Sha jue (1977)
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Lung Ti, Ping Wang, Jeanette Yu Wei, David Chiang, Yuan Chuan, Chih-Ching Yang, Feng Ku, Kang-Yeh Cheng, Chen Chi Lin, Hui-Ling Liu
A nameless swordsman pursues supremacy, but an unexpected attachment threatens the ruthless edge of his ambition.
The story
A young swordsman with no name, family, master, or sect challenges fighters across the martial-arts world, determined to become the greatest under heaven. His quest brings him to Lu Tiangang, who already holds that title. Rather than simply meet the challenge, Lu recognizes the young man’s talent and secretly trains him. Later, the swordsman’s life takes an unexpected turn when he steals He Lian from another man. The new attachment complicates his pursuit of mastery and costs his swordsmanship its formerly merciless power.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A young swordsman (played by Ti Lung), “without a name or family name, without a master or sect,” challenges swordsmen throughout the martial-arts world in order to become the greatest under heaven. Eventually, he challenges Lu Tiangang (played by Ku Feng), the greatest swordsman under heaven. When Lu Tiangang learns of this, however, he recognizes the young man’s talent and secretly trains him. Later, the young swordsman unexpectedly steals He Lian (played by Lin Zhenqi) from another man, and his swordsmanship consequently loses its merciless power. He eventually realizes that to become stronger, he must abandon everything. He kills He Lian and defeats the man who holds the title of greatest sword under heaven. But afterward, empty inside, he is killed by the woman’s lover…
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