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Sheng jian feng yun

  • 19771977
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  • 1h 31m
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Yi Chang in Sheng jian feng yun (1977)
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After her father, a judge, is murdered by corrupt officials, a young woman must set out do recover the Blood Rain Sword, which her father had left to her, and encounters obstacles from the v... Read allAfter her father, a judge, is murdered by corrupt officials, a young woman must set out do recover the Blood Rain Sword, which her father had left to her, and encounters obstacles from the villainous Chao Pai.After her father, a judge, is murdered by corrupt officials, a young woman must set out do recover the Blood Rain Sword, which her father had left to her, and encounters obstacles from the villainous Chao Pai.
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    • Chi-Hwa Chen
    • Ming-Chi Tang
    • Chung-Kuang Wang
  • Stars
    • Peng Tien
    • Ling Chia
    • Yi Chang
    • Chi-Hwa Chen
    • Ming-Chi Tang
    • Chung-Kuang Wang
  • Stars
    • Peng Tien
    • Ling Chia
    • Yi Chang
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    Peng Tien
    Peng Tien
    Ling Chia
    Ling Chia
    Yi Chang
    Yi Chang
    Dian-Wu Che
    Chin-Hai Chen
    Kuang-Lung Chi
    Ching-Feng Chiang
    Lung Chin
    Lung Chin
    Kang Ho
    Kang Ho
    Po-Wei Hou
    Hsing Hsieh
    Ling Hsuen
    Blackie Shou-Liang Ko
    Blackie Shou-Liang Ko
    You-Pin Liu
    Jack Long
    Jack Long
    Fei Lung
    Fei Lung
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    Tien Miao
    Tien Miao
    Lo-Hui Shaw
      • Chi-Hwa Chen
      • Ming-Chi Tang
      • Chung-Kuang Wang
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    Chia Ling (Judy Lee) in action in unsung swordplay gem
    IMPERIAL SWORD (1977, aka THE BRAVE IN KUNG FU SHADOW) is an overly complicated kung fu tale distinguished by some rousing swordplay and fight scenes featuring the exceptional female star, Chia Ling (aka Judy Lee). A graduate of a Taiwan-based Peking Opera academy, the star gets to perform her full repertoire here, doing acrobatic flips and kung fu kicks and fighting with a staff and sword. The well-staged action is captured on Taiwan locations and studio sets and occurs regularly throughout the film.

    The plot has to do with the search for the Blood Rain Sword, an Imperial treasure in the possession of Lin Fung (Chia Ling), passed to her when her father, an honest judge, was murdered by corrupt officials. Tien Peng plays a fighter forced by villain Chao Pai (Chang Yi) to try and wrest the sword from Lin Fung. Eventually, he becomes her ally and the two join forces against Chao Pai. There's not much urgency to the story, since a minimal investigation and a diligent search by the bad guys would easily turn up the sword early on with the only obstacle, of course, being Lin Fung and her formidable mastery of the sword.

    This framework offers lots of opportunities for fight scenes and, fortunately, the film takes full advantage of them. Chia Ling is at the forefront of all of these scenes and is quite a sight to behold. Extraordinarily beautiful, she goes into action, with her eyes blazing, nostrils wide and mouth tightened in determination, leaping about, swinging her sword, slashing and kicking bad guys, and either emerging victorious or fleeing when the odds are against her. She also uses her wits. At one point, she switches places with a kidnapped woman and is carried inside a bag into a basement dungeon. When the gang opens the bag, she leaps out and slays a number of her would-be captors before she's wounded with a poisoned dart. Later, as she is recuperating from the effects of the dart, she notices four guards searching the abandoned house in which she's hiding. As the camera prowls the rooms and courtyard of the sprawling ruins (an actual location), she attacks with her sword and uses the layout of the place to confuse the guards and pick them off, one by one.

    The final battle takes place in a mill outside of town, recreated in full in a massive soundstage. The only problem with this otherwise superbly staged sequence is the reliance on the villain's sensitivity to light. As a result, the final fight between Chang Yi and the two leads takes place in a deliberately darkened set, the better to weaken Chang by flashing him with bursts of sunlight when shutters are flung open. It's Chang Yi's biggest fight in the film but because of the diminished lighting, he's not seen to best advantage. Still, the film remains one of Chia Ling's prime kung fu showcases.
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      • October 21, 1977 (Taiwan)
      • Taiwan
      • Mandarin
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      • Bao Hua Film Company
      • Bay-Land Enterprises Co.
      • Pei Lun Film Comany
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    • 1 hour 31 minutes
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