THE FIRST SWORD

1967 Mandarin Colour 83mins
Director : Tu Guangqi / Cast : Chen Manling, Zhao Lei
During a battle with Wu Qiong, the king of poison, Xie Wuyang, the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan is poisoned. His junior, Tong Wanling risks her life to save him and becomes poisoned herself. At his wit's end, Wuyang seeks Wanling's grandparents for help. Meanwhile, Yan Zongqi plots to overthrow Wuyang as the chief of the Golden Dragon Clan and schemes with Wu Qiong to obtain the secret manual of the Clan.

THE IRON HORSE

1967 Mandarin Colour 84mins
Director : Yuan Qiufeng / Cast : Jiang Hong, Zhao Lei
Magistrate Hu enlists the help of the great swordsman Zhan Mubai to recover the stolen Nine Dragon Cup. The beautiful swordswoman Song Tianjiao challenges Zhan to a duel but is easily defeated. Tianjiao's brothers come to her rescue and lock her up as punishment. She escapes but not before overhearing her brothers' plot to trick Zhan. The Song brothers waylay Zhan and challenge him to a fight with the Nine Dragon Cup as the prize.

THE WANDERING KNIGHT

1967 Mandarin Colour 88mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Lin Cui, Zhao Lei
Knights-errant Jiang Changfa and Xiaohu are constantly in search of adventures. At a village, the Li brothers have long wished to marry the Jin sisters. Jealous of Sun Zhengyang courting Jin Erfeng, Li Shaoxiong provokes Zhenyang to a fight. Next, mistaking Changfa as a rival, Shaoxiong cuts him with a hidden knife. When Erfeng is discovered to be pregnant, Changfa falsely claims responsibility to save her from disgrace. However, Changfa is actually secretly in love with Jin Dafeng and, after much hesitation, decides to elope with Dafeng.

DESPERATE SEVEN

1968 Mandarin Colour 100mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Jiang Hong, Zhao Lei
Lord Liang and his wife intend to present a gift of precious jewels to the Prime Minister and order Yang Zhi, captain of his army, to bring the gift to the capital. To avoid attention, Yang Zhi suggests that he disguises himself as a tradesman and asks for a maid to pose as his wife. The fortuneteller
discovers their secret mission. Together with his gang of seven, they set out to steal the jewels.

THE INVISIBLE SABRE

1968 Mandarin Colour 87mins
Director : Tu Guangqi / Cast : Chen Manling, Zhao Lei
Chief Zhao, the leader of the Wei Wu Society, is ambushed and slain. The family heirloom, the Invisible Sabre is now in the hands of a masked man who does not know its secret and cannot make use of it. Chief Zhao's son Yutang disguises himself as a beggar to investigate, but his true identity is soon discovered by the masked man who lures him to an old fort. A violent fight breaks out and Yutang, using the Invisible Sabre, kills the masked man who turns out to be Second Chief Yue of Wei Wu Society.

JADE DRAGON

1968 Mandarin Colour 88mins
Director : Gao Li / Cast : Chen Manling, Tian Qing
On his deathbed, Guan, the master of the Jade Dragon Society, betroths his daughter Fengjiao to his pupil Jin, unaware that she is in love with Deng. Heart-broken, Deng leaves. Fengjiao gives birth to Deng's daughter and names her Lingzi. Shi, the leader of the rival Wan Tai Society, is bent on destroying the Jade Dragon Society. He tricks Jin into accepting an important consignment for conveyance, then robs him to wreck the reputation of the Jade Dragon Society.

THE SMILING SWORDSMAN

1968 Mandarin Colour 91mins
Director : Jiang Nan / Cast : Chen Manling, Tian Qing
A petty thief learns the art of healing while serving his prison sentence and becomes a travelling physician after his release. After failing to save the head of a clan, he gets himself involved in a political game with all the intrigue of jiang hu, complete with amusing mishaps and an unexpected
twist.

