Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire

Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire
Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire
Traditional Chinese	烈日狂風野火
Simplified Chinese	烈日狂风野火
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liè Rì Kuáng Fēng Yě Huǒ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Lit6 Jat6 Kong4 Fung1 Je5 Fo2

Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire (traditional Chinese: 烈日狂風野火; simplified Chinese: 烈日狂风野火), also released as Any Which Way You Punch^[1] and Dragon Connection, is a 1978 Taiwanese kung fu film starring Angela Mao, Dorian Tan, Chang Yi, and Lo Lieh.

Plot

Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire is a story about a search for the second half of a treasure map, but it's conveniently forgotten at various points. Angela Mao plays the daughter of a warlord and has a secret identity as the masked freedom fighter Violet, who rides the country righting wrongs and organizing rebels. Tien Peng plays a mysterious stranger who comes to town looking for the other half of the map. Lo Lieh and Tan Tao Liang play prison inmates who escape and end up actually being ex-comrades with Tien Ping and assisting he and Violet in apprehending Master Wu (Chang Yi), the security chief who does most of the fighting for the warlord. Master Wu turns traitor in order to get the map.

Cast

Angela Mao as Violet
Dorian Tan as Escaped Convict #1
Lo Lieh as Escaped Convict #2
Chang Yi as Master Wu

Music

In the American dubbed version, during the opening scene as well as throughout the entire film, John Williams's score from Star Wars can be heard.

Reception

The French title of the film is La Belle aux mains de fer. The film was reviewed in the French film magazines Cinéma [fr], Écran [fr], and La Revue du cinéma [fr].^[2]^[3]^[4] The film was covered in the Hong Kong film magazine Cinemart in August 1977.^[5]

References

^ Palmer, Bill; Palmer, Karen; Meyers, Ric (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 301. ISBN 0-8108-4160-6.
^ Lefèvre, Raymond (September 1979). "La Belle aux mains de fer". Cinéma [fr] (in French). No. 249. p. 82. ISSN 0045-6926. Retrieved 2022-01-05 – via Google Books.
^ "La Belle aux mains de fer". Écran [fr] (in French). September 1979. ISSN 0243-4490. Retrieved 2022-01-05 – via Google Books.
^ Andrault, Jean-Michel (October 1980). "La Belle aux mains de fer". La Revue du cinéma [fr] (in French). ISSN 0019-2635.
^ "烈日狂風野火". Cinemart (in Chinese). August 1977. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.

External links

IMDb entry
HK Cinemagic entry
Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire at the Hong Kong Movie Database
La Belle aux mains de fer at calindex.eu [fr] (in French)

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[1] Palmer, Bill; Palmer, Karen; Meyers, Ric (1995). The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 301. ISBN 0-8108-4160-6.

[Lefèvre1979-2] Lefèvre, Raymond (September 1979). "La Belle aux mains de fer". Cinéma [fr] (in French). No. 249. p. 82. ISSN 0045-6926. Retrieved 2022-01-05 – via Google Books.

[Écran1979-3] "La Belle aux mains de fer". Écran [fr] (in French). September 1979. ISSN 0243-4490. Retrieved 2022-01-05 – via Google Books.

[Andrault1980-4] Andrault, Jean-Michel (October 1980). "La Belle aux mains de fer". La Revue du cinéma [fr] (in French). ISSN 0019-2635.

[Cinemart1977-5] "烈日狂風野火". Cinemart (in Chinese). August 1977. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.

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