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* BloodBrothers: Lin-chung and his best friend, Flower Monk Lu. They consider each other as brothers, and ''actually'' cares more than Lu for his wife in a few instances.
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* BladeOnAStick: Lin-chung and Flower Monk Lu both use heavy spears in combat, Lin’s weapon being a more traditional metal polearm with a jagged tip, while Lu on the other hand use a '''massive''' halberd with a crescent-moon shaped blade.
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* HateSink: Gao Ye-nei, the son of Senator Gao, is a pervert and SpoiledBrat who believes he’s entitled to have ''everything''. Lusting after Lin-chung’s beautiful wife, he [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape her]], and when Lin-chung caught him in the act and demands him to leave, Ya-nei then lies to his father Senator Gao about Lin-chung being disrespectful to the magistrate, causing Lin to be arrested and framed for theft. While Lin-chung suffers multiple rounds of torture from the corrupt officials, Gao Ya-nei continuously tries to force Lin’s wife to accept him, [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty ultimately kidnapping her when she refuses]]. [[spoiler: When Lin-chung finally escapes prison]], he decide to simply send assassins after him, and attempts to rape Lin’s wife once again until [[spoiler: she is DrivenToSuicide]]. Yep, he’s really not a nice guy…
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* HateSink: Gao Ye-nei, the son of Senator Gao, is a pervert and SpoiledBrat who believes he’s entitled to have ''everything''. Lusting after Lin-chung’s beautiful wife, he [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape her]], and when Lin-chung caught him in the act and demands him to leave, Ya-nei then lies to his father Senator Gao about Lin-chung being disrespectful to the magistrate, causing Lin to be arrested and framed for theft. While Lin-chung suffers multiple rounds of torture from the corrupt officials, Gao Ya-nei continuously tries to force Lin’s wife to accept him, [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty ultimately kidnapping her when she refuses]]. [[spoiler: When Lin-chung finally escapes prison]], he Gao decide to simply send assassins after him, and attempts to rape Lin’s wife once again until [[spoiler: she is DrivenToSuicide]]. Yep, he’s really not a nice guy…
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[[caption-width-right:350:Flower Monk Lu and Lin-chong. Their spears' sizes are directly proportional to their lust for blood.]]
''Pursuit'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers film starring Creator/YuehHua (''Film/ComeDrinkWithMe'') and ''Creator/FanMeiSheng'', based on the character [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Chong Lin-chung]], from the classic 14th-Century novel ''Literature/TheWaterMargin''.
Lin is a commander of his army and a decorated soldier, who returns home to his wife after years on a campaign. But the son of the local Senator, Gao Ye-nei, lusts for Lin's beautiful wife, and decides to frame Lin for theft in order to claim her for himself.
Yueh Hua would reprise his role as Lin-chung in ''Film/TheWaterMargin'', released a year later.
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!! Pursuit contains examples of:
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The monks of the monastery certainly do, especially Lin-chung’s best friend and comrade, Flower Monk Lu.
* BladeOnAStick: Lin-chung and Flower Monk Lu both use heavy spears in combat, Lin’s weapon being a more traditional metal polearm with a jagged tip, while Lu on the other hand use a '''massive''' halberd with a crescent-moon shaped blade.
* BloodBrothers: Lin-chung and his best friend, Flower Monk Lu. They consider each other as brothers, and ''actually'' cares more than Lu for his wife in a few instances.
* BoisterousBruiser: Flower Monk Lu may be a huge brute, but he’s also a jolly fellow who enjoys a nice round of wine, and loves hanging out with his buddies. [[BerserkButton Just DON’T threaten his friends in front of him]].
* BoxedCrook: After being framed for theft, [[spoiler: Lin-chung ends up in this state]] before being saved by Lu.
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Lin-chung is subjected to being brutally beaten by sticks while facing the magistrate, in an attempt to force him into his FalseConfession]].
