Dung Fong Bat Bai: Fung wan joi hei (1993)

Directors:

Siu-Tung Ching
Raymond Lee

Writers:

Louis Cha (novel)
Tin-suen Chan (writer)

Release Date:

21 January 1993 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | History | Romance

Plot:

A royal official accompanies a Portuguese warship to the Black Cliffs to see the site of the defeat of the evil Invincible Asia...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Kung Fu | Sequel | Sex Change | Messiah

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Brigitte Lin	...	Asia the Invincible (or 'Dong Fong But Bai')
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddy Ko	...	Chin
Shun Lau	...	Warden of the Holy Altar
Waise Lee
Jean Wang	...	Snow's Conqubine
Joey Wang	...	Snow
Shi-Kwan Yen		(as Yee Kwan Yan)
Fennie Yuen
King-Tan Yuen	...	Madam
Rongguang Yu	...	Gu Cheong Fong

Also Known As:

Dong Fang Bu Bai: Feng yun zai qi (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Invincible Asia 2: Turbulence Again Rises (literal English title)
Swordsman III
Swordsman III: East Is Red
The East Is Red (Hong Kong: English title)

Runtime:

93 min | Germany:107 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Film Workshop

Movie Connections:

Follows Xiao ao jiang hu zhi: Dong Fang Bu Bai (1992)

Simply great

First disregard all negative comments, written by people who couldn't even follow the story.

This movie is perfect example of movies created during the golden age of Hong Kong. It's an amazing combination of romance, action, comedy and drama and it features beautiful women as deadly fighters. What more could you want? Koo - a Chinese officer risks his life to meet Asia the Invincible (a man turned woman, played by a woman - Brigitte Lin) the greatest fighter alive, who has retired from the world of martial arts. He wants her to stop other "Asia the Invincible" imposter's. She decides to help him at first, then to claim back her lost power. Now Koo has to stop her. But that's not all, there's also a love triangle involving Koo, Asia the Invincible and Snow (a woman pretending to be a man, played by a beautiful woman - Joey Wang).

The action is very over the top, it's unlike anything you've seen before, with people wielding cannons and throwing ships around, killing people with just their chi. There are lots of romantic, even erotic, moments, some of them involving two women, and the end is very dramatic.

Don't miss this great movie!