Not only did it launch the career of Cheng as an icon of future wuxia movies, but also redefined the expectations of what roles women could play in martial arts movies. Golden Swallow is a skilled ...

Most martial arts movies are based in the Chinese style of ... Tsurugi is a reprehensible antihero who assaults most of the women characters by forcefully smooching them until they submit.

A martial arts student in turn-of-the-century China ... In a city plagued by newborn kidnappings for the mysterious Evil Master, three women unite: Tung, the secret crime-fighting Wonder Woman ...