The Magic Blade (1976)

Original title

天涯明月刀

Directed by

Chor Yuen

Genre

action film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A legendary swordsman with a flying blade gets drawn into a deadly conspiracy in the martial world. He battles rival fighters and uncovers secrets while trying to survive a series of violent confrontations.

fast-pacedstylizedmelodramaticintensenostalgicatmosphericvisually strikingaction-driven

What happens

The Magic Blade (Chinese: 天涯·明月·刀) is a 1976 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Chor Yuen. It starred Ti Lung, Lo Lieh and Ku Feng. It is one of the many films Chor Yuen adapted based on the martial arts novels by Gu Long. The film was part of the brief revival of wuxia films in Hong Kong follow the downfall of the kung fu film craze in and outside Hong Kong. The film has been described by academic Stephen Teo and Richard James Havis as one of the best wuxia during this brief revival period for the genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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