The East is Red (1993)

Original title

東方不敗之風雲再起

Directed by

Ching Siu-tung

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A legendary martial arts figure returns from a faked death to confront a new threat. The film follows their struggle against a rival faction as old loyalties are tested and identities shift.

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What happens

The East Is Red (東方不敗 - 風雲再起), also known as Swordsman III and The Great China Warrior, is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by Tsui Hark and co-directed by Ching Siu-tung and Raymond Lee, starring Brigitte Lin, Joey Wong and Yu Rongguang. The protagonist is loosely based on Dongfang Bubai, a minor character in the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jin Yong. The film is considered a sequel to The Swordsman and Swordsman II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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