Chu Yuan’s cinematic transmutation of Gu Long’s novels continues with this gripping wuxia whodunit set in the timeless realm of martial chivalry. Framed for the murder of three clan chiefs, famed swordsman Chu Liuxiang (Di Long) embarks on an investigation that leads him from a mystery woman to a group of Buddhist monks and a grotto-dwelling clan of female fighters. 1977, Hong Kong, color, 35mm, in Mandarin with English subtitles, 99 minutes.
