Shen dao

1968
1h 51m

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A young master swordsman is entrusted by his master with protecting a powerful sword from falling into the wrong hands, but his treacherous former colleague will stop at absolutely nothing t... Read allA young master swordsman is entrusted by his master with protecting a powerful sword from falling into the wrong hands, but his treacherous former colleague will stop at absolutely nothing to retrieve the sword for himself.A young master swordsman is entrusted by his master with protecting a powerful sword from falling into the wrong hands, but his treacherous former colleague will stop at absolutely nothing to retrieve the sword for himself.

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8/10

Jimmy Wang Yu is tortured...again

There's an odd propensity to cripple/majorly injure Jimmy Wang Yu in many of his films, and this is no exception.

On the surface this is begins as a fairly standard swordplay/wu xia -esque film. A powerful weapon owned by a master of a martial arts school, a ambitious student who wants that ultimate weapon for himself, and a student without ambition but a good, moral man who just happens to be the best in the school. From there the story proceeds.

While the action isn't the best, considering the time, and the story isn't quite as endearing as The One Armed Swordsman or the One Armed Boxer (both also with Jimmy Wang Yu), this is still a very interesting story, and the journey and tragedy of Ling Tseng-hsiao makes for exceptional viewing.