The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

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Director:Joseph Kuo
Length:85 minutes
Genre:Drama

The Swordsman of All Swordsmen

Yidai jian wang; r. Joseph Kuo, 1968, OV (mandarín.), AT + eST | Taiwanská sezóna ; Joseph Kuo, 1968, versions: OR,SS,ES,

Taiwanese season | introduction: Kristina Aschenbrenner

Director: Joseph Kuo

A kid, Tsai Ying-Jie, is the only one to survive a robbery of a legendary sword. Eighteen years later, he sets off on a journey of revenge. Yet, a hero's mission is never as straightforward as one might wish. Here, fate and a female warrior Flying Swallow intersect, and some secrets are revealed, that put Ying-Jie into a difficult position. He now must choose to avenge his father or repay Flying Swallow for saving his life? A box office success, The Swordsman of all Swordsmen is regarded as one of Taiwan’s most representative Chinese-language wuxia movies owing to its exciting action choreography that blends the “Northern School” of Chinese martial arts with Japanese bushido, as well as the philosophical questions about life injected by the protagonist’s inner struggle between obsession and letting go.

Length: 85 min

Year: 1968

Country of origin:

  • Taiwan

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles

Taiwanese season | introduction: Kristina Aschenbrenner

Director: Joseph Kuo

A kid, Tsai Ying-Jie, is the only one to survive a robbery of a legendary sword. Eighteen years later, he sets off on a journey of revenge. Yet, a hero's mission is never as straightforward as one might wish. Here, fate and a female warrior Flying Swallow intersect, and some secrets are revealed, that put Ying-Jie into a difficult position. He now must choose to avenge his father or repay Flying Swallow for saving his life? A box office success, The Swordsman of all Swordsmen is regarded as one of Taiwan’s most representative Chinese-language wuxia movies owing to its exciting action choreography that blends the “Northern School” of Chinese martial arts with Japanese bushido, as well as the philosophical questions about life injected by the protagonist’s inner struggle between obsession and letting go.

Year: 1968

Country of origin:

  • Taiwan

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles