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	Swordsman II
		Brigitte plays a heartless swordsman who changes into a swordswoman with feelings but whose change came too late for her to receive affection from anyone.
		Although Brigitte never truly fight with fists or weapons, her fighting is pretty convincing even though it was done with needles and threads with a couple of flicks with her wrists.
		Brigitte caused panic during the filming of "Swordsman 2" when she could not come up from the water for a while when her wig got 'caught' to the cage that 'holds' her under the water.
	www.brigittelin.com /SwordsmanII.htm (696 words)

	IFCTV.com > Zatoichi-thon > What's on IFC > (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The blind masseur and swordsman arrives in the village of Shimonita and discovers that a local gang leader has placed a bounty on him - he is attacked by a ronin whose swordmanship is superior to his own, and nearly killed, surviving only because the other nam spares his life.
		Zatoichi, the blind masseur and swordsman, is invited to the village of Doyama by Hikoso, the leader of a local gang, who wants to employ him as a bodyguard.
		Ichi's attempts to negotiate his way safely between the two gangs is complicated by his meeting with a dying man who extracts a promise from the swordsman to help Omitsu, a runaway servant who has fled the estate of a feudal lord, after the man tried to rape her.
	www.ifctv.com /ifc/what/0,,CAT0-45-CAT1-2386-MO-04-DA-09-YR-2003-CLR-blue-BCLR-0099CC-TZ-ET-TB-4-,00.html (844 words)

	Swordsman 2 (1992) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The swordsman of the title, a man named Ling (Jet Li), along with his trusted group of fellow warriors are on the hunt for a mystical scroll which will give its bearer near-unlimited power.
		The main reason SWORDSMAN II is such an accomplishment is because it succeeds in capturing the spirit of the Jiang Hu in a way that few other films can manage, and in conveying the incredible powers that the martial arts masters of wu xia fiction are said to have possessed.
		The main aspect in which SWORDSMAN 2 is truly superlative is the depiction of the fanstastic martial arts power of the wu xia fighters in Jin Yong's novel.
	www.hkmdb.com /db/movies/reviews.mhtml?id=7555&display_set=eng (2172 words)

	subway cinema \| swordsman 2 (1992)
		CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON for grown ups, SWORDSMAN II is a perfectly pitched pop opera wherein Jet Li must endure the slings and arrows (and flesh-shredding hooks, and throwing stars, and lethal needlepoint) of outrageous fortune as he seeks to retire from the martial world with his Wah Mountain brothers (and sister).
		Famed at swordplay, the Wah Mountain school was put through the grinder in SWORDSMAN I and now they make for the hills, hoping to leave their legendary blades behind them as they become monks.
		Tsui Hark brings his high polish and technical virtuosity to harness Ching Siu-tung's straight-from-the-id filmmaking and the result is a tortured, Wagnerian conflagration that unspools like a beautiful nightmare unfolding across a bleak wasteland of falling leaves, sprawling military camps, wide pampas plains, and ramshackle barracks hidden in the forests.
	www.subwaycinema.com /frames/archives/tsui2001/swordsman2.htm (637 words)

	Movie: Swordsman II
		At the end of Swordsman 1, the Sacred Volume was lost to an unknown person.
		Swordsman 2 may be Hong Kong's trademark film from the 90s wuxia genre.
		In Swordsman 2, it is the plot that is flawed in the first place, but the execution is quite good.
	www.spcnet.tv /movie/swordsman2/movie_swordsman2.shtml (1145 words)

	Bugei \| Chambara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Notorious as a deadly swordsman, our seemingly docile hero is wooed by both gangs to join the upcoming battle.
		Upon arriving in the town of Shimonita, Zatoichi, the blind swordsman and gambler, is suddenly attacked by a young stranger.
		While on a journey to the town of Maebara, Zatoichi, the wandering masseur and swordsman, shares a room at an inn with a gravely ill woman and her young son, Ryota.
	www.bugei.com /subcategory_48.htm (440 words)

