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* CoolHat: Hsia-feng wears his cool EyeObscuringHat in every scene, even during his battles.
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* KnifeNut: Leng-Ping is an expert in short knives, both for stabbing and throwing.
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[[caption-width-right:302:The gods favors the mighty after all...]]
''Beach of the War Gods'' is a 1973 martial arts film starring Creator/JimmyWangYu, Lung Fei, Tieh Yeh and Hsueh Han.
Towards the end of the Ming dynasty, a cluster of coastal Chinese villages are at the mercy of Japanese buccaneers, who regularly launch raids and attacks on the village, plundering the locals of their wealth and food. But when a drifter and wandering warrior, Hsia-feng (Jimmy) single-handedly kills a small band of buccaneers while in the village, the villagers are quick to offer Hsia-feng an extended stay, in exchange for protection against the invaders. Hsia agrees, and later he is joined by a few more warriors, including "Killer" Leng-ping and Iron Bull, who then decides to train the villagers into battle against the buccaneers.
Yes, this is ''Film/SevenSamurai'' all over again, but with Wang-yu. So expect the action, gore, and onscreen bodycount to skyrocket. After all, Jimmy gets to do [[OneManArmy what he does best]]...
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!!Tropes of the War Gods:
* BigBad: Shinobu Hashimoto leads the Japanese pirates to regularly commit RapePillageAndBurn on the villages.
* BigBadassBattleSequence: One that occurs halfway through the movie, where the village men trained into becoming warriors, led by Hsia-feng and Leng Ping, takes on the Japanese buccaneers led by Hashimoto. The entire battle lasts for at least ten minutes onscreen, with plenty of deaths on each side. Of course Hsia-feng and Hashimoto leads in terms of bodycount, killing plenty of mooks and redshirts, respectively.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: Hsia-feng, during big battle scenes. Especially given how he wears completely white. It's mostly the blood of enemy pirates, but [[spoiler: at the end of his battle against Hashimoto]]...
* CoolHat: Hsia-feng wears his cool EyeObscuringHat in every scene, even during his battles.
* TheDrifter: Hsia-feng spends his days WalkingTheEarth, and by chance stumbles across the village being threatened by Japanese pirates. He's offered a chance to have an extended stay in the village in exchange for protecting the village.
* DualWielding: Hsia-feng uses twin swords when it comes to taking names.
* EliteMook: The samurai leaders whom are [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority clad in red]] (instead of navy blue), uses special weapons like the flail, ''tetsubo'' or ''nagayari'', and puts up a much, much better fight than the samurai mooks. They also give Hsia-feng and his crew a much tougher fight during the battle scenes.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Hsia-feng, a stranger complete with mysterious EyeObscuringHat and all, first enters the village, it was in the aftermath of a buccaneer raid, where everyone is wary of strangers and afraid to even leave their houses. Cue Hsia-feng entering a tavern occupied by Japanese pirates, and when the leader orders his men to kill Hsia for barging in, Hsia kills them all soundlessly establishing himself as a threat to the invaders.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Hsia-feng and his lancer, Leng-Ping, both fails to outlive the credits]].
* HeroKiller: Hashimoto, who claims the highest body-count amongst the Japanese bucaneers. Plenty of redshirts have felled to his sword, including [[spoiler: Leng-Ping TheLancer]].
* HomeGuard: The villagers defending the coastal town from Japanese buccaneers ultimately becomes this, once Hsia-feng and his crew teaches the villagers to fight.
* KnifeNut: Leng-Ping is an expert in short knives, both for stabbing and throwing.
* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: This time, it's a band of seven warriors, led by Hsia-Feng, with most of the focus being on Hsia TheHero, Leng Ping TheLancer, and Iron Bull TheBigGuy inspiring the village to fight against an army of Japanese pirates..
* MartialArtsHeadband: Worn by all the Japanese buccaneers. From the lowest-tier mooks to the red-clad EliteMooks, and their boss Hashimoto.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: The result of the one-on-one, mano-and-mano, final battle between Hashimoto and Hsia, with Hsia slicing Hashimoto's throat while suffering a fatal stab in the process]].
* NobleDemon: Hashimoto, after recognizing Hsia-feng and his crew to be his WorthyOpponent, actually keeps his word to retreat if Hsia accepts his challenge on a one-on-one duel.
* RuggedScar: Leng-feng TheLancer has [[http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=5427&image_id=317233&display_set=eng one on his cheek]].
