Last Hurrah for Chivalry

Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979)

豪俠

Kao has purchased a new wife, but an enemy has paid her more money to kill him. Kao must recruit a pair of swordsmen to help defend himself and his family from his ruthless enemy. But Kao has his dark side as well.

Date of release
1979-11-22
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (57)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Action
Director
John Woo

Casting

Interesting facts

Last Hurrah for Chivalry (豪俠) is a 1979 Hong Kong wuxia film written and directed by John Woo and produced by Raymond Chow. It starred Damian Lau, Wei Pai, Bonnie Ngai, Lau Kong, and Lee Hoi-sang. The film is cited as a thematic precursor to Woo's better-known heroic bloodshed films. It was released theatrically in Hong Kong by Golden Harvest on 11 November 1979.

Production

John Woo intended the film as a tribute to his mentor Chang Cheh and director Akira Kurosawa, whom he admired greatly. The latter includes the use of transitional wipes (a signature of Kurosawa's films) and slow motion action sequences (which would become one of Woo's signatures). The main character Tsing Yi is inspired by the historical assassin Jing Ke, who is known for his failed assassination attempt of Qin Shi Huang.

The film was the first project that Wei Pai, a veteran Shaw Brothers Studio actor, did with Golden Harvest since he left the Shaw Brothers Studio.

In addition, actor Fung Hak-on, who frequently collaborated with Woo in the 1970s, served as a stunt coordinator along with Alan Chui for the action choreography and stunt doubling for Damian Lau and Wei Pai. Both choreographers also previously starred in Woo's feature-length debut film, The Young Dragons in 1974.

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