The Lantern Street
The Lantern Street is a taiwanese Martial Arts movie starring Jimmy Wang Yu.
Tu Chung-Hsun
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Tu Chung-Hsun
Wang Yu plays a military captain who forms a bond with orphaned Chia Ling. Together they comb the Taiwanese countryside in search of the person or persons who murdered Chia's father.
During the Sung dynasty with Emperor Hsiao Hsia in power and freedom fighters, who are based in the Tai-hun Mountains. Miss Shang is on her way to Dragon City to receive secret plans to take to the rebel stronghold. But the Mayor kills her contact and takes the plans. She must now find the plans and exact revenge upon the murderous Mayor.
Also known as The Blind Swordsman's Revenge, this is Zatoichi Versus The Flying Guillotine (1972). Zatoichi is "born Wu Ching Hui, he was kidnapped by pirates as a youth and taken to Japan, where he learned his cane sword skills. He appears to be widely known in China by his Japanese name, but as the film opens he is just returning to China to look up his long-lost brother, Tieh Hou. To his dismay, he learns that the brother has been killed in a sword duel with one Chu Yen Jieh. The grief-stricken prodigal blubbers in mourning and vows revenge."
Hsu Feng won the Golden Horse for this performance.
Chia Ling aka Judy Lee (SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES, QUEEN BOXER) stars as a woman summoned by a retired general to sing and play the lute for him, but as she performs, he attempts to assault her and in the process murders her. The general and his assistant throw her body and lute into a fire, but Master Ku, a scholar who was watching her father, finds the burnt shell of the lute which now contains her ghost. Together they will now try and bring the general and his henchmen to justice.
Qi Ying (Hu Huizhong ornaments) love singing since childhood, with a sweet and moving voice. Her lover Wang Shu (Zhou Shaodong) will become a teacher as a lifelong volunteer, and thus went to the mountains to support education, but unfortunately died in an accident. Got the news of his loved one's death, Qi Ying into sadness and pain can not extricate themselves. Qi Ying often sings in the singing hall. Young entrepreneur Huang Zhizhong (Zhang Guozhu) is her loyal fan. Over time, Huang Zhizhong has gradually fallen in love with a gentle and tender Ying Ying. With Huang Zhizhong's companionship, Qi Ying gradually stepped out of the shadows of the past and regained his smile. However, at this juncture, Qi Ying found himself pregnant with Wang Shu flesh. Huang Zhizhong hope Qi Ying abortion, but Qi Ying is intended to give birth to this as if destined to belong to her children.