Tang Ching
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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