TO KILL A ROVER

1968 Mandarin Colour 96mins
Director : Wang Ping / Cast : Zhang Huixian, Zhang Chong
Du Junhu leaves home because his father objects to his romance with the family maid Ningyu. Feng Diao, the evil brother of Ningyu is after the Du family fortune. He forces Ningyu to marry Junhu's father and later engages He Jiu, a bandit to kill him. In order to get rid of all possible obstacles to the Du family inheritance, he then sends He Jiu to search out and kill Junhu.

TRAVEL WITH A SWORD

1968 Mandarin Colour 84mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Le Di, Zhao Lei
On the way to seek revenge for her father's death, Duan Yanyan manages to defeat and stop a notorious gang from robbing a pawnshop. While at the village, she and the son of her father's killer check into the same inn but they are unaware of each other's identity, until she sees the jade-studded dagger that was used to kill her father.

THE BLACK PANTHER

1969 Mandarin Colour 78mins
Director : Wang Ping / Cast : Jiang Hong, Zhang Chong
The Black Panther is a vicious and highly skilled swordswoman working for Liu Jin, a corrupt high court official. A plot to overthrow Liu Jin by ninety-nine loyal officials has failed and the list of their names has fallen into the hands of a court clerk. Black Panther is assigned to retrieve it.

THE CHALLENGE

1969 Mandarin Colour 84mins
Director : Li Ying / Cast : Kang Ni, Qin Xianglin
Scholar Zhao Wenlong intervenes when he sees the district governor's son Zhicheng abducting a village woman. Zhicheng seeks help from his uncle Tang Wu, who is a formidable fighter and the leader of the fearsome Five Tigers. In fact, Tang Wu is the one who killed Wenlong's teacher many years ago. Wenlong comes up with a plan to avenge his teacher's death.

EIGHT FOR THE BORDER

1969 Mandarin Colour 87mins
Director : Gao Li / Cast : Xia Wen, Zhao Lei
The fall of Su Zhou to the Mongols is imminent and Governor Wu, after much difficulty, succeeds in persuading banished General Chu to help defend the city. Chu gathers seven experts in different skills to assist him in his plan. Pretending to be a peace delegate, Chu leads his party into the Mongol camps.

ESCORTS OVER TIGER HILLS

1969 Mandarin Colour 95mins
Director : Wang Xinglei / Cast : Zhou Xuan, Qiao Hong
Among the prisoners captured by the Chinese General Geng are the Tartar Prince Gelu and Colonel Eliduo. The Tartars suggest an exchange of prisoners and the Chinese Emperor entrusts Colonel Jiang the task of escorting the Tartar prisoners back to their camp. Upon hearing that the Tartars plan to go back on their word, General Geng sends for the retired guerrilla leader Jing Wuji to aid General Jiang.

IRON BONES

1969 Mandarin Colour 95mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Chen Manling, Jin Chuan
Meng's son Xiaoshan develops a fierce jealousy for Ji's pupil Ma after the latter wins in a duel with a bandit. Xiaoshan accuses Ma of stealing his teacher's secret manual on martial arts, from which he suspects Ma acquired his new skills. After Meng is seriously wounded and Ji disappears, Xiaoshan sends his men to pursue Ji and detains Ma. While in jail, Ma meets a bearded warrior, Shi Long, who turns over to Ma the secret manual, from which Ma learns and develops the Iron Bones technique.

LOTUS CAMP

1969 Mandarin Colour 86mins
Director : Tu Guangqi / Cast : Chen Manling, Qin Xianglin
Jin Zhu, a beautiful and highly-skilled lady warrior, is searching for her parents' murderer. Ye Feilong is an able young knight sent by his teacher to help Jin in her mission. With the help of an old knight, their search leads them to Lotus Camp where they discover the story of the camp and finds the murderer.

MAD, MAD, MAD SWORD

1969 Mandarin Colour 98mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Qin Yun, Tian Qing
Li Conglong, the chief of Green Wall School has five disciples and dotes on his favourite, Chen Ziyuan. Through a series of freak accidents, Ziyuan finds himself successor to his master and becomes the chief. He proposes to Li's daughter, who asks him to establish his reputation first. Ziyuan leaves the school and sets out to establish a name for himself.

