Xian si jue

1983 [CN]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 83% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 85% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 2706 2.7K

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Plot summary

In 16th century, during the Ming dynasty era, every ten years the greatest swordsman from Japan faces the greatest swordsman from China in a duel to the death for their nation's honor. As a duel approaches, Chinese champion Bo Ching-Wan and Japanese champion Miyamoto uncover a plot to rig the fight.

Director

Siu-Tung Ching Photo
Siu-Tung Ching

Top cast

Damian Lau Photo
Damian Lau as Ching Wan
Wilson Tong Photo
Wilson Tong as
Eddy Ko Photo
Eddy Ko as Kenji
Fat Wan Photo
Fat Wan as
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

The best minds in Chinese action cinema of

The best minds in Chinese action cinema of the late 70s and early 80s created this very fun kung fu movie that has plenty of cheesy effects but remains solidly entertaining.
Reviewed by Justin M. 9 / 10

When I first watched Duel to the Death

When I first watched Duel to the Death back in 2021, I was very early in my Hong Kong action journey. At that point I had really only watched one or two Shaw Brothers movies. The rest were all Jackie, Sammo, Yuen Biao, Jet Li and Chow Yun-Fat. So when I bought the brand new Duel to the Death Blu-ray released by Eureka, the only thing I had heard was that it’s great. So I sit down to watch it and it was completely different than anything I had ever seen before. With all the wires and jumping around, I kind of found it off putting and slightly annoying. Flash forward to 4 years later and I was a big dummy. This is a fantastic action movie. The fights are great the story while paper thin (aren’t they all) is still very interesting. I had totally forgotten about the twist in it and it caught me by surprise all over again. The only thing that holding this back is, it could’ve been longer! Not many times I say that. At 87 minutes it flies by and never fully establishes the characters enough. They’re there for the duel or to sabotage it. That’s it. I would’ve loved a few more scenes of Damian Lau and Norman Chui together. Or more bonding scenes with Lau and Flora Cheung. While the titular Duel to the Death is epic, it feels way too quick. Maybe Ching Siu-Tung wanted to make it more realistic and not last 10 minutes. Just feels like it misses a beat in there. Needed a second to breathe. But it is still a bloody great duel.
Reviewed by John H 5 / 10

Smithee Awards nominee

Smithee Awards nominee
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