Soul of the Sword was released in 1978.It is one of Ti
Lung's best Shaw Brother's movies.It is directed by Hua Shan,whose credits
include Angel Force, Disciples of Shaolin Temple(Fortune Star),Little Dragon
Maiden,Portrait in Crystal,Tales of an Eunuch,Usurpers of Emperor's
Power,Flying Guilotine 2,Kill a Jaguar,Super Inframan.It also stars Ku
Feng(Avenging Eagle,New One Armed Swordsman),Li Chen Chi(Battle Wizard,Heaven
and Hell),Norman Chu(Duel to the Death,Bastard Swordsman 1&2)
In the world of martial arts,the king of swords(Ku Feng) is
ready to retire.He has been on top of the game for decades.A young boy
Nameless(Ti Lung) has seen most of his battles.After watching a young swordsman
with his wife challenge King of Swords,the young man loses the duel along with
his life.His wife decides to take her life by stabbing herself with her lover's
sword.Days later Nameless tries to assassinate King of Swords and fails.King of
Swords spares his life and tells him if he wants to challenge him he must
challenge him to a duel.Nameless then grows up to be a man and fights his way
to the top,to finally one day challenge King of Swords and take his title.
This is one of Ti Lung's early movies.As well as one of his
best.His fighting ability and acting ability is superb.He stops at nothing to
challenge all of the swordsmen to defeat Ku Feng.
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