Rape of the Sword (1967)
- Original title
- 盜劍
- Directed by
- Yueh Feng
- Genre
- action film, martial arts film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman gets caught up in a struggle over a legendary sword. She fights alongside others to keep the weapon from falling into the wrong hands.
action-packedfast-paceddramaticclassicheroicsword-fightingold-school
What happens
Rape of the Sword (盜劍) is a 1967 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Yueh Feng and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Li Li-hua, Lee Ching, Chan Hung-lit, Kiu Chong and Tien Feng. The film is believed by many, including action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, to be a loose adaptation of the novel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu even though the film does not explicitly state so. When the film was released in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, it was impossible for the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studio to get into contact with Wang Dulu, who was in mainland China, to acquire the rights to adapt the novel into a film, hence Wang was not credited. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Sword of Swords (1968)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.