Image series: Fu Hung Hsieh is Fu Hung Hsieh

Daniel Kasman

Often we are allowed only a trace of the warriors' amazing feats. We do not see the action so much as glimpse it." -David Bordwell, "Richness through Imperfection: King Hu and the Glimpse"

 

From The Magic Blade (1976); featuring Ti Lung as Fu Hung Hsieh and Lo Lieh as Yen Nan-fei; directed by Chor Yuen; action direction by Wong Pau-Gei and Tong Gai; cinematography by Wong Chit:

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