The Jade Faced Assassin

The Jade Faced Assassin

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Traditional 玉面俠
Simplified 　玉面侠
Mandarin Yǜ Miàn Xiá
Directed by Yan Jun
Produced by Run Run Shaw
Written by Wong Fung
Based on Juedai Shuangjiao
by Gu Long
Starring Lily Ho
Kao Yuen
Music by Frankie Chan
Cinematography Wong Kim-hon
Edited by Chiang Hsing-lung
Production
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Release dates
  • 9 April 1971 (1971-04-09)
Running time
 105 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Mandarin

The Jade Faced Assassin is a 1971 Hong Kong film adapted from Gu Long's novel Juedai Shuangjiao. The film was directed by Yan Jun, produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, and starred Lily Ho and Kao Yuen as the lead characters.

Plot

The swordsman Zhang Zhen is injured in a misadventure and rescued by Eldest Sister of Changchun Sect, who has a crush on him. However, Zhang falls in love with the maid Yuenu instead, and conceives twins with her. The couple are killed by a group of evil pugilists later. The Eldest Sister is angry with Zhang Zhen for not accepting her and plans to make Zhang's children kill each other as revenge. The baby girl (Xiaolu'er) is saved by Zhang's friend, Lian Lanyan, while the male infant (Hua Yuchun) is taken away by the Eldest Sister. Lian Lanyan encounters the Ten Villains when he passes through Villains' Valley. He is overwhelmed by them and knocked out in a fight. The baby Xiaolu'er is taken away by the Villains, who surprisingly do not harm her, and instead intend to groom her to become the greatest villain ever. Eighteen years later, the twins meet each other by coincidence.

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