1970 · wuxia · shaw-brothers · swordplay
The Winged Tiger
Directed by Shen Chiang1h 33m1970
Famed screenwriter Shen Chiang got one of his very first chances to direct his own script with this exciting action adventure. His story is suitably thrilling: if villains "Winged Tiger" Teng Fei and "Underworld King" Yin Te-lung combine their kung-fu knowledge, the "Martial Arts World" will be plunged into chaos. That evil union is set to occur at the marriage of Yin's sister to Teng. Can this dangerous duo be stopped before one says "I do"?
Our read: The Winged Tiger (1970) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded wuxia · shaw-brothers · swordplay entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured wuxia / shaw-brothers, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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