Search - The Wandering Swordsman on DVD


The Wandering Swordsman
The Wandering Swordsman
Actors: David Chiang, Lily Li, Pei-Shan Chang, Lei Cheng, Sing Chen
Director: Chang Cheh
Genres: Action & Adventure, Indie & Art House, Drama
UR     2007     1hr 48min

In this thrilling martial arts twist on the tale of Robin Hood, a charismatic highwayman (Death Duel and Shaolin Temple's David Chiang) with formidable sword skills decides to help the poor by robbing from thieves and dist...  more »

     
2

Larger Image

Movie Details

Actors: David Chiang, Lily Li, Pei-Shan Chang, Lei Cheng, Sing Chen
Director: Chang Cheh
Creators: Shan Hua, Hsing-lung Chiang, Run Run Shaw, Ni Kuang
Genres: Action & Adventure, Indie & Art House, Drama
Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Indie & Art House, Drama
Studio: Image Entertainment
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen - Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 02/20/2007
Original Release Date: 01/01/1970
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1970
Release Year: 2007
Run Time: 1hr 48min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Languages: Mandarin Chinese
Subtitles: English

Similar Movies

Have Sword Will Travel
Director: Chang Cheh
3
   UR   2007   1hr 41min
The One-Armed Swordsman
Director: Chang Cheh
7
   UR   2007   1hr 57min
Vengeance Is a Golden Blade
Director: Meng Hua Ho
4
   UR   2007   1hr 38min
The Water Margin
Directors: Chang Cheh, Hsueh Li Pao, Wu Ma
3
   R   2006   2hr 5min
Deadly Duo
Shaw Brothers
Director: Chang Cheh
1
   UR   2008   1hr 18min
 

Movie Reviews

Not one of Chang Cheh's best, but enjoyable for fans of Lily
morgoth | omaha, NE | 04/19/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"David Chiang stars as the Wandering Swordsman and robs from the rich and gives to the poor. He comes across Lily Li and saves her from possible death. Her brother runs an escort service and Chiang gets tricked into heisting the treasure they are carrying. Now he has to fight all of the guards of the escort service and retrieve the treasure from the thieves to prove his innocence.

While David Chiang is likeable, the first half of the movie just isn't very good. The jokes are not funny, and the story seems like minimal effort was put into it. It's not bad, but not as good as most of Chang Cheh's movies he did in the late 60's and early 70's.

The action is VERY good for it's time except for David Chiang flying around like Peter Pan. The blood spilling gets pretty graphic and the movie really heats up in the last 30 minutes.

Since this was made nearly 40 years ago, there are a ton of young stars that have cameos. Wu Ma plays one of the thieves and uses a wicked whip, Cliff Lok, Wang Chung, Yuen Shun Yi and Yuen Chung Yeung play guards, and Bolo Yeung and Chen Sing play 2 of the thieves.

Rating-3.5/5



SPOILER ALERT
DO NOT READ THIS!
I SAID DO NOT READ THIS![While I don't think this is a great movie, I love the ending where I kept wishing a certain someone would have woken up.]END OF SPOILER




The DVD from Image Entertainment has nearly perfect picture quality, though there does seem to be some shakiness at times when the camera moves. It's only a minor DVD defect. Sound quality is good and hiss free and the subtitles are well written."