This isn't really a kung fu or swords fighting movie. Crash Cinema has put this out on DVD and while the print is rather poor I'm guessing it's fairly rare as it's from 1967. It's really more of a film for children even with the big cardboard swords the guys swing around. There's virtually no blood. In fact the only place I saw some was when Jungle girl chops a guy and his mouth bleeds a little. Jungle girl and her little sister who looks about ten run around an island in tiger pajama outfits with little booties. Jungle girl is teaching little sis to "fly" or jump with the aid of wires into trees or their nifty jungle tree house with the cool ladder they came climb up on if they're not "flying". They listen to a story from their "Grandpa" (the usual white haired old Asian guy with the huge eyebrows)about how he became a "hermit". Little Jungle girl is fishing with her net and hauls in a swordsman! (Something mildly perverse about a ten year old hauling in a guy but I'm a westerner what do I know?)This guy relates his tale of falling off a huge cliff into the water surrounding the island and his battle with "bandits". "Grandpa" has a connection to the "bandits" the swordsman and his big fake sword and his one son by a different mother and the son and daughter he left behind. Poor Jungle girl doesn't get the swordsman and his big sword but is stuck with "Grandpa"'s long lost son who is extremely sorry for killing his "brother" (actually half brother but it isn't that important). No one lives happily ever after. Those of you who see this in a.b.DVD.Asian might want to check it out but don't expect any flying red paint blood or great sword battles. The battles here reminded me of those in Turkish movies with the giant silver painted wooden swords. Little Jungle girl is adorable though.
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Evil invaders
unbrokenmetal29 May 2008
"Flying Swordsgirl" (Chan Po-Chu) and her little sister Hsiao Wei are living on an jungle island whose only other inhabitant is an old hermit. One day, Hsiao Wei captures a wounded man in her fishing-net. He survived the attack of bandits, but they are following him from the mainland to the island. Our dear Swordsgirl proves, however, that she cannot only climb on trees, but is a courageous fighter against the evil invaders. And her brave little sister is eager to learn.
This is an old-fashioned 1960s adventure flick, cheaply shot mostly in a forest, with the naive charm of the 1950s Sheena series. Some sword fighting, a bit of tragedy, but not a particularly violent movie and suitable for a teenage audience, too. I rather liked it, even though the scratched, pale copy that survived 40 years to finally become a DVD isn't a perfect example of what the words "digitally remastered" mean.
This is an old-fashioned 1960s adventure flick, cheaply shot mostly in a forest, with the naive charm of the 1950s Sheena series. Some sword fighting, a bit of tragedy, but not a particularly violent movie and suitable for a teenage audience, too. I rather liked it, even though the scratched, pale copy that survived 40 years to finally become a DVD isn't a perfect example of what the words "digitally remastered" mean.
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