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Glory Days of Hong Kong Cinema: Shaw Brothers Retrospective

Golden Swallow

Chang Cheh

Hong Kong China1968 108min 35mm Color

Synopsis

Golden Swallow is living peacefully with her friend, Han Tao by a waterfall but soon she is accused of going on a bloody rampage against an evil clan. As it turns out, the actual culprit is an old beau named Silver Roc who is impersonating her to draw her out into the open. A complicated love triangle develops as her affections are torn between the two men while all three must also deal with the evil kung fu clan.
 

Diretor

Chang Cheh

Born in 1923 in Hangzhou and moved to Chongqing during World War II. There he majored in political science and was an active member of the Cultural Movement Committee during the 1940s. CHANG Cheh began his film career as a screenwriter, and made his directorial debut with Wind and Storm over Alisan in Taiwan in 1949. After been courted by Run Run Shaw, he directed The One-Armed Swordsman (1967), which was the first film to gross more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. From 1964 to 1981, he directed more than 70 films for the Shaw Brothers. He has influenced other directors such as John Woo and Liu Chiau Liang and made famous such Hong Kong stars as Keo Choi, Fu Sheng and Lung Ti. Until his death on June 22nd, 2002 he had made 101 films. His most revered works include Vengeance (‘70), The Blood Brothers (‘73) and Five Venoms (‘78).