1976 · wuxia · shaw-brothers · gu-long
Killer Clans
Directed by Chor Yuen1h 41m1976
The Longmen and Roc clans kill each other to gain power in their territory. However, things take a turn when a warrior falls for the daughter of the rival clan's leader.
Our read: Killer Clans (1976) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive wuxia · shaw-brothers · gu-long entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured wuxia / shaw-brothers, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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- intense
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