Synopsis:
In the mid-17th century, the Manchus take over sovereignty of China and establish the Qing Dynasty. While nationalistic sentiments start brewing within the martial artists' community (jianghu), the Qing government immediately imposes a ban forbidding the common people from practising martial arts. Fire-Wind sees the new law as an opportunity to for himself to make a fortune and offers to help the government execute the new rule. Greedy, cruel and immoral, Fire-Wind ravages northwest China with his army, killing thousands of pugilists as well as innocent civilians. His next goal is to attack Martial Village, which houses a large number of martial artists... (Source: Wikipedia) ~~ Adapted from the novel series “Qi Jian Xia Tian Shan” (七劍下天山) by Liang Yu Sheng (梁羽生). ~~ It was used as the opening film to the 2005 Venice Film Festival and as a homage to Akira Kurosawa's “Seven Samurai” (1954).
- Country:Hong Kong
- Released: Jul 29, 2005
- Duration: 2 hr. 33 min.
- Rating: Not Yet Rated
- Score: 7.2/10(by 332 users)
- Ranked: #8179
- Popularity: #10917
- Watchers: 656.0
- Screenwriter:
- Director: Tsui Hark
- Genres: Wuxia ;Drama
- Tags: Rescue Mission ;Historical Fiction ;Skilled Killer ;Slight Romance ;Qing Dynasty ;Kidnapping ;Unrequited Love ;Adapted From A Novel ;Martial Arts ;Historical