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.

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Cast

Wong Yu

Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian

Lo Lieh

Beggar Yang Feng

Ku Feng

Prince Yan Yikang

Chan Shen

Chi Sifang

Chen Kuan-Tai

Golden Rod Gu Feitian

Lam Sau-Kwan

Shui Xian Hua

Tang Ching

Master Huo

Chen Szu-Chia

Courtesan Sisi

Lau Wai-Ling

2nd Sister

Jamie Luk Kim-Ming

Black Lunatic Shen Shan

Yuen Wah

Poison Scholar Jin Ju

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

Restaurant attacker with chopper