When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife is forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
Direction
Lau Kar-Leung's fight scenes tell stories, not just showcase violence.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI era: every weapon, every fall, every ridiculous outfit is real.
Director
Lau Kar-Leung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during rising Hong Kong-Japan tensions, the film's playful nationalism was controversial yet commercially savvy.
Yasuaki Kurata, who plays the Japanese judo master, is actually Japanese—rare for a Shaw Brothers film of this era, and he choreographed his own fights.
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