Deaf and Mute Heroine (1971)
Chang Cheh-influenced swordplay film puts a female spin on the genre with its titular heroine. Helen Ma stars as the “can’t hear, can’t talk” swordswoman who makes off with some pearls and bloodily dispatches the many comers who futilely attempt to retrieve them from her. According to Jeff Goodhartz, THE DEAF AND MUTE HEROINE “trumps anything that King Hu or Chang Cheh were unleashing at the time.”
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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Wu Ma certainly paid attention working with Chang Cheh at Shaw Brothers and shows his competence in his second movie as director. Helen Ma is the title character and with little or no explanation she fights bandits and takes the loot of precious pearls. Many people are after her and the pearls but the worst is Shirley Wong Sa-Lee.Shirley plays the hot kung fu chick and shows a bit of skin at the dice table in the casino. Did I mention she was hot? She was hot. All around good guy Tang Ching plays the all around good guy here but without any martial arts skills. The plot is needlessly complicated by more people showing up to get the pearls or revenge. The fights are good and the action is plentiful. Overall above average for the year and genre.