The Magnificent Swordsman

Release Date: 1968-05-01

Overview: Lone swordsman Jiang Dan-Feng (Wong Chung-Shun) is ambushed by a pair of bandits and quickly despatches them. One of them, as he is dying, asks Jiang to take his personal effects to his sister. This being a Wuxia film, our hero is bound by a strict code of honour, and he agrees. The bandit’s sister, Xiu Xiu (Shu Pei-Pei), is surprisingly forgiving and tells him that he got mixed up in a bad crowd of robbers before he died. As it happens, these self-same bandits are threatening to tear up the village at any moment, and Jiang prepares to defend it despite being despised by the town folk for killing Xiu Xiu’s brother.

Rating: 5.5 / 10

Cast

Huang Tsung-Hsun

as Jiang Dan Feng

Shu Pei-Pei

as Xiu Xiu

Tien Feng

as Lei the "Golden Snake Whip"

Ching Miao

as Huang Da Ba

Ngai Ping-Ngo

as Xiu Xiu's Brother