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The year is 1366. The emperor makes a deal with a neighboring Manchu emperor, leading to a plot to frame patriotic General Shung in a court martial. Shung believes he will receive a fair trial and goes along willingly. But some of his supporters are not so trusting, and they shadow him on his journey to the palace & now the trouble really starts.

This movie is also known as The Snake, The Tiger, The Crane and features martial arts hottie Carter Wong (Hwang/Huang) etc and a bunch of other 70s stars. Not a bad plot, print was bad, with what looked like bad focus in the original negative. If you like Michelle Yeoh you will like this---the women kick butt. Here is a synopsis. The Emperor is under attack and he is so depressed with his failure to protect his people so of course he decides to kill himself. He also decides to maim his daughter, Third Princess by cutting of her arm (There is a tradition of one armed fighters in Hong Kong cinema) She wanders around and tried to get people to help her who either prove to weak to fight off the bandits or betray her. Her faithful servant girl cuts her own arm off to impersonate Third Princess (also called, unbelievably, &quot;Champagne&quot;) and dies. Third Princess goes crazy until she meets handsome Carter Wong, the gentle brute of a butcher who is caring for his Buddhist nun mother. He promises his mom on her death bed he will marry the now lunatic princess. I won&#39;t wreck the end but I thought the above shows what kind of movie this is---the kind of fearless Hong Kong cinema where there are the kind of plot twists that Hollywood would never allow. Also, Hollywood would never allow two sword wielding women to star in their own movie either, certainly not in 1979 when this was apparently released. Not bad overall, not Ang Lee but kind of fun. Carter Wong as the hero a definite plus.

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Da Ming ying lie

HEROES IN THE MING DYNASTY is the usual cheapy-made Taiwanese wuxia movie featuring the interaction of various wandering heroes, corrupt officials, and the like. It&#39;s notable for featuring the underrated female fighter Polly Shang Kwan in the lead role and very good she is too, certainly up there with popular Hong Kong actresses like Lily Li and Shih Szu. Other appearing stars include Bai Ying and good old Barry Chan. The hero of the hour is a noble general ill at ease with the corrupt emperor&#39;s new deal with the fearsome Manchus. The general is sent to court on trumped-up charges but a loyal band of followers tails him, ready to act if trouble arises. It does. The film itself is quite unremarkable, and the fight scenes are entirely bog standard, but it could be worse.

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