Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua is the title character caught between battling princes. Then there's award-winning actor Ku Feng, "Bastard Swordsman" Hsu Shao-chiang, "King of Shaw Brothers' Screen Villains" Wang Lung-wei, "Venom" Sun Chien, and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.

• Shaw Brothers
• Tony Liu Tian-jue
• Leanne Liu
• Max Mok Siu-chung
• Jason Pai Piao
• Norman Tsui Siu-keung
• Ku Feng
• Cheung King-Yu
• Richard Yuen Tak