Exceptional Shaw Brothers Studios kung fu flick(technically it's a swordplay flick or wuxia movie but I ain't no expert on such things!) revolving around a young gal's quest to get revenge for her murdered parents. What I think I like most about this one is who the good and bad guys are, and therefore who we root for as an audience, changes a bit from start to finish and it's not the clear cookie-cutter stereotypes that you find in most martial arts cinema. Our main gal, Ching Lee, is supposed to be a cripple but has no problem flying around and murdering her enemies with the help of the fabled Pheonix Jade Sword. There is the confusion that occurs often in these movies when a female, who's obviously a female, puts on men's clothes and no one can figure out it's not a man(so progressive!) which is really dumb! So don't look for much realism but do check it out for some sword-fighting action and intrigue.
Director Lo Wei would go on to work for Golden Harvest Studios after this and helm Bruce Lee's first big movies among many other things.
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