Swordsman 4K 1990 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

The late years of the Ming dynasty in China. A scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the imperial library. A young sword master and his friend, their teacher, Japanese samurai, a secret Chinese sect, a tribe of fierce snake charmers, a rival martial arts school, and others join the fight for the scroll.

Review 4K Movie

Swordsman was so popular in Hong Kong that it sprang two other sequels, which starred Jet Li. I consider this film to be a classic which started the whole "flying people martial art" movement in the 90's.

The movie is about a sacred scroll stolen from the vault of the emperor's palace. Different groups of people wanted to get their hands on the scroll, from the master of the Wan San school, to the Eunuches. Along the way, there are a lot of fighting, a lot of singing, comic relief, even an irony of how the most powerful martial art is no match against modern weapons (In Swordsman III - the east is red, this would have reversed, culminating in the quote "You have science, I have mysterious kung fu, your science is s**t")

The movie does not take itself too seriously. One of the best kung-fu/comedy/flying sword fights combination.