The "Swordsman: The Invincible East" directed by Tsui Hark has never been surpassed since its release in 1992, and in the foreseeable future, no one will be able to surpass it. It is recognized as the highest peak in the history of Chinese martial arts movies.
In the 1990s, Hong Kong martial arts movies entered an unprecedented prosperous period. During this period, Tsui Hark successively filmed or supervised the production of "Swordsman", "Swordsman: The Undefeated of the East" and "New Dragon Inn", etc. Many films have pushed martial arts movies to an insurmountable peak, especially "Swordsman: The Invincible of the East" has become a classic in the hearts of fans.
Linghu Chong (played by Jet Li) and younger junior sister Yue Lingshan (played by Li Jiaxin) are going to meet up with their juniors at Niubei Mountain, and then retire to the forest together. Dongfang Invincible (played by Brigitte Lin) accidentally overturned Linghu Chong's wine when he was fighting against the imperial army. Although he was chased and lost the wine, Dongfang Invincible still had a good impression on him when he saw this guy who wanted to drink and kill him. Ren Yingying (played by Guan Zhilin) waited for Linghu to rush, but waited for the Fusang Langren to come. The two sides fought a battle, and Ren Yingying took Lan Fenghuang (played by Yuan Jieying) to retreat.
Linghu Chong and his juniors met at the agreed place, and found a lot of dead bodies in the store. In order to avoid trouble, Ling Hu Chong rode away the officers and soldiers nearby, and ended up breaking into the range of Dongfang Invincible's practice. When Linghu Chong saw a beautiful woman, he thought she was an ordinary person, but he didn't expect that it was Dongfang Unbeaten, a famous Zhenjianghu expert. Linghu Chong thought that Ren Yingying was captured by the Fusang Ronin, so he sneaked into the Ronin camp with his junior brothers and met with Ren Woxing's subordinate Xiang Wentian (played by Liu Xun). Under his leadership, Linghu Chong met Ren Yingying. . In order to find out about the missing Ren Woxing, Linghu and Xiang Wentian rushed into a secret place, where he met Dongfang Bubai, who used to drink together. When Linghu Chong saw that a killer was coming to assassinate, he thought it was for him, so he took Dongfang Invincible and left. The two drank and chatted under the moonlight, telling each other their sincerity. Dongfang Invincible's subordinate Hattori Chijun (played by Li Zixiong) found two people, Linghu Chong was about to protect Dongfang Invincible, but was tapped on acupuncture points and fainted.
After waking up, Linghu Chong found himself trapped in a dungeon, and in the dungeon next to him was Ren Woxing (played by Ren Shiguan) who had been missing for many days. The two used a trick to defeat the jailer and escape. When Ren Woxing saw his daughter Ren Yingying and his subordinate Xiang Wentian, he learned that Dongfang Invincible was purging the elders of the Sun and Moon Sect, and many of them were killed. Ren Woxing was determined to take revenge and regain the position of the leader. Linghu Chong did not want to be involved in the grievances and grievances of the rivers and lakes. Dongfang Invincible's concubine Shishi (played by Yu An'an) is shocked to find that Dongfang Invincible is learning how to paint eyebrows and lips. I accompany Linghu Chong for one night.
Lan Fenghuang accidentally discovered the whereabouts of Dongfang Invincible, but was injured by her with a poisonous needle. She tried her best to escape back to Yedian, and the Sun Moon God Sect and Fusang Ronin also chased after him. Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian blocked Hattori Qianjun and the others, Yue Lingshan and Huashan disciples took the opportunity to escape with Lan Phoenix, but they encountered Dongfang Invincible. All Huashan disciples except Yue Lingshan were killed, and even Lan Fenghuang died. When Linghu Chong returned to Yedian, he found that all his juniors and brothers were dead and sad. Linghu Chong, Yue Lingshan and Ren Woxing's father and daughter killed Heimuya together to seek revenge for Dongfang Invincible. It was only at this time that Linghu Chong discovered that the woman drinking with him turned out to be Dongfang Invincible. When the enemy met, they were extremely jealous, and the two sides started a duel, but they were not opponents of Dongfang Invincible at all. In order to save Ren Yingying, Linghu Chong stabbed her while Dongfang Invincible was distracted. The heartbroken Dongfang Invincible finally fell off a cliff, leaving only a disappointed Linghu Chong.
This film has made very big changes to Jin Yong's original work, especially the love-hate entanglement between Linghu Chong and Dongfang Invincible. In the novel, Linghu Chong helps Ren Wuxing's father and daughter Dongfang Invincible to take revenge. There is no intersection. This change of Tsui Hark made the characters more vivid and deeply rooted in the original work, which made Jin Yong very dissatisfied, because Jin Yong could not accept that Dongfang Invincible was a woman, and he was in love with Linghu Chong, so he threatened to no longer authorize Tsui Hark. But the Dongfang Invincible played by Brigitte Lin can be called the most successful subversion in film history. Under the interpretation of Lin Qingxia, the Dongfang Invincible on the screen is charming and charming. It is no wonder that Linghu Chong fell in love with her at first sight. Dongfang Invincible is ruthless and ruthless. She treats enemies without mercy, and is even more ruthless to herself. She is willing to sacrifice herself for power, but when she sees the unruly Linghu Chong, she falls in love with this ignorant boy. Children are long in love, and heroes are short-lived. When an ambitious hero turns into a love-crazy woman, tragedy is inevitable. Jet Li himself is also very suitable for costume dramas. He is both chic and elegant, and definitely fits the image of a hero in the minds of fans. Linghu Chong, played by him, was thinking of quitting the arena, but let me talk to wake up the dreamer, "As long as there are people, there will be grievances. If there are grievances, there will be rivers and lakes. People are rivers and lakes, how do you quit?" In society, whether it is for the sword or the fish, one can hide from the open robbery, but cannot hide from the dark arrows. Since people are rivers and lakes, who can find a peach blossom garden to hide from the world?
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