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Internet Archive · Wen Yiming, Shang Guanwu · Public Domain Mark
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese. No subtitle track in this language.
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Synopsis
A village girl loses her grandmother as rival armies ravage the countryside. Taken under the protection of a mysterious martial-arts master, she trains to confront the men responsible. When another family falls into the same warlord’s hands, her private grief becomes a mission to rescue those who cannot defend themselves.
Cast
DirectorsWen Yimin
Historical context
The film belongs to the late-1920s boom in wuxia cinema. A woman avenger, flying effects and magical interventions coexist with a story about civilians caught between armies, giving the fantasy a recognizably contemporary source of anger.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.
