Line #30 Film/VengeanceOfASnowGirl


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3	''Vengeance of a Snow Girl'' is a 1971 ''wuxia'' film starring Creator/YuehHua and Li Ching as the titular heroine.
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5	Of the many martial arts period pieces starring Yueh released in the early 70s, ''Vengeance of a Snow Girl'' is notably one of the longest and most ambitious of the bunch (three minutes shy of 2 hours) and follows a different direction in storytelling than the norm at the time; a romance story between a pair of StarCrossedLovers, a young swordsman and a vengeful heroine, whose fates intertwines with bitter results.
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7	Shen Ping-Hong (Li Ching) is the titular Snowgirl, an orphan who lose her parents in a war for territorial control in the martial arts clans. Growing up alone and losing the function of her legs from the incident that claimed her family, Ping-Hong, long thought to be dead, is on a path seeking vengeance, killing her old enemies one at a time. But when she crosses path with the young warrior Kao Tien-Ying (Yueh) who fell in love with her, trouble ensues because Kao's father is one of the killers responsible for her family's massacre years ago.
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10	!! ''Vengeance of a Snow Girl'' contains examples of:
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12	* ActionGirl: Shen Ping-Hong the heroine and Tung Ming-chu.
13	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Shen Bing-Hong had avenged her entire family's deaths, but had to give up her life at the last moment to save Kao Tien-Ying. Moved by her actions, Kao decides that he will stay at her side, now that Shen Bing-Hong has turned into an ice statue, for the rest of his life]]. Roll credits.
14	* TheCavalryArrivesLate: In fact, they arrive ''after'' [[spoiler: Shen Bing-Hong had commited her HeroicSacrifice and after all the named major villains are dead]].
15	* CoolSword: Shen Ping-Hong wields a powerful Jade Sword with a curved blade.
16	* DaddysLittleVillain: Tung Ming-chu, daughter of Golden Warrior Tung and the film's DarkActionGirl, who is as cunning and as sinister as her father when it comes to plotting on how to retrieve Shen Ping-Hong's Jade Sword.
17	* DecapitationPresentation: Shen Ping-Hong is determined to have all four of her parents' killers executed, and have their heads placed on their altars. She managed to collect three of them.
18	* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The cavern that holds the sacred pearl, necessary to allow Shen Ping-Hong to enter the Ice Cave unharmed, is depicted as a lava-filled volcano constantly spewing flames. Evidently, the pearl is kept on a stone platform in the heart of the flames.
19	* GenreMashup: Part ''wuxia'', part fantasy epic, part Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet-esque love story.
20	* HandicappedBadass: Shen Ping-Hong, the titular snowgirl, whose lose functions of both her legs and can only move with crutches, but somehow still can kick plenty of ass (literally without legs).
21	* HealingSpring: The final scene is in an enchanted ice cave, housing a crystal spring that can restore the function of Shen Ping-Hong's legs.
22	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Right at the end of the movie, after killing Golden Warrior Tung, Shen Ping-Hong decide to give up her sacred pearl to Kao Tien-Ying, having herself solidifying into an ice statue in the process]].
23	* InASingleBound: Most characters can cover great distances just by jumping, but Shen Ping-Hong is the most impressive example because she's jumping with ''crutches''.
24	* IronicNickname: Shen Bing-Hong, the titular Snowgirl, [[spoiler: dies from being turned into a solid ice statue]].
25	* OffWithHisHead: The fates of Master Xiamen, Master Kao and Master Shen, in the hands of Shen Ping-Hong, as part of her mission of {{revenge}}.
26	* RooftopConfrontation: The opening action scene when Shen Ping-Hong escapes a group of thugs after retrieving her Jade Sword, with a bit of {{Roofhopping}} involved. Take note that she is a cripple who needs a pair of crutches to even walk, but somehow she can jump from one roof to another using her crutches and ''chi'' alone.
27	* StarCrossedLovers: Ultimately, the relationship between the warrior Kao Tien-Ying and the titular snowgirl, Shen Ping-Hong, because his father is one of the killers of her family, which she had slain during her quest for revenge.
28	* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler: Shen Ping-Hong's fate, from exposing herself to the frost in the Ice Cavern and turning into an ice statue]].
29	* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In the finale, [[spoiler: Spen Ping-Hong kills Golden Warrior Tung by throwing her coveted Jade Sword into Tung's back]].
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31	* YouKilledMyFather: The titular vengeance refers to Shen Ping-Hong seeking the deaths of those who killed her parents.

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