	Swordsman II
		Swordsman II Swordsman II This is what makes HK movies such an absolute kick to watch; incredibly imaginative, full of energy and colors and startling images and swirling action.
		Lest there be some doubt or worry, I can assure the reader that there remains so much to and in SWORDSMAN II that will undoubtedly surprise and astound him or her if (when) he or she sits down to watch this wondrous movie.
		While I am aware that it may sound ridiculous to some people, the fact of the matter is that I do consider this 1992 Film Workshop offering to be as great a testament to the possibilities and breadth of human creativity and imagination as many museum-quality art works.
	www.brns.com /pages/fantsy1.html (509 words)

	Swordsman II (1991)
		Swordsman II (Xiao ao jiang hu zhi dong fang bu bai, 1991)
		SWORDSMAN II, the sequel that was made only because of the unexpected popularity of its predecessor, in turn spawned a sequel of its own (usually known as THE EAST IS RED) due to the unexpected popularity of Asia the Invincible, the character played by the talented Lin.
		It is also the film to see if one digs Brigitte Lin (as one should) or if one wants to see various beauties fall for Jet Li in his glory days before he started doing these awful action flicks this side of the pond.
	www.gotterdammerung.org /film/reviews/s/swordsman-2.html (827 words)

	Swordsman (1990)
		Set in the Ming Dynasty, Swordsman tells the story of the happy-go-lucky Ling Wu-Chung (Sam Hui), a man who's as adept at drinking and singing as he is at swordplay, and his tomboy sidekick Kiddo (Cecilia Yip).
		The duo are given the simple task of delivering their master's message to another swordsman, only to find themselves embroiled in a bloody struggle for dominance in the martial arts world.
		Swordsman is a film that can stand on its own, but it works even better as a prequel for viewers who have only seen Swordsman II and/or III.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews/swordsman.htm (939 words)

	THE ORIGINAL SWORDSMAN reviewed by Jonathan Marshall
		Swordsman plays heavily on the pathos of such a depressing, 'post-Confucian' metaphysics, but it is not a deep, or even particularly serious film.
		Swordsman is therefore a fun romp, as well as a piece of gentle moralism.
		Swordsman is not as stylish as white-hot classics like Wicked City (Taiwan) or Saviour of the Soul, or but it is easily comparable to Jet Li's less exalted films, and is really more successful on its own modest terms than the rather overblown pretentiousness of the Once Upon a Time in China series.
	www.heroic-cinema.com /jon/the_original_swordsman.htm (325 words)

	Attack of the 50 Foot DVD: Swordsman II (1991) (Import)
		Ling the Swordsman (Jet Li) and his fellow students tire of the corrupt politics of the world and prepare to retire to seclusion.
		On the eve of their hermitage, however, the students find themselves drawn into a power struggle between the heads of a local clan, one of whom has struck a bargain with a group of Japanese expatriates with extraordinary ninja skills.
		Swordsman II is an amazing film on many levels.
	www.50footdvd.com /movies/s/swordsman-2.html (579 words)

	Swordsman II
		hen 'Swordsman' proved to a surprise hit throughout global art-house cinemas, a sequel was quickly put into the initial planning stage.
		Following on soon after the conclusion of the original 'Swordsman', the film centres on the further adventures of Ling and his trusty sidekick Kiddo.
		Having been betrayed by the master of their clan, the duo choose to follow their own route in life and avoid the conflicts of the martial world.
	www.dragonsdenuk.com /reviews/swordsman_ii.htm (679 words)

	Swordsman II (1992)
		With Ching Siu-Tung at the helm, Swordsman II avoids the dangers of sequel-itis.
		But Swordsman II is a polished piece of work, easily surpassing the achievements of its predecessor.
		Swordsman II will be reissued in the United States as Legend of the Swordsman, making it at least the fifth HK movie to have the word "legend" in its American DVD release (Legend of The Drunken Master, Jet Li's The Legend 1 and 2, and Legend of the Red Dragon).
	www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews/swordsman_2.htm (1099 words)