* CorruptPolitician: Senator Gao is willing to [[spoiler: frame Lin-chung for murder and theft]] in order to get Lin out of the picture while attempting to have Lin’s wife for himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lin-chung’s wife chose to stab herself over getting raped by Gao Ya-nei at the end of the film]].
* FatAndSkinny: Flower Monk Lu and Lin-chung. They’re inseparable throughout the entire movie.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler: What happens to Lin-chung after the second act, arranged by Senator Gao]].
* GrimUpNorth: Much of the movie’s second half is set in the north, which is constantly snowing and freezing. Most of the characters, from mooks to named protagonists wears heavy furs throughout the film, and one of Lin-chung’s brief fights occurs in the midst of a blizzard.
* HateSink: Gao Ye-nei, the son of Senator Gao, is a pervert and SpoiledBrat who believes he’s entitled to have ''everything''. Lusting after Lin-chung’s beautiful wife, he [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape her]], and when Lin-chung caught him in the act and demands him to leave, Ya-nei then lies to his father Senator Gao about Lin-chung being disrespectful to the magistrate, causing Lin to be arrested and framed for theft. While Lin-chung suffers multiple rounds of torture from the corrupt officials, Gao Ya-nei continuously tries to force Lin’s wife to accept him, [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty ultimately kidnapping her when she refuses]]. [[spoiler: When Lin-chung finally escapes prison]], he decide to simply send assassins after him, and attempts to rape Lin’s wife once again until [[spoiler: she is DrivenToSuicide]]. Yep, he’s really not a nice guy…
* HumanHammerThrow: During the rescue attempt, Flower Monk Lu, thanks to his SuperStrength, managed to send a mook flying several meters through the air simply by flinging him. Said mook ends up crashing into a tree where he gets snagged by the waist between two thick branches and dying.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Lin-chung’s wife gets kidnapped by Senator Gao’s minions towards the end of the film]], forcing Lin to finally go on a RoaringRampageOfRescue that entails him in killing over thirty villains in the end. [[spoiler: He ''almost'' made it, but]]… the key word is, ''almost''.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Gao Ya-nei ultimately receives the tip of Lin-chung’s silver spear through his gut, as part of his well-deserved KarmicDeath]].
* InTheHood: Lin-chung in the climax of the movie wears a face-obscuring fur hood over his usual clothing. And in the final scene when confronting [[spoiler: Senator Gao]], he wears a dark hood to conceal his identity.
* {{Kevlard}}: Flower Monk Lu can take hit after hit and continue in his fights, thanks to his absolutely massive gut.
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: Lin-chung spends the entire movie being framed, oppressed, beaten up, put through torture, all which he swallows with pride. But the moment his wife gets kidnapped, he completely loses it, going after the minions of Senator Gao responsible, and end up killing dozens and dozens of them in an extended climatic finale]].
*RedOniBlueOni: Hotheaded, brutish Lu, who fights first and ask questions later is the red, calm temperamental ex-military commander Lin-chung is the blue.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Flower Monk Lu and Lin-chong. Their spears' sizes are directly proportional to their lust for blood.]]
''Pursuit'' is a 1972 Creator/ShawBrothers film starring Creator/YuehHua (''Film/ComeDrinkWithMe'') and ''Creator/FanMeiSheng'', based on the character [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Chong Lin-chung]], from the classic 14th-Century novel ''Literature/TheWaterMargin''.
Lin is a commander of his army and a decorated soldier, who returns home to his wife after years on a campaign. But the son of the local Senator, Gao Ye-nei, lusts for Lin's beautiful wife, and decides to frame Lin for theft in order to claim her for himself.
Yueh Hua would reprise his role as Lin-chung in ''Film/TheWaterMargin'', released a year later.
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!! Pursuit contains examples of:
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: The monks of the monastery certainly do, especially Lin-chung’s best friend and comrade, Flower Monk Lu.
