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The Shadow Whip (1971)

Directed by Lo Wei

Action | Crime | Eastern

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in multiple murders and a major heist. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father’s brutal death, she demonstrates why she was Hong Kong’s number one swordswoman and no slouch with the whip either!

Length 78 minutes

Actors

Cheng Pei-Pei | Elliot Ngok | Tien Feng | Ku Feng | Kun Li | Wang Hsieh | Lee Sau-Kei | Lo Wei | Kao Ming | Lee Ka-Ting | Hao Li-Jen | Tsang Choh-Lam | Chin Chun | Lan Wei-Lieh | Sa Au | Max Lee Chiu-Jun | Lee Chiu | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | Chow Siu-Loi | Lei Lung | Cheung Chok-Chow | Yue Man-Wah | To Lo Po | Wu Por | Tong Kam-Tong | Yeung Chak-Lam | Wu Chi-Chin | Leung Seung-Wan | Cham Siu-Hung | Wong Chi-Ming | Ching Bo-San | Chu Gam | Wong Yuet-Ting | Lam Yuen | Gam Tin-Chue | Chai Lam | Sham Chin-Bo

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Viewing Notes

The Shadow Whip is very much old school kung fu with some fun wire work and great battle scenes. The more of these Hong Kong martial arts films I watch, the more influence I see on Tarantino’s Kill Bill. In particular there are some pretty massive battle scenes in The Shadow Whip that involve crazy odds of two against 50, 60 or more that obviously influenced the Crazy 88s fight scene in Kill Bill.

Pei-Pei Chang is mesmerizing to watch in the action scenes, both because she’s beautiful and deadly with a whip. There are some fun, inventively bloody killings involving the whip that add to the uniqueness of this film. It’s also set in what I’m guessing is Northern China with some great location shooting against snowy mountains and hillsides.

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