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LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY (1978)

Who ever said chivalry was dead?

Last Hurrah For Chivalry (1978) is traditional swordsplay actionmovie, a genre called wuxia in China. John tried to refresh wuxia genre, though, make some Woo style on it. There is many elements, which can be seen in his films many times after this one; friends and brothers and their loyalties to each other.
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Hong Kong release (1978)
Standard Mandarin Romanization Title:
Hao Xia
literal translation of Chinese title:

Official English Title:
Last Hurrah for Chivalry

Genre: Martial Arts / Wuxia (Swordsplay)
Studio: Golden Harvest
Filmed in Scope Running time: min

Cast: Ngai Chau-wah ... Sau-sau Wei Pai ... Cheung Sam, Magnificent Sword Damian Lau Chung-yun ... Ching-yi Chang Yi-lam ... Ko-pang Lee Hoi-sang ... Pak Chung-tong Cheung Hung-cheung ... Mang Ping Wong Kwong-yu ... Lok-san Yick Kar ... Cheung's sister Wei Chiu-Hua ... prostitute Sung Ren Liu Lau Kong	Written: John Woo Directed: John Woo Photography (scope): Cheung Yiu-cho Martial Arts director: Fung Hang-on Theme song: Composer: Frankie Chan (Martial arts choreographer) Sung by: Roman Low ('Elton John of Hongkong')

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