1971 · wuxia · shaw-brothers · swordplay
The Mighty One
Directed by Joseph Kuo1h 26m1971
The famed Ivy Ling Po (Temple Of The Red Lotus) stars as a mysterious swordswoman dedicated to keeping the five volume "Five Generations Fighting Methods" kung-fu manual out of evil-doers' hands. She joins Ling Yun, star of The Iron Buddha, who plays a hero known only as the Roving Knight to fight, train, then fight again -- facing such characters as The Six-Armed Giant and The 1000-Cut in this action-packed adventure.
Our read: The Mighty One (1971) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive wuxia · shaw-brothers · swordplay entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured wuxia / shaw-brothers, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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