Hong Kong To Kill with Intrigue is a Hong Kong–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
劍花煙雨江南
“He must fight one woman in order to save another.”
Young master Cao Le chases his pregnant girlfriend away from the family castle. He does it in order to save her from vicious bandits who are going to murder his family.
Hong Kong × South Korea Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×South Korea titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with To Kill with Intrigue. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Lo Wei Motion Picture Co.
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 To Kill with Intrigue itself).
The 1976–1978 Hong Kong Window
In the crowded 1976-1978 Hong Kong release window, To Kill with Intrigue sits at #45 of 52. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when To Kill with Intrigue premiered alongside 11 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 11 other Hong Kong films in 1977.
The 83rd 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
36 audience reviews — more than 61% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 54th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #695 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (17th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #444 of 516 (top 86%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, South Korea |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Lo Wei Motion Picture Co. |
| Runtime | 1h 46m |
| Release Date | July 22, 1977 |
| IMDb | tt0076227 |