To Kill with Intrigue
1977 1h 46m movie Film Hong Kong

To Kill with Intrigue

劍花煙雨江南

“He must fight one woman in order to save another.”

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

Hong Kong (lead)South Korea

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.

  1. The Contract
    #1

    The Contract

    ★ 7.7 · 1978
  2. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
    #2

    The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

    ★ 7.5 · 1978
  3. Drunken Master
    #3

    Drunken Master

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  4. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
    #4

    Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  5. Heroes of the East
    #5

    Heroes of the East

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  6. Warriors Two
    #6

    Warriors Two

    ★ 7.2 · 1978
  7. Enter the Game of Death
    #7

    Enter the Game of Death

    ★ 7.0 · 1978
  8. Clan of Amazons
    #8

    Clan of Amazons

    ★ 7.0 · 1978

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.

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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
Reviews
61st
Review-volume percentile
54th
Popularity percentile

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

5.5
TMDB Rating
36
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

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 CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, South Korea
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, Mandarin
Production CompaniesLo Wei Motion Picture Co.
Runtime1h 46m
Release DateJuly 22, 1977
IMDbtt0076227