Soul of the Sword

1978 [CHINESE]

Action / Drama

6
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 344 344

Director

Shan Hua Photo
Shan Hua

Top cast

Corey Yuen Photo
Corey Yuen as 8 Diagram guard
Han Chiang Photo
Han Chiang as Royal guard
Lily Li Photo
Lily Li as Lo-yang assassin
Chun-Hao Chen Photo
Chun-Hao Chen as Greenhorn challenger
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815.54 MB
1280*544
Chinese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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1.48 GB
1920*816
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10

An average story enlivened by plenty of action

Reviewed by dafrosts 7 / 10

Being No. 1 Isn't always the Greatest Goal to Have

Reviewed by ckormos1 7 / 10

Never bring your sweetie to your sword fight

The young swordsman who would be the king of swords is defeated before the fight begins because he has emotional baggage that cannot be set aside. This theme has appeared in many martial arts movies but where did it come from?In reality fighters never have this problem. There is no such thing as distraction, learning martial arts is dependent on concentration and focus. The brain actually becomes disengaged during a fight as it is mostly muscle memory. Bruce Lee said in one of his movies while making a fist, "I don't hit, it hits all by itself!" I doubt other viewers would be annoyed by that plot point.The movie is engaging from start to finish and the fights are excellent. The fight director put character and story into all the fights and they all seemed unique.Lead actor Ti Lung was a martial artist who worked as a tailor before he got into the movies but he was not a sword fighter. I felt his fights without the sword were much better but still his sword fights were above average. Shaw Brothers movies are known for abrupt endings and anyone can die. This one takes that style to the limit.
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