THE HEROIC ONES (SWORD MASTERS)

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• Release Year: 1970
• Genre: Martial Arts
• Plot: The 'iron triangle' of director Chang Cheh and proteges David Chiang and Ti Lung make The Heroic Ones a quintessential action epic, set during the waning years of the Tang Dynasty and centering on a royal family rife with intrigue...; ; Towards the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke-yung, ruler of Sina To State, and his thirteen sons, set out to suppress rebels that capture the imperial Captial Changan.; ; The youngest son, Li Tsun-hsiao, captures a rebel general. Another son, Li Tsun-hsin, wants to lead the troops into storming the rebel stronghold. When his father is unwilling to trust him with this task and turns the responsibility over the Li Tsun-hsiao, the seeds of dissension are sown between the sons. This conflict breaks out in the open when the brothers disagree about the tactics, so Li-Tsun-hsin and Kang Churi-li leave the attacking party.; ; Li Ke-yung's troops occupy Changan, but all is not well, Chu Wen, supposedly loyal ruler is jealous of this success and has his own desires on royal power. He stages a victory banquet and plies Li Ke-Yung with wine so that he will be in a drunken slumber when his men attack him. Oneof the thirteen sons is killed while saving his father, and Li Tsun-hsiao is upset when he realizes that it was Li Tsun-hsin who persuaded him to go to the banquet. Then Li Tsun-hsin and Kang Chun-li steal Li Ke-yung's sword to kill li Tsun-hsiao, and plan to surrender themselves to Chu Wen who has a lot to gain from this family quarrel. But enroute, the traitos are ambushed by the eldest prince and the other eight brothers. In the final battle, with brother taking up arms against brother, the losses are heavy.
• Cast: David Chiang, Han Chin, Lung Ti, Lily Li, James Nam, Chung Wang, Feng Ku, Sing Chen, Lei Cheng, Kuang Yu Wang, Kang Liu, Chia Yung Liu, Pei Chi Huang, Chuan Chen, Wai Lo, Chia Wen Pao, Yuan Sung, Bolo Yeung, Cliff Lok, Hai Lung Li, Yan Tsan Tang, Wei Lieh Lan, Feng Chen Chen, Hsing Chung Hung, Kang-Yeh Cheng, Li Jen Ho, Chin Bo Sham, Cheh Chang, Kuang Ni
• Director: Cheh Chang
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: Shaw Brothers/Celestial Pictures
• Media Format: Movie