

Two rival swordsmen in imperial China, poncho-clad Fu Hung-Hsueh and Yen nan-Fei vie with a power-hungry villain for the deadly Peacock Dart and fend off waves of expert killers during their journey.
Cinematography
Chor Yuen's color-drenched sets — teal, magenta, gold, every shadow deliberate.
Costume
Ti Lung's white poncho: cinema's most iconic outerwear before The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Practical Effects
Wirework so obvious it becomes poetry — bodies defying physics with zero shame.

Director
Chor Yuen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chor Yuen adapted this from Gu Long's novel, pioneering the 'new wuxia' style that prioritized psychological complexity over traditional Confucian heroism.
The Peacock Dart's visual design — a hidden spring-loaded mechanism — became so iconic it influenced decades of Hong Kong weapon design, including the title weapon in 1983's The Avenging Eagle.