Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
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Cast
Wong Yu
Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian
Lo Lieh
Beggar Yang Feng
Ku Feng
Prince Yan Yikang
Chan Shen
Chi Sifang
Chen Kuan-Tai
Golden Rod Gu Feitian
Lam Sau-Kwan
Shui Xian Hua
Tang Ching
Master Huo
Chen Szu-Chia
Courtesan Sisi
Lau Wai-Ling
2nd Sister
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
Black Lunatic Shen Shan
Yuen Wah
Poison Scholar Jin Ju
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Restaurant attacker with chopper
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