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Hashimoto's fate, by Hsia's sword]].
* SpareAMessenger: After Hsia-feng's introduction scene where an EliteMook buccaneer and at least eight regular mooks tries intimidating him, Hsia kills the eight mooks without a word, and leaves the leader alive to deliver a message that the villages aren't to be taken lightly.
* StormingTheBeaches: The movie do take place on a beach, after all, like what the title states.
* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: This being a ''Film/SevenSamurai'' type of film, of course this happens. Numerous village men are recruited to join the LaResistance army, with Hsia-feng, Leng Feng and Iron Bull training them on using weapons and fighting.
* WorthyOpponent: Hsia-feng and Hashimoto, after facing each other directly in the big battle halfway through the movie, where they each cut a bloody chunk from the opposing army, ultimately decides each other to be the most worthy of all. At which point Hashimoto decides to retreat, and challenge Hsia-feng for a one-on-one duel to determine who should claim ownership of the village.
* YouAreAlreadyDead: [[spoiler: Hashimoto's death]] invokes this; after [[spoiler: Hashimoto and Hsia lunges at each other with a forward slash]], Hashimoto turns around first, sheathing his katana. [[spoiler: Then a trickle of blood squirts from Hashimoto's neck]]...
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[[caption-width-right:302:The gods favors the mighty after all...]]
''Beach of the War Gods'' is a 1973 martial arts film starring Creator/JimmyWangYu, Lung Fei, Tieh Yeh and Hsueh Han.
Towards the end of the Ming dynasty, a cluster of coastal Chinese villages are at the mercy of Japanese buccaneers, who regularly launch raids and attacks on the village, plundering the locals of their wealth and food. But when a drifter and wandering warrior, Hsia-feng (Jimmy) single-handedly kills a small band of buccaneers while in the village, the villagers are quick to offer Hsia-feng an extended stay, in exchange for protection against the invaders. Hsia agrees, and later he is joined by a few more warriors, including "Killer" Leng-ping and Iron Bull, who then decides to train the villagers into battle against the buccaneers.
Yes, this is ''Film/SevenSamurai'' all over again, but with Wang-yu. So expect the action, gore, and onscreen bodycount to skyrocket. After all, Jimmy gets to do [[OneManArmy what he does best]]...
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!!Tropes of the War Gods:
* BigBad: Shinobu Hashimoto leads the Japanese pirates to regularly commit RapePillageAndBurn on the villages.
* BigBadassBattleSequence: One that occurs halfway through the movie, where the village men trained into becoming warriors, led by Hsia-feng and Leng Ping, takes on the Japanese buccaneers led by Hashimoto. The entire battle lasts for at least ten minutes onscreen, with plenty of deaths on each side. Of course Hsia-feng and Hashimoto leads in terms of bodycount, killing plenty of mooks and redshirts, respectively.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: Hsia-feng, during big battle scenes. Especially given how he wears completely white. It's mostly the blood of enemy pirates, but [[spoiler: at the end of his battle against Hashimoto]]...
* CoolHat: Hsia-feng wears his cool EyeObscuringHat in every scene, even during his battles.
* TheDrifter: Hsia-feng spends his days WalkingTheEarth, and by chance stumbles across the village being threatened by Japanese pirates. He's offered a chance to have an extended stay in the village in exchange for protecting the village.
* DualWielding: Hsia-feng uses twin swords when it comes to taking names.
* EliteMook: The samurai leaders whom are [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority clad in red]] (instead of navy blue), uses special weapons like the flail, ''tetsubo'' or ''nagayari'', and puts up a much, much better fight than the samurai mooks. They also give Hsia-feng and his crew a much tougher fight during the battle scenes.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Hsia-feng, a stranger complete with mysterious EyeObscuringHat and all, first enters the village, it was in the aftermath of a buccaneer raid, where everyone is wary of strangers and afraid to even leave their houses. Cue Hsia-feng entering a tavern occupied by Japanese pirates, and when the leader orders his men to kill Hsia for barging in, Hsia kills them all soundlessly establishing himself as a threat to the invaders.
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Hsia-feng and his lancer, Leng-Ping, both fails to outlive the credits]].
* HeroKiller: Hashimoto, who claims the highest body-count amongst the Japanese bucaneers. Plenty of redshirts have felled to his sword, including [[spoiler: Leng-Ping TheLancer]].
* HