Rape of the Sword

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Rape of the Sword
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Traditional Chinese 盜劍
Simplified Chinese 盗剑
Hanyu Pinyin Dào Jiàn
Jyutping Dou6 Gim3
Directed by Yueh Feng
Written byWong Baak-yat
Produced by Runme Shaw
Starring Li Li-hua
Lee Ching
Chan Hung-lit
Kiu Chong
Tien Feng
CinematographyPao Hsueh-li
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Music byWang Fu-ling
Zhou Lan-ping
Production
company
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 8 November 1967 (1967-11-08)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

Rape of the Sword 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.

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This film is believed by many, including Yuen Woo-ping (action choreographer for the 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ), [1] to be a loose adaptation of Wang Dulu's 1941 novel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , even though it doesn't explicitly state so. [2] It has been noted that during the early Cultural Revolution it was impossible for the Shaw Brothers Studio (located in British Hong Kong) to get in contact with Wang Dulu (who lived in mainland China) to acquire the film rights. [3]

Plot

The film starts out with two students fighting over the inheritance of their deceased master's sword called the "Green Frost Sword". Eventually, Han kills the other student and takes the sword. Han then brings it back to the king.

Later, General Zhong Ki, his daughter Zhong Jiaolong, and her servant Geng Liuniang visit the king. The king later forces the general to make his daughter marry Prince Lu Tianxia. Then at night, Geng, revealing herself to be an expert martial artist, goes to steal the "Green Frost Sword". She brings Jiaolong away to save her from marrying the prince. The prince arrives with his henchmen and a big fight occurs in which Geng seriously wounds the prince. Geng and Jiaolong then go into hiding. Jiaolong becomes Geng's disciple where she teaches her kung fu.

The king sees his son wounded and that the "Green Frost Sword" is gone. Han knows who the culprit is and the king sends him to find the suspect.

The next day Geng leaves a note to Jiaolong and leaves, but Han finds her. Geng is then revealed to be the widow of the student Han killed in the beginning of the film. They then fight and Han overpowers Geng, heavily injuring her while taking the sword back. Han assumes that she is dead. Jiaolong sets out and manages to find her teacher.

One day, Jiaolong goes out and meets a good bandit named Luo Yihu. Jiaolong fights briefly with him before bringing him home where he finds out who her teacher is. Luo turns out to be the disciple of Geng's kung fu elder sister. The three of them revolt against the evil king and get the "Green Frost Sword" back. They also meet a rebellious nobleman Master Liu who joins them.

They engage in a big fight where Han is eventually killed but Prince Lu Tian Xia manages to get away. In the end, the heroes decide to retreat and hope to get the prince later.

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References

  1. ↑ "袁和平谈武侠片：写实的打来打去还能红火两年". QQ Entertainment (in Chinese). 25 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "亞蘿夏:入微--美中不足". China Press (in Chinese). 25 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "傳奇影后李麗華半世紀前就已演了「臥虎藏龍」！". United Daily News (in Chinese). 21 March 2017.
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