Jin Fei is a wandering swordsman who doesn't want to get involved in the
disputes of the martial arts world. Even when he witnesses a man being
slaughtered by a gang, he doesn't do anything. He's drawn into the fights when
he goes home and finds that his two best friends have been killed by the same
gang. He takes revenge.
He falls in love with An Yu-Lien, the seventh chief of the Tien clan.
Confusingly, she claims to be less beautiful than her younger sister An
Bing-Er, the eighth chief. I say it's confusing, because they're both played
by the same actress, Ching Lee.
This is a masterful martial arts epic directed by Chang Cheh. Made in 1971,
this is one of the early examples or wire-fu, i.e. kung fu action exaggerated
by unnaturally large jumps.
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