Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre Duology DVDrip {BALA}

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Yi tian tu long ji


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Chivalrous Killer/


Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre


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Movie Information




Release year.........: 1978


Genre................: Action


IMDb rating..........: 5.7/10


IMDB Link............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077664/
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HKMDB Link...........: http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5925&display_set=eng
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Language.............: Chinese(Mandarin)


Subtitles............: English .srt

Duration.............: 1h 41mn


Source...............: DVD R3


Format...............: MPEG-4


Format/Info..........: Base Media


File size............: 777 MB


Overall bit rate.....: 1 070 Kbps


Writing application..: HandBrake 0.9.8

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, also known as Chivalrous Killer, is a two-part 1978 Hong Kong film adapted from Louis Chas novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.

The story follows the exploits of Cheung Mo-Kei(Derek Yee), a child of a doomed romance between a swordsman from one of the major martial arts clans and a woman from the Ming Cult. Cheung finds himself orphaned and poisoned at a young age. He is also the only person who knows the whereabouts of his godfather, the Golden Lion King, a master martial artist of the Ming Cult and possessor of the all-powerful Dragon Sabre. Through a series of adventures, Cheung is cured of his poison, learns tremendously powerful fighting techniques, and finds his loyalties tested by the righteous clans and the Ming Cult. All the while, he and many others of the martial arts world seek to unite the Dragon Sabre with its sister blade, the Heaven Sword, for legend says that the two will reveal a secret of great power when brought together.


Like other Chor Yuen movies, the story is as rich as the landscape. The sets, the costumes, and the sheer number of characters is quite impressive for a martial arts epic of this era and will be a treat for anyone who enjoys lavish productions.

Country: Hong Kong


Genre: Martial Arts


Release Date: 10/19/1978




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Heaven Sword & Dragon Sabre Part II


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Release year.........: 1978


Genre................: Action/Drama


IMDb rating..........: 6.4/10


IMDB Link............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077665/
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HKMDB Link...........: http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=5926&display_set=eng
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Language.............: Chinese(Mandarin)


Subtitles............: English .srt

Duration.............: 1h 35mn


Source...............: DVD R3


Format...............: MPEG-4


Format/Info..........: Base Media


File size............: 731 MB


Overall bit rate.....: 1 069 Kbps


Writing application..: HandBrake 0.9.8

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, is a two-part 1978 Hong Kong film adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.

This film is one of the few Shaw films where none of the actors had any decent martial art skill. Their acting ability is another issue. The use of fighting doubles is really obvious in this one as the shots go from a medium shot of two actors clumsily going thru the motions to very long shots of doubles doing all sorts of swift fighting and acrobatics. Someone had the not very brilliant idea of endowing the lead character with a time shifting martial art which is represented by stopping the camera, the actor changes his spot and starting the camera again. This is the oldest special effect in the book but even the guy who discovered it in the 1890s, George Melies, realized that this effect was tough to do with crowd scenes. Yet this is done this way time and time again with the only distraction from the crowd of onlookers suddenly changing is a loud "ding" on the soundtrack. There is also little effort to conceal the Astroturf grass used in the sets. You can clearly see the squares and wrinkles. Maybe it was felt that the movie was an extension of a theatrical piece and nobody would even consider a theater set to have real grass.

Lots of interesting ideas and visuals. The old Shaolin masters who sit in the trunk of trees waiting for someone to fight them out is neat. There's an unexplained guy with a green beard. The title weapons are supposed to be made of quartz but are represented by Plexiglas. The art design is very unrealistic, at times the film is like a painting but not a very good one. Chu Yuan did a lot of better films in regards to plot, action and art design. Unless you are familiar with the story, it might be best to skip this.

Country: Hong Kong


Genre: Martial Arts


Release Date: 10/27/1978


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