Title from sell sheet. Shangkuan Ling-fung, Shih Chun, Bai Ying. Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Wide screen (2.35:1). Special features: new interview with actor Shangkuan Ling-fung; interview from 2016 with actor Shih Chun; scene analysis by author ahd New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix; newsreel footage of the film's 1967 premiere in Taipei, Taiwain; trailer.
Summary:
After having the emperorâ‚‚s minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victimâ‚‚s children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent.
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