A reimagining of the Shaw Brothers classic “Death Duel” (1977), “Sword Master” is based on Gu Long’s novel, “The Third Master’s Sword”. The action packed drama was nominated for 5 awards, including Best Action Direction, at the 2017 Hong Kong Film Awards.
Swordsman and assassin Yen Shishan roams the country defeating lesser swordsmen and lives in the shadow of the only man who can match his skill, The Third Master, Hsieh Shao-Feng. Yen is presented with a contract to kill his nemesis by Mu-Yung Chiu-Ti, Hsieh’s abandoned bride. Upon his arrival at the Supreme Sword Manor, Yen learns that he has arrived 36 days too late to eliminate Hsieh, who has died. Despondent ,Yen leaves the manor and decides to live his best life as a gravedigger in a little village.
In the same village, a nameless man enters a brothel, running up a tab he cannot pay.
Swordsman and assassin Yen Shishan roams the country defeating lesser swordsmen and lives in the shadow of the only man who can match his skill, The Third Master, Hsieh Shao-Feng. Yen is presented with a contract to kill his nemesis by Mu-Yung Chiu-Ti, Hsieh’s abandoned bride. Upon his arrival at the Supreme Sword Manor, Yen learns that he has arrived 36 days too late to eliminate Hsieh, who has died. Despondent ,Yen leaves the manor and decides to live his best life as a gravedigger in a little village.
In the same village, a nameless man enters a brothel, running up a tab he cannot pay.
- 5/1/2018
- by Dionne Hawkins
- AsianMoviePulse
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