This is a beautiful film that shows loyalty and honour in the Ming period. Men
and women do what is right, not what is pleasant or easy.
The warrior Fang Jun saves a family under attack. The father asks him to teach
his daughter Liu Chen martial arts so that she can defend herself, but he's
really hoping to find a husband for her. Fang falls in love with her, but she
says she loves someone else. Her lover Li Yueh has killed a corrupt government
official to avenge his father's death. He's now a wanted criminal, so he's run away and taken on a new
identity. Fang promises to find him and reunite the lovers.
Li Yueh is living as a poor stable-hand. The innkeeper's daughter falls in
love with him, but he refuses her advances, because he's still in love with
Liu Chen, even though he never expects to see her again. By coincidence
– one of the many coincidences in the film – Fang comes to stay at
the inn and becomes friends with Li Yueh, not knowing who he is. Their
friendship becomes closer when they have to fight against common enemies.
It's not a love triangle, it's a love square. Maybe a broken square. Whatever
it is, it's obvious from the beginning of the film that it will end in
tragedy.
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