Korean import directors, rare as they were at the time, have a phenomenal track record when applying their trade within the Shaw Brothers studio system. Jeng Cheong-Woh’s stamp is far and away the most noteworthy, two of his films standing out as among the very best of the entire studio cannon (The Swift Knight from 1971 and Five Fingers of Death from 1972).
In some special cases, films win a viewer over for a reason that cannot be singularly attributed to just the direction, the acting, the screenwriting, the look, or the sounds. For these movies, it is the attitude they exude that carries them over the hump.
The Mighty One Written by Tyrone Hsu Tien-Yung Directed by Joseph Kuo Nan-Hong Hong Kong, 1971 For as fast and furiously as Shaw Brothers studio churned out its action films and made stars of previously unknown actors, the number of names people recognize heavily favour the male performers. There were certainly women who became famous …