english title | Vengeance is a Golden Blade |
year | 1969 |
country | Hong-Kong |
genres | wu xia pian (swordplay) adventure |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
The golden blade of the title is the magnificent "Flying Dragon" sword. The only thing that can stop it is the celebrated "Silver Swallow" weapon technique. Thus the stage is set for this fast-moving story of greed, lust, death, and vengeance, starring Chin Ping as the lovely and resolute heroine. Her director is the versatile Ho Meng-hua - the acknowledged master of the "esoteric weapon" actioner, who made of a success of everything from The Flying Guillotine to The Mighty Peking Man.