starring Tien Feng, Roy Chiao, Li Li-Hua
directed by King Hu
105 minutes
in Chinese with English subtitles
Chinese rebels including Wan Jen-mi (the innkeeper of Spring Inn) and her four serving girls work with other rebels to intercept Lee Khan (Tien Feng), a high official of the Mongol emperor. Khan possesses the stolen battle plans of one of the leaders of the Chinese rebels.
Wan Jen-mi (Li Li-Hua) and the other rebels work to lull Lee Khan and his entourage into a false sense of security. Tsao Yu-kun (Roy Chieh), a spy who is posing as a member of Lee Khan's security team, does his best to pretend to be working for the Mongol side. When things get pushed to the limit an all out fight breaks out in which everyone at Spring Inn takes part.
I had trouble keeping track of some of the names. Over the course of the movie it became clearer to me who was on which side even though I still hadn't gotten all the names straight.
This movie is not wall to wall action but there are a fair number of fight scenes. Many of the earlier fight scenes set the stage to make it clear that the innkeeper and her serving girls are not be messed with.
One of the serving girls was played by Angela Mao who was also in Enter the Dragon (1973), in which she played Bruce Lee's sister.
This was a fun watch. It starts off fairly light. Lee Khan isn't seen much during the the first 45 or more minutes.
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