![]() ![]() We left off when Priest Chang San Fang (Cheung Ying), the leader of Wu-Tang, was struck by the poisonous King Kong Palm from a Yuan mercenary posing as a Shaolin monk. ![]() Even for a Jin Yong super fan, the density of the material may fry more synapses than any one fan can afford to lose. They’re really just one long serial movie, although I couldn’t imagine sitting through them both in one go. I’m finding it hard to write about, because everything I wrote for the first film could just carry over. Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2 is more straightforward than the first film, but it’s straightforward in the densest, most wuxia way you can imagine. If you’re a fan, it’s a worthy continuation and conclusion of the story, while non-fans will most likely still be lost by the end of it all. Whether you enjoy Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre or not, this sequel presents more of the same. ![]() Starring Derek Yee, Candice Yu On-On, Ching Li, Karen Chan Ga-Yee, Cheng Lai-Fong, Candy Wen Xue-Er, Lo Lieh, Ku Kuan-Chung, Ai Fei, Yue Wing, Chung Gwok-Yan, Tin Ching, Teresa Ha Ping, Wai Wang, Wang Lai, Helen Poon Bing-Seung, Wang Yong, Woo Wang-Daat, Chan Shen, Norman Tsui Siu-Keung, Ching Miao, Yang Chi-Ching, Chiang Nan, Keung Hon Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2 (1978)ĪKA Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, Part II The problems for our main character only grow from here, and we haven’t even been introduced to him yet! She tells them her name is Xiao Shiyi Lang, though, who just so happens to be the only other person in the martial world who might be worthy to wield the Deer Cutting Knife. The Four Lethal Leng Brothers guard the sword on its journey to Brocade Villa, but it never arrives as the skillful Little Lord (Candy Wen Xue-Er) bests the brothers and steals the weapon. Naturally, people want to get ahold of it, but Xu gifted it to Lian Chengbi of Brocade Villa (Lau Wing). The sword is able to cut through steel and its wielder will be revered as the leader of the martial world. Swordsman and Enchantress hinges around the greatest weapon in the martial world, the Deer Cutting Knife, newly forged with nine kinds of steel by Xu Ruzi, King of Swords. I didn’t even know who Gu Long was back then, so… My review of Swordsman at Large indicates it was “impenetrable” to me, so either it’s more confusing than Chor Yuen’s version, or I leveled up my wuxia-following skills considerably in the 10 years since. This was the first (and maybe only) Gu Long story written as a film first, and this genesis helps Swordsman and Enchantress to be one of the more easy-to-follow wuxias. Tai’s introduction to the English version of the novel, it was common practice in Ancient China to name children based on their gender and order of birth. Both films and the novel share the same Chinese title, which is Ti Lung’s character name, Xiao Shiyi Lang, and literally translates to The Eleventh Son. Swordsman and Enchantress is Chor Yuen’s crack at Gu Long’s 1973 novel The Eleventh Son, originally written as a screenplay for the 1971 Hsu Tseng-Hung film Swordsman at Large. Starring Ti Lung, Lau Wing, Ching Li, Candy Wen Xue-Er, Tang Ching, Lily Li Li-Li, Norman Tsui Siu-Keung, Shum Lo, Ku Kuan-Chung, Lee Hoi-Sang, Yu Hoi-Lun ![]()
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