english title | The Lady Assassin |
year | 1983 |
country | Hong-Kong |
genres | kung-fu wu xia pian (swordplay) period |
distributor | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua, is the title character, caught between battling princes. Then there's award-winning actor Ku Feng, "Bastard Swordsman" Hsu Shao-chiang, "King of Shaw Brothers' Screen Villains" Wang Lung-wei, "Venom" Sun Chien, and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.