The Fate of Lee Khan
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| The Fate of Lee Khan | |||||||||||
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 Original Hong Kong film poster[1] | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 迎春閣之風波 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 迎春阁之风波 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Turbulence at Yingchun Pavilion | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | King Hu | ||||||||||
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| Produced by | Raymond Chow | ||||||||||
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| Cinematography | Chen Chao-yung[2] | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Liang Yung-tsan[2] | ||||||||||
| Music by | Joseph Koo[2] | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest | ||||||||||
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| Country | Hong Kong[4][5] | ||||||||||
| Language | Mandarin[5] | ||||||||||
The Fate of Lee Khan (Chinese: 迎春閣之風波; lit. 'The Turbulence at Yingchun Pavilion') is a 1973 Hong Kong wuxia film directed and co-written by King Hu,[6] with action choreography by Sammo Hung, and starring Li Li-hua, Roy Chiao, Hsu Feng, Tien Feng and Angela Mao.[6] It was produced by Golden Harvest, and released on 6 December 1973.
During the waning years of the Yuan Dynasty, Mongol general Lee Khan and his sister Wan’er travel to the desolate Spring Inn in Shaanxi province to obtain a map of the tactical plans of the rebel forces. Aided by Wan Jen-Mi, innkeeper of the Spring Inn, a group of undercover resistance fighters seek to recover the map to save the rebellion.[6]
Cast
- Li Li-Hua as Wan Jen-mi
- Roy Chiao as Tsao Yu-kun
- Hsu Feng as Lee Wan-erh
- Ying Bai as Wang Shih Cheng
- Tien Feng as Lee Khan
- Angela Mao as Hai Mu-tan
- Hu Chin as Shui Mi-tao
- Helen Ma as Yeh Li-Hsiang
- Nan Chiang as Liu San-Hu
- Han Ying-chieh as Sha Yuan Shan
- Chia-hsiang Wu as Tavern manager Liu
Cast adapted from the 2019 Masters of Cinema blu-ray.[2]
Analysis
The film is one of the Chinese action films that helped encourage that there be more female action roles.[7]
The director King Hu used methods of framing to show action scenes in detail. Close to the end of the film, the director used cutting patterns and edge framing to show how similar all of the fighters' moves are.[8] Hu also filmed The Fate of Lee Khan back to back with The Valiant Ones.[6]
Release
The Fate of Lee Khan was distributed in Hong Kong on December 6, 1973.[4]