THE LADY HERMIT REVIEW

I have a new review of The Lady Hermit HERE at easternKicks. The Lady Hermit is one of my favorite movies. We've covered it on the podcast, I have covered it here, and I talk about it in Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. It is a great Cheng-Pei Pei movie, and a wonderful Ho Meng-Hua film. There is so much in it that echoes in later wuxia, and it has a truly satisfying story, filled with great fight choreography and performances. It also marks the end of an era, because this is Cheng Pei-Pei's final swordplay performance at Shaw Brothers before her first retirement (she would however return to make movies later in the 70s for other production companies). This review is part of a series of reviews for Imprint Asia releases I am doing at easternKicks. The first is for The Lady Hermit, and the next one is The 14 Amazons. I have a lot of thoughts on both. I hope you enjoy this piece on The Lady Hermit.