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The Valiant Ones

Original title: Zhong lie tu
  • 19751975
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
398
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POPULARITY
126,573
7,991
The Valiant Ones (1975)
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The emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates.The emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates.The emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
398
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
126,573
7,991
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    • Director
      • King Hu
    • Writer
      • King Hu
    • Stars
      • Feng Hsu
      • Ying Bai
      • Roy Chiao
    Top credits
    • Director
      • King Hu
    • Writer
      • King Hu
    • Stars
      • Feng Hsu
      • Ying Bai
      • Roy Chiao
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    • 3User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ying-Chieh Han, and Siu-Tin Yuen in The Valiant Ones (1975)
    Ying Bai and Feng Hsu in The Valiant Ones (1975)
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    Feng Hsu
    Feng Hsu
    • Wu Re-shi
    Ying Bai
    Ying Bai
    • Wu Jiyuan
    Roy Chiao
    Roy Chiao
    • Yu Da-you
    Chia-Hsiang Wu
    Chia-Hsiang Wu
    • Lin Mao-he
    Wei Tao
    Wei Tao
    • Wang She-ke
    Kong Lau
    Kong Lau
    • Tang Ke-jian
    • (as Chiang Liu)
    Ying-Chieh Han
    Ying-Chieh Han
    • Xu Dong
    Wei Yang
    Wei Yang
    • Zhou Lide
    Wen-Tai Li
    Wen-Tai Li
    • Lo Shao-tang
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
    • Hakatatsu
    • (as Yuan-Lung Chu)
    Nan Chiang
    Nan Chiang
    • Lin Tong
    Li-Jen Ho
    Li-Jen Ho
    • Li
    Ming-Tsai Wu
    Ming-Tsai Wu
    • Zhou Fa
    Siu-Tin Yuen
    Siu-Tin Yuen
    • Monk
    • (as Hsiao Tien Yuan)
    Lei Zhao
    Lei Zhao
    • Emperor Jiajing (Guest star)
    Kuang-Chi Tu
    • (Guest star)
    Billy Chan
    Billy Chan
    • Japanese swordsman pirate
    Yuet-Sang Chin
    Yuet-Sang Chin
    • Pirate
    • Director
      • King Hu
    • Writer
      • King Hu
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      This is the only film that director King Hu had full rights to.
    • Connections
      Featured in Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2003)

    User reviews3

    Review
    Top review
    Middling Chinese swordplay adventure from King Hu
    THE VALIANT ONES (1974) is a mid-career work from celebrated Chinese director King Hu who worked in Hong Kong and Taiwan and specialized in costume adventures with martial arts themes. It's a historical swordplay adventure about Chinese officials trying to find a way to thwart Japanese pirates plundering the coast of China. It's all rather slow going until the final full-scale battle in the woods between the Chinese soldiers and the pirates and the final duels on the beach between the heroes and the head pirate.

    It's nicely photographed on Taiwan locations, but the script is contrived, the characters restrained, and most of the fighting, until the end battle, not terribly well staged. There is some attempt to incorporate the newer kung fu styles then gaining ascendancy at Shaw Bros. in Hong Kong, but the lead actor here, Pai Ying, is not quite the fighter the part required. Further down the cast list are some important names who would become prominent in kung fu films a few years later. Samo Hung plays the lead Japanese pirate. Yuen Biao appears as one of the pirates and has a brief bout with the hero. Simon Yuen, patriarch of the famous Yuen clan and the title character in Jackie Chan's original DRUNKEN MASTER (1978), appears as a bald monk. Rounding out the cast is the beautiful and formidable Hsu Feng, one of director Hu's favorite actresses. The film is in Mandarin with English subtitles that are frequently hard to decipher in this full-frame VHS transfer which cuts off the subtitles on the sides.
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    • Apr 21, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 19, 1975 (Hong Kong)
    • Countries of origin
      • Taiwan
      • Hong Kong
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Die Mutigen
    • Production companies
      • Golden Harvest Company
      • King Hu Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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