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Witty Hand, Witty Sword (1978) [N/A]

Featuring:
Peng Tien, Ling Chang, Jen Chen

Written by:
Shu-Mei Chin
Lung Ku

Directed by:
Hsueh-Li Pao


Release Date:
June 17, 1978

Original Title:
玲瓏玉手劍玲瓏

Alternate Titles:
Ling long yu shao jian ling long
Witty Sword
劍瓏玲

Production Companies:
Nam Keung Film Company

Production Countries:
Hong Kong | Taiwan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Overview from TheMovieDB

A well-known family is wiped out when a princess is on the hunt for a special sword called "Witty Sword". The daughter in the family sent in the attack. But the princess's minions are soon her on the tracks. Amidst all the ports obliterated family adopted son and sword fighters on both sides. Also a mysterious fisherman settles in.

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Overview from Open Movies

I came across this movie on Youtube and thought I would do a quick review here, With a title like WITTY HAND, WITTY SWORD, one would think this is a Kung FU comedy. But, actually this Taiwan made production has a dead serious tone. WITTY SWORD stars Tien Peng and Pearl Cheong who must join forces to overcome the tyrannical regime that did their characters wrong. I wont go into the plot too much because it is similar plot you've seen before in action cinema. What really took me by surprise, was the big budget production with production values similar to a Shaw Brothers movie. Speaking of the Shaw studios, this movie also has a major role for Shaw Brothers superstar, the great David Chiang. In this movie, he portrays Tien Peng's brother and also gets to kick a lot of ass! The film is full of well done sword fights scenes, and visually speaking, WITTY SWORD is a masterpiece!

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Performers

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Production

Director:
Pao Hsueh-Li

Story:
Gu Long

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