The Yu family earn the ire of the Green Dragon clan when the daughter kills the clan chief's son. The Green Dragon chief wounds family head Yu Yuan with his flying daggers, and kills many others who try to protect the noble family. Wandering swordsman Ying Qing saves the family in a fight, using his own flying dagger skills, but his allegiances and motives are unclear.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI flying daggers that somehow look both ridiculous and lethal.
Direction
Chang Cheh's signature blood-spray poetry in full chaotic bloom.
Acting
Cheng Pei-Pei carrying emotional weight amid the dagger-hurling mayhem.
Director
Chang Cheh
Cheng Pei-Pei
Yu Ying
Lo Lieh
Yang Qing
Cheng Lui
Chu Wenxiong
Yang Chi-Ching
Flying Dagger Jiao Lei
Ching Miao
Chief Yu Yuan
Lam Kau
Ying's Eldest Brother
Chui Chung-Hok
Hu Dake
Lee Ho
Green Dragon's Thug
Liu Gang
Song's Son
Yau Lung
Song's Son
Cliff Lok
Song's Son
Ku Feng
Chief Song Jingang
Wu Ma
Lu Hu
Shum Lo
Uncle Fan Kun
Chan Chuen
Thug / Guard (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chang Cheh made this during his obsessive phase of mourning actor James Wong, stuffing films with male sacrifice and homoerotic death poetry.
The 'flying dagger' weapon was Shaw Brothers' answer to Zatoichi's cane sword—iconic, absurd, and instantly marketable across Asian markets.
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