	Swordsman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A swordsman is one skilled in the use swords.
		The Swordsman's Oath picks up the tale of trying to deal with the Elietimm from the Ice Islands, in the Spring after the action in The Thief's Gamble.
		Monsieur De Saint-George: Virtuoso, Swordsman, Revolutionary is the amazing biography of Joseph Boulogne de Saint-George, the son of a slave mother and a gentleman father and the trail he blazed through eighteenth-century aristocratic circles to become on...
	www.freeglossary.com /Swordsmen (427 words)

	Images - The Tale of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Series
		But the opposing gang also hires a swordsman to do their dirty work, Miki Hirate, a mysterious ronin who is dying of consumption.
		Employed as the masseur to a lord suffering from madness (whose illness is being kept secret from his vassals), Zatoichi is considered too much of a risk after he finds out about the lord's ailment and is subsequently given a death sentence.
		A group of samurai gangsters are sent to dispose of the blind swordsman.
	www.imagesjournal.com /2002/reviews/zatoichi/text.htm (1162 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: The Reluctant Swordsman [Seventh Sword Book 1] by Dave Duncan
		The man had chosen to approach one of the side arches, which was fortunate because the token guard stood only at the center arch, but it was a curious choice for one of his rank.
		Even for a swordsman he was young to be a Seventh, probably younger than Priest Jannarlu of the Third.
		The swordsman's was a hard face, and now he gave the priest a hard look.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook4604.htm (3190 words)

	Swordsman III - The East is Red @ Filmbug
		THE EAST IS RED (1993), a sequel to SWORDSMAN II (1992), is the crowning achievement in the long career of Taiwan-born Hong Kong cinema diva Brigitte Lin (who retired a year later).
		(SWORDSMAN I, from 1990, has very little, if any, connection, to the two sequels.) This upgraded DVD release offers 16:9 anamorphic enhancement and is far superior in quality to the earlier edition.
		Swordsman 1 and 2 are far superior and this film is barely a sequel.
	www.filmbug.com /asin/B00004YKSJ (923 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman and the Fugitives (1968)
		Although these events are presented separately and don't seem to be connected, they all impact on the story once Ichi arrives at the unnamed village where the bulk of the movie takes place.
		He just happens to be the swordsman who witnessed Ichi's encounter with the snake, and he calls off his gang before they do something they will regret.
		The idea of a blind swordsman is patently silly, and the Zatoichi films would be unwatchable if they were played totally straight.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/z/zatoichi-fugitives.html (1117 words)

	Star Wars Galaxies Realm - A Castersrealm Website. (c) 2000 - 2001. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Swordsman is the fighter who has trained themselves to use the heaviest swords in Star Wars Galaxies, and they learn to use them very effectively.
		In fact, a Swordsman gains a new version of their Two-Hand Area Attack on three of the four levels of this path.
		Along this path, a Swordsman will learn to be more accurate with their weapon attacks - but the true strength of this tree lies in its abilities.
	swg.crgaming.com /prof/viewarticle.asp?Id=633 (783 words)

	Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (2004)
		The legendary blind masseur, swordsman, and gambler teams up with a brother-sister geisha team to rescue a small mountain village from a gang of vicious thugs.
		In Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman, the jokes and severed limbs often fly in blood-drenched fight scenes that are both absurdly funny and stunningly choreographed.
		It's also more than a little confusing trying to sort out all the villains, since there appear to be multiple gangs terrorizing the village (you need a Venn Diagram to keep all the heavies and their affiliations straight).
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=106353&Tab=reviews&buy=open&CID=13 (567 words)

	fantasia \| films + schedule \| One-Armed Swordsman
		Fleeing the school with shattered body and hope, he is taken in by Hsiao Man, a young woman whose family hides a beleaguered past and guards a tome of martial arts practices for training the ultimate one-armed swordsman.
		The first of many sequels, imitators, and remakes (most notably Tsui Hark's superb The Blade), One-Armed Swordsman is among those classics of kung fu cinema that are hard to find and not to be missed.
		One-Armed Swordsman is assured its place in the annals of cinema history thanks to other elements, too: it was released under the banner of the famous Shaw Brothers Studio, cast with a legendary screen idol in its star Wang Yu, and features a story of near Shakespearean proportions.
	www.fantasiafest.com /2003/en/films/film_detail.php?lang=en&id=1219 (463 words)

