The Fastest Sword (1968)
- Original title
- 天下第一劍
- Directed by
- Pan Lei
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A lone swordsman who may be unbeatable faces challengers testing his speed and skill. Tension builds toward a final duel that shifts how fights are filmed in Hong Kong cinema.
slow-burntensedramaticmelancholicvisually strikingatmosphericbroodingstylized
What happens
The Fastest Sword (天下第一劍) is a 1968 Shaw Brothers wu xia film directed and written by Pan Lei and starring Liu Ping as the eponymous "Fastest Sword", a possibly unbeatable sword fighter. It is noted for comparisons drawn between it and the Hollywood Western The Gunfighter although such comparisons are exaggerated, its cinematography which is atypical for Hong Kong fight scenes of the time, and a dramatic final fight scene. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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