MALLOW FOREST

1969 Mandarin Colour 86mins
Director : Wang Ping / Cast : Chen Manling, Qin Xianglin
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the bandit Zhang Xianzhong, fearing that his treasures may be seized by the Manchurians, entrusts his henchman Yun to escort it to Mount Mei for safekeeping. However, Yun has made arrangements with the Manchurian spy Jin to ambush the treasure on the
way to Mount Mei.

A PEARL IN COMMAND

1969 Mandarin Colour 99mins
Director : Wen Shiling / Cast : Chen Manling, Zhang Chong
District Officer Wang Liangzuo is assigned to present the priceless Sun and Moon Pearl to a neighbouring state as a peace offering but is sabotaged by the notorious Du brothers. In a suicidal attempt to save her father, Liangzuo's daughter decides to penetrate the bandits' hideout with the
help of four death row convicts.

THE ROYAL SEAL

1969 Mandarin Colour 103mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Chen Manling, Zhao Lei
When the city of Lai Zhou falls to the conquering Mongols, the Royal Seal of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty disappears mysteriously. This is considered a bad omen and the Song patriots are determined to find it. General Li comes across the hunter Xu Tianlong, who is also a skilled fighter, and entrusts upon him the task of finding the Royal Seal.

THE VIOLET MANSION

1969 Mandarin Colour 87mins
Director : Tu Guangqi / Cast : Chen Manling, Qin Xianglin
Three Kun Lun monks kill Yan when she refuses to surrender the highly coveted Kun Lun Treasures. Wen, a veteran lady warrior adopts Min, the son of Yan, and teaches him martial arts. When he is grown up, Wen pretends to be seriously ill and claims that nothing except the Kun Lun Treasures can cure her. Min's search leads him to the Violet Mansion, the house in which his parents lived and where the Kun Lun Treasures are hidden.

THE EAGLE'S CLAW

1970 Mandarin Colour 80mins
Director : Wen Shiling / Cast : Tan Yili, Zhang Chong
Li Wenbao, a security guard, and his daughter Xuehong are escorting a cargo when they meet Long Feihu, the right hand man of Yin Daniang. Long offers 2,000 teals of gold for the cargo. Li refuses. The cargo is in fact the body of a man who has killed Daniang's husband and she is
determined to seize it and desecrate it as an act of revenge.

THE FABULOUS PROTECTRESS

1970 Mandarin Colour 89mins
Director : Liang Rui / Cast : Zhou Xuan, Bai Yu
Changdu, the Knight of the Resonant Sword, rescues the convict Zhiyi and aids him in his escape. A group of officers mistake Changdu for Zhiyi and capture him. He is rescued by a lady knight, Hongqiu who also mistakes him to be Zhiyi. She reveals that she is on a mission to seek out her brother-in-arm who wields the Resonant Sword. It is after a fierce battle that she discovers his true identity and decides to be his companion for the rest of her life.

FORBIDDEN KILLING

1970 Mandarin Colour 79mins
Director : Wang Ping / Cast : Chen Manling, Zhang Bin
Ding Danfeng, in his escape from a wicked court official's assassins, is rescued by Wild Girl, the daughter of a murdered government officer. Knowing that Ding is under the protection of Wild Girl and an old swordsman, the assassins seek assistance from Ren Jianchou, the murderer of Wild Girl's father. Ren launches a surprise attack and a showdown begins.

THE KING'S SWORD

1970 Mandarin Colour 81mins
Director : Tu Guangqi / Cast : Tang Qin, Qin Xianglin
After refusing a direct order from Prince Yan, Fang Xiaoru's family and relatives are slaughtered except for his son, Zhongshu who manages to escape. Zhongshu is married to Waner, whose father is a general in Prince Yan's army. The general is ordered to kill his son-in-law. Zhongshu narrowly
escapes capture with the help of his teacher, who then arranges for him to hide in Bao Guo Monastery.