* BladeOnAStick: Lin-chung and Flower Monk Lu both use heavy spears in combat, Lin’s weapon being a more traditional metal polearm with a jagged tip, while Lu on the other hand use a '''massive''' halberd with a crescent-moon shaped blade.
* BloodBrothers: Lin-chung and his best friend, Flower Monk Lu. They consider each other as brothers, and ''actually'' cares more than Lu for his wife in a few instances.
* BoisterousBruiser: Flower Monk Lu may be a huge brute, but he’s also a jolly fellow who enjoys a nice round of wine, and loves hanging out with his buddies. [[BerserkButton Just DON’T threaten his friends in front of him]].
* BoxedCrook: After being framed for theft, [[spoiler: Lin-chung ends up in this state]] before being saved by Lu.
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Lin-chung is subjected to being brutally beaten by sticks while facing the magistrate, in an attempt to force him into his FalseConfession]].
* CorruptPolitician: Senator Gao is willing to [[spoiler: frame Lin-chung for murder and theft]] in order to get Lin out of the picture while attempting to have Lin’s wife for himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lin-chung’s wife chose to stab herself over getting raped by Gao Ya-nei at the end of the film]].
* FatAndSkinny: Flower Monk Lu and Lin-chung. They’re inseparable throughout the entire movie.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler: What happens to Lin-chung after the second act, arranged by Senator Gao]].
* GrimUpNorth: Much of the movie’s second half is set in the north, which is constantly snowing and freezing. Most of the characters, from mooks to named protagonists wears heavy furs throughout the film, and one of Lin-chung’s brief fights occurs in the midst of a blizzard.
* HateSink: Gao Ye-nei, the son of Senator Gao, is a pervert and SpoiledBrat who believes he’s entitled to have ''everything''. Lusting after Lin-chung’s beautiful wife, he [[AttemptedRape attempts to rape her]], and when Lin-chung caught him in the act and demands him to leave, Ya-nei then lies to his father Senator Gao about Lin-chung being disrespectful to the magistrate, causing Lin to be arrested and framed for theft. While Lin-chung suffers multiple rounds of torture from the corrupt officials, Gao Ya-nei continuously tries to force Lin’s wife to accept him, [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty ultimately kidnapping her when she refuses]]. [[spoiler: When Lin-chung finally escapes prison]], he decide to simply send assassins after him, and attempts to rape Lin’s wife once again until [[spoiler: she is DrivenToSuicide]]. Yep, he’s really not a nice guy…
* HumanHammerThrow: During the rescue attempt, Flower Monk Lu, thanks to his SuperStrength, managed to send a mook flying several meters through the air simply by flinging him. Said mook ends up crashing into a tree where he gets snagged by the waist between two thick branches and dying.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Lin-chung’s wife gets kidnapped by Senator Gao’s minions towards the end of the film]], forcing Lin to finally go on a RoaringRampageOfRescue that entails him in killing over thirty villains in the end. [[spoiler: He ''almost'' made it, but]]… the key word is, ''almost''.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Gao Ya-nei ultimately receives the tip of Lin-chung’s silver spear through his gut, as part of his well-deserved KarmicDeath]].
* InTheHood: Lin-chung in the climax of the movie wears a face-obscuring fur hood over his usual clothing. And in the final scene when confronting [[spoiler: Senator Gao]], he wears a dark hood to conceal his identity.
* {{Kevlard}}: Flower Monk Lu can take hit after hit and continue in his fights, thanks to his absolutely massive gut.
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: Lin-chung spends the entire movie being framed, oppressed, beaten up, put through torture, all which he swallows with pride. But the moment his wife gets kidnapped, he completely loses it, going after the minions of Senator Gao responsible, and end up killing dozens and dozens of them in an extended climatic finale]].
*RedOniBlueOni: Hotheaded, brutish Lu, who fights first and ask questions later is the red, calm temperamental ex-military commander Lin-chung is the blue.
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