Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire Explained

S:烈日狂风野火
T:烈日狂風野火
P:Liè Rì Kuáng Fēng Yě Huǒ

Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire, 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

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,, and .[2] [3] [4] The film was covered in the Hong Kong film magazine Cinemart in August 1977.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Palmer . Bill . Palmer . Karen . Meyers . Ric . Ric Meyers . 1995 . The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies . Lanham, Maryland . . 301 . 0-8108-4160-6.
  2. News: Lefèvre . Raymond . September 1979 . La Belle aux mains de fer . fr . 82 . . . 249 . 0045-6926 . 2022-01-05 .
  3. News: September 1979 . La Belle aux mains de fer . fr . . . 0243-4490 . 2022-01-05 .
  4. News: Andrault . Jean-Michel . October 1980 . La Belle aux mains de fer . fr . . 0019-2635 .
  5. News: August 1977 . 烈日狂風野火 . zh . Cinemart . 2022-01-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220108104320/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=9127&image_id=183374&display_set=eng . 2022-01-08 .