Two men, one woman, and a whole lot of 1973 Shaw Brothers angst — plus kicking.
The beautiful Shan Shan has two men who loves her, the arrogant young Lung Fong and the humble Tze Wei, but for the luck of Tze Wei, Shan Shan loves him, and arouses the wrath of Fong, who ends up getting involved with the beautiful, malicious and ill-loved Meng Li, who had already taken an out of Tze Wei, and sees in Fong a chance to get well, only he wanted it as a hobby, because his will is to marry Shan Shan. Meng Li can not bear to lose two men to Shan Shan, she sends some henchmen to kidnap her, now it's up to Tze Wei to save her.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI fight choreography hits different — every punch earned.
Costume
Chen Ping's villain wardrobe: evil, extra, absolutely serving.
Director
Lam Gwok-Leung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chen Ping became Shaw Brothers' go-to femme fatale after this — the studio basically kept her in evil eyeliner for a decade.
The 'humble peasant vs. arrogant noble' romance was Shaw's bread and butter — class mobility fantasies wrapped in flying kicks, specifically calibrated for 1970s working-class Hong Kong audiences.
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