白玉老虎 - Jade Tiger (1977)

English/French/Turkish subtitles in CC
Jade Tiger, Yeşim Kaplan (Kahraman Savaşçı) (1977) - Pai yu lao hu

Director; Chor Yuen
Cast; Ti Lung, Yueh Hua, Ku Feng, Lo Lieh, Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Shih Szu, Lily Li Li-Li, Fan Mei-Sheng

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLOT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The master of Dafeng Hall is beheaded by a traitor on the eve of his son's marriage. Thus begins an epic and tragic tale of suspense and subterfuge as members of the Zhao Clan hatch an elaborate plot to bring down the evil Tang Clan from within.
Spies, counter-spies, double-crosses, and misunderstandings make up one of the most convoluted swordplay plots in history. Chor Yuen's Jade Tiger is essentially the Hatfield's versus the McCoy's as two sword clans with a 100-year old grudge plot each other's destruction and everyone suffers as a result. Many colorful characters, memorable weapons, elaborate sets, and a jazzy soundtrack make this tragic actioner an entertaining and epic one.
Stuck in the middle of this fight is Zhao Wuji (Ti Lung) who discovers his father's headless corpse on the eve of his own wedding. A turncoat named Shangguan Ren (Guk Fung) is the culprit after accepting a bribe by the Tang Clan to assassinate the head of Dafeng Hall. Wuji goes looking for revenge but soon becomes the victim of the Tang's infamous mastery of poison after taking on a blind Tang fighter with explosive eyeballs. He escapes after meeting a neutral party of former swordsmen all living under the leadership of the 'Chief of the Hate-free Hall,' otherwise known as 'The Unique Man on the Carriage.' An odd character named 'Zombie' who lives in a coffin sends Wuji to a brother and sister who heal his wounds. The Tang leader's son attempts to fool Wuji in an elaborate plot, but it backfires and Wuji unmasks a Tang spy and counters by infiltrating the Tang base by posing as a swordsman from another village. Confusion mounts as Wuji courts a Tang woman, his fellow clan members believe him to have defected to the enemy, and one of Wuji's former enemies becomes an ally. As Tang's leader attempts to discover the truth, a carefully planned assault of the Tang's poison making factory and base of operations by members of Dafeng Hall erupts with Wuji fighting to save his friends on both sides.
As writer Chor Yuen does just about everything he can to confound and frustrate the viewer with endless u-turns meant to keep everyone guessing. It gets to be a bit too much to tolerate by the final act, but by then the action picks up enough to keep the momentum going strong. Chor revisits a popular theme in swordplay films which is the despair of fighting for seemingly nothing of value other than prestige in the martial world. It's like actually seeing what would cause old battle weary swordsmen to become jaded. In a world where peerless fighters are nothing but "pawns" the only answer is for them to give up their martial ways and form a new society of uncommon commoners as Wuji witnesses when he enters the Hate-free Hall. Of course for action fans, nothing is more important than keeping the swords swinging and Chor is well aware of this. But be warned for you may find yourself dissatisfied with the conclusion.

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• Jade Tiger (1977)
• Chor Yuen
• Ti Lung
• Yueh Hua
• Ku Feng
• Lo Lieh
• Derek Yee Tung-Sing
• Shih Szu
• Lily Li Li-Li
• Fan Mei-Sheng

[aumurg]

there are a lot of types kung fu movies. and this type is the most elegant one !

[kunfang]

I agree

[kisanira]

Good acting skills from Ti Lung !

[CandyRaindrops4u]

this is one of my favs of all time. love ti lung

[Gamereo]

Mr Aumurg given us another gift: this is another masterpieces in the world of Kung Fu Movie. unfortunately actually the kung fu Movie are a totally different thing!