Ching tieh 1980

Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.

Cast:

Wong Yu
Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian 

Lo Lieh
Beggar Yang Feng 

Ku Feng
Prince Yan Yikang 

Chan Shen
Chi Sifang 

Chen Kuan-Tai
Golden Rod Gu Feitian 

Lam Sau-Kwan
Shui Xian Hua 

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