John Woo's LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY 豪俠 [1979 Dubbed & Subtitled]

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Last Hurrah for Chivalry ( 豪俠 ) is a 1979 Hong Kong wuxia film written and directed by John Woo and produced by Raymond Chow . It starred Damian Lau , Wei Pai, Bonnie Ngai, Lau Kong , and Lee Hoi-sang . The film is cited as a thematic precursor to Woo's better-known heroic bloodshed films. [ 1 ] It was released theatrically in Hong Kong by Golden Harvest on 11 November 1979. Synopsis Kao Pang, the son and heir of a great deceased warrior, prepares for his wedding at his opulent hillside estate. Kao admits to his men that his bride is a prostitute that he bought; the men note that Kao has focused on scholarship instead of martial virtue, and suggest that his scholarship has focused on skill in the bedroom. The wedding is interrupted by an attack by Pak Chung-tong, the enemy of Kao's father. He and his men have come to reclaim the estate that Kao's father took from him in battle. In the middle of the melee, the bride turns on Kao, and reveals that Pak paid her to betray Kao. As a result, the battle goes poorly and Kao is forced to flee with his last remaining servant, leaving control of the estate to Pak. Kao swears revenge, but his servant convinces him he will need help. Kao first…

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