The Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Seen it?1981 | 104 min | Action, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for martial arts fans and people who like their stories at full throttle. The fight choreography is a big part of the appeal. A good follow-up to Beast.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 44 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Cantonese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. Obeying a request hidden in the manual to give a portion of the treasure to the Golden Snake's old girlfriend, Yuan begins to seek the woman out - on the way solving the riddle of the Golden Snake, and how he came to his end.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chang Cheh
- Phillip Kwok ChuiYuan Cheng-chih
- Candy Man Suet-yeeWen Ching-Ching
- Chiang ShengWen Jing
- Lu FengUncle Wen Nan Yang
- Wong LikGrandpa Wen
- Ching LiWen Yi
- Yu Tai-PingUncle Wen Bai Yang
- Chu KoWen Fang
- Chu Tit-woHuang Zhen
- Lung Tien-hsiangGolden Snake