Hong Kong Synopsis
碧血劍
Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. Obeying a request hidden in the manual to give a portion of the treasure to the Golden Snake's old girlfriend, Yuan begins to seek the woman out – on the way solving the riddle of the Golden Snake, and how he came to his end.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Sword Stained with Royal Blood. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shaw Brothers
Action + Drama in Hong Kong
136 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Sword Stained with Royal Blood itself).
The 1980–1982 Hong Kong Window
The Sword Stained with Royal Blood holds position #31 of 45 Hong Kong films in the 1980–1982 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Hong Kong, 151 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Sword Stained with Royal Blood premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Hong Kong films in 1981.
The 151st Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 13% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 38th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #605 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #391 of 516 (top 76%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Production Companies | Shaw Brothers |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | March 6, 1981 |
| IMDb | tt0082072 |