98 minutes
10/17/1980
Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
Wong Yu
as Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian
Lo Lieh
as Beggar Yang Feng
Ku Feng
as Prince Yan Yikang
Chan Shen
as Chi Sifang
Chen Kuan-Tai
as Golden Rod Gu Feitian
Lam Sau-Kwan
as Shui Xian Hua
Tang Ching
as Master Huo
Chen Szu-Chia
as Courtesan Sisi
Lau Wai-Ling
as 2nd Sister
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
as Black Lunatic Shen Shan
Yuen Wah
as Poison Scholar Jin Ju
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
as Restaurant attacker with chopper
Sek Gong
as Tao Yao
Ng Hong-Sang
as Panda (One of the Four Killers)
Yuen Bun
as One of the Four Killers
Stephan Yip Tin-Hang
as One of the Four Killers
Chin Chun
as Adviser Wang
Wan Seung-Lam
as Soldier
Ngai Tim-Choi
as Sifang's thug
Huang Pei-Chih
as Gu's man