Mang nu jue dou gui jian chou (1970)

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Country: Taiwan
Genres: Action, Adventure
Release: 1970-11-19
Director: Lung Chien (I) (1916–1975)
Writers: Ge Tien
Language: Mandarin
Stars: Pin Chiang , Cheung Ching-Ching , Peng-Yi Chang , Bao-Liang Chen , Shen-Lin Chen , Han Chiang , Yu Hua Ho , Bao Hsiao , Min-Hsiung Hsiao , Fei Lung Huang
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: El samurai del diablo (Spain) , L'uomo dalla mano d'acciaio contro il drago rosso (Italy) , Taipan - Duell mit dem Teufel (Germany) , Duel with the Devil (United States of America) , Femmine e spade per una belva gialla (Italy) , Taipan - Der Teufel mit der Drachenklaue , El diablo amarillo (Spain) , Paid with Blood (Hong Kong) , Mang nu jue dou gui jian chou , The Blind Swordswoman (Taiwan)
Plot: A swordsman (YI Yuan as the villain "Dare-Devil") comes across a dead body and it has a face mask that matches his own face. He swears revenge for his brother. After the credits he trashes a martial arts school. He demands the "soul seizing sword". Cut to Chang Ching-Ching puts that same sword in hiding. She finds the slaughter at the school and Dare-Devil. They fight and she is blinded thereby becoming the Blind Swordswoman in the title. The villain continues killing his former school mates and the master comes out with the magic sword. Dare-Devil kills him and takes the sword. You can surmise how the rest of the story goes.My copy is a digital file that seems to have come from a VHS. The video is square and the resolution is typical of a copy of a copy of a copy of a VHS tape. There are dual Chinese and English subtitles that are always chopped off on the sides.Taiwanese movies of this era tend to be heavy on the drama. In this movie drama was kind of necessary because the story line just involved getting the sword from the villain. The fights are all sword fights. They are all basic and start to look alike after the second one. The only variations are the added leaps and some magic from the sword reflecting light. Of course a blind swordswoman would never see that magic light and the audience would have to be blind not to see that coming.The final fight takes us to a bamboo forest. Most fans of this genre love sword fights in a bamboo forest. By ending that way this movie left a good feeling and made up for some of the earlier mediocrity.This movie is only for fans of martial arts movies of the golden age from 1967 to 1984. I rate it average for the year and genre. If you are such a fan you might as well watch this one too as there's nothing wrong with it.
IMDB:tt1342398