	One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
		This was in large part due to its popularity among youth who undoubtedly responded to the film's strong theme of alienation at a time when a wide generational divide was being felt all over the world.
		Unlike the classical Japanese swordsman, the soul of a Chinese swordsman resides in their heart, not their sword.
		He reprised his One-Armed Swordsman role when he joined Japanese action star Shintaro Katsu for an epic meeting of screen heroes in Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) and then again in 1976 for to face Chiang for the Taiwanese production, One-Armed Swordsmen.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/onearmedswordsman.htm (1474 words)

	The Swordsman's Academy of Self-Defense
		At the Swordsman's Academy of Self-defense we are here to help you carve your way through the throngs of mall-rats, withdraw your entire bank account, or be able to make any beach bullies eat sand from underneath their toe nails!
		[The Swordsman's Links] are a collection of his favorite links, plus you can add a link to your own home page.
		The Swordsman loves to know who his visitors are.
	www.schemel.com /tsaosd (650 words)

	DVD Times - Swordsman II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		After a drunken encounter with Asia, Ling falls madly in love with him/her, much to Kiddo's annoyance, as she harbours a secret crush on him herself - and it's a potentially deadly liaison, as Asia is responsible for the massacre of Ling's comrades.
		Incidentally, I was planning to review the original Swordsman alongside this review, but changed my mind after I discovered that I only had a copy of the original Mega Star DVD - and as it's apparently been remastered since then I doubt my comments would have been much use.
		The film itself is fun, if bewildering - not up to the standard of Swordsman II in either the plotting or action departments, but this may be because it had at least four directors working on it at some point or other.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3491 (821 words)

	DVDLaser: the largest database of DVD reviews on the web
		For the uninitiated, much of the action might seem confusing, but for those who have a familiarity with the conventions of the genre, the film's fight scenes are a real kick, getting even wilder and wilder as the film progresses.
		Jet Li stars as a swordsman, intent upon retiring, who becomes caught up in clan warfare on his way to a sanctuary.
		The monaural soundtrack is in Mandarin and Cantonese, one language assigned to the digital channel and one to the analog channel, with Chinese and English subtitles.
	www.dvdlaser.com /cf/detail.cfm?ID=22737 (328 words)

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		I recommend guns or Amulets because of their longer range compared to the swordsman mummy.
		Carefully enter the room and move a tad bit to the right to entice the second swordsman.
		Jump the gap you'll be attacked by a swordsman.
	www.cheatcc.com /pc/sg/mummy.txt (16382 words)

	dvd authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The blind swordsman soon learns that the local samurai have become quite corrupt, so Kang is in search of a safe haven.
		In this installment, we watch as the blind swordsman battles perhaps his toughest foe to date.
		Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen.
	www.dvdauthority.com /reviews.asp?ReviewID=3858 (748 words)

	Swordsman III
		Yu Rong Guang is a government official who provokes Asia the Invincible to return and then regrets because Asia the Invincible cannot controls her anger and goes on a killing spree.
		With our previous movie polls, 36 people voted with 75% (27 votes) who thought it was excellent, 5% (2 votes) who thought it was good, 8% (3 votes) who thought it was OK, 5% (2 votes) who thought it was bad and 5% (2 votes) who thought it was terrible.
		Swordsman 3 : East Is Red (in French)
	www.brigittelin.com /EastIsRed.htm (515 words)

	Swordsman Trilogy
		In Swordsman 2, Asia leads the Sun Moon Sect to conquer the Mainlanders (who look down upon Highlanders) and in the process gets the Japanese involved (hence, the ninjas).
		For all its hair-splitting and fantastic action-sequences and swirling imagery, Swordsman 2 is a tragic love-story between two star-crossed lovers: Ling and Asia The Invincible.
		But the moral lessons of the first Swordsman are still in play here and Master Wu is shown to be as cruel—if not crueler—than Asia was before him.
	www.brns.com /pages4/swordsmantrilogy2.html (973 words)

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