THE RIVALS

1970 Mandarin Colour 91mins
Director : Luo Chi / Cast : Zhang Chong, Zhao Lei
One day while Gu Zhanfei is away, his cottage is burnt to the ground. His mother and sister perish in the fire while his wife, Yun Tianjiao is missing. Gu finds a sword engraved with the word "Lei" beside the bodies and assumes the culprit to be Lei Songhan. Gu goes to the house of Lei to seek revenge.

UNCONQUERED

1970 Mandarin Colour 80mins
Director : Yi Wen, Liang Rui / Cast : Jiang Hong, Zhu Mu
Emperor Yongzheng is a vicious and unscrupulous man who has developed a lethal weapon, the 'Xuedizi' to destroy his enemies. It can be controlled remotely and beheads its victims swiftly and effectively. To prevent the Xuedizi squad from annihilation by Huang Shan School, the squad leader recruits Jinde, a student of Monk Liaoyin, the successor of Huang Shan School, so as to secure the support of the school. Discovering that Jinde is a traitor, Monk Liaoyin kills him and a fierce battle between the school and the Xuedizi squad follows.

UNKNOWN SWORDSMAN

1970 Mandarin Colour 91mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Chen Qing, Qin Xianglin
The villagers have nicknamed the nameless stranger Idiot because of his peculiar behaviours. The villagers dislike Idiot and try to drive him away. Unknown to the villagers, Idiot is actually a highly skilled swordsman and his true identity is revealed when he helps the villagers to fight a group of ruthless gangsters. After the incident, the villagers accept Idiot and beg him to remain in their village but Idiot ignores their pleas and leaves.

HER VENGENEANCE

1971 Mandarin Colour 76mins
Director : Zhu Mu / Cast : Hu Yinyin, Qin Xianglin
During the Song Dynasty, Commander Deng Guangtai is murdered while fighting the invasion of the Tartars. His daughter, Cuifeng is informed that the murderer is none other than her fiancé Yue Mingjian. In despair, she swears to avenge her father's death. But, is Mingjian the real murderer?

THE LIVING SWORD

1971 Mandarin Colour 83mins
Director : Wang Ping / Cast : Chen Manling, Qin Xianglin
In a sword-fighting tournament, Long Lie kills his opponent and becomes the champion but his honor is short-lived when he discovers that his wife is having an affair. Enraged by jealousy, he kills his wife and her lover. He is to be beheaded but manages to escape and seeks asylum inside a temple. There he meets Lady Snow Maid whom he eventually finds out to be the widow of his slain opponent during the tournament.

THE CAPTIVE

1972 Mandarin Colour 78mins
Director : Li Ying / Cast : Tang Qin, Xie Rong
Swordswoman Yang Danqing and her maid journey southwards with their captive Lei Jingtian, who is suspected to have murdered Danqing's parents to get hold of a sword-fighting manual. Throughout their journey, a monk comes to their rescue whenever they face danger, then mysteriously disappears promptly after.

THE GREAT HIGHWAYMAN

1974 Mandarin Colour 88mins
Director : Luo Chi / Cast : Tan Yili, Zhang Bin
Members of the Bat Gang wear black outfits and masks and are able to perform powerful feats coupled with bat-like movements. The Bat Gang often intercepts the operations of other gangs, only to snatch away the stolen goods collected by them. They leave no trace in their movements and the identity of its leader and hideout is never known until two of the gang members are defeated in a fight with a swordswoman.

THE GREAT PLOT

1974 Mandarin Colour 88mins
Director : Zhang Shusheng / Cast : Tang Qin, Jiang Shan
General Huang Zhongqiu enlists the help of a group of swordsmen to revolt against the tyrant Lord Tao Guxin. They chance upon Lord Tao's housekeeper who is being pursued by Lord Tao's henchmen for stealing a secret map. The map falls into their hands and Lord Tao is now hot on their heels.

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