that his parents have been murdered by a local Marshall, so the military can use the Chiang's family home as a post.
Two blind swords women come to the aid of a swordsman tracking down a ruthless martial arts master.
An evil student (Yee Yuen) cripples his old master and steals the dark sword that is just made. The old master tells him that his dark sword will be defeated by a golden sword. Yee Yuen begins to challenge all the swordsmen of the Feng school and kills all of them including their master, Kong Ban earlier was forced to leave the school and now has to find the Golden Sword in Order to take revenge and defeat the evil Dark Sword.
All-star cast in this rare sword film from Taiwan. Top masters battle it out for supremacy and calmness in the martial world.
Hong Kong comedy film.
