Tang Ching
Ode to Gallantry
Adapted from Jin Yong's famous novel, Shih Chung Yu (Phillip Kwok) acquires an edict by chance, prompting swordsman Shih Yen Ko (Wang Li) to teach him a fatal type of kung fu with the intention of killing him. However, Chung Yu does not die and is mistaken as the Chief of the Chang Lo clan, Shih Yen Ko. He then meets Ting Tang and falls in love with her. On the basis of righteousness, Chung Yu agrees to die in the place of Yen Ko. Eventually, Chung Yu's true identity is discovered and traced back to his abduction as a baby.
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Rendezvous with Death
This tale of a swordsman’s treacherous journey is considered one of director Sun Chung’s very best martial arts movies. It’s not so much the plot that makes it great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to create some of their finest work.
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Bat Without Wings
Acclaimed director Chu Yuan was credited for bringing mystery thriller ingredients into his atmospheric martial arts epics, and this is one of the most impressive examples. The title refers to the feared nickname of a notorious rapist and murderer who swoops down to destroy one swordsman’s fiancé and frame another. Or does he? The two tragic men team with a beautiful swords-woman to find the truth – only to discover incredible traps, ambushes, duplicity, avarice, and betrayal between them and the mystery’s final solution.
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