Overview
Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
Cast
- Wong Yu as Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian
- Lo Lieh as Beggar Yang Feng
- Ku Feng as Prince Yan Yikang
- Chan Shen as Chi Sifang
- Chen Kuan-Tai as Golden Rod Gu Feitian
- Lam Sau-Kwan as Shui Xian Hua
- Tang Ching as Master Huo
- Chen Szu-Chia as Courtesan Sisi
- Lau Wai-Ling as 2nd Sister
- Jamie Luk Kim-Ming as Black Lunatic Shen Shan