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.
The 1980–1982 Hong Kong Window
45 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Sword Stained with Royal Blood sits at position #31.
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.
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The 1980s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Sword Stained with Royal Blood premiered. 151 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.
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 |