1967 · wuxia · shaw-brothers · swordplay
The Sword and the Lute
Directed by Hsu Tseng-Hung1h 27m1967
The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting members of their different clans.
Our read: The Sword and the Lute (1967) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive wuxia · shaw-brothers · swordplay entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured wuxia / shaw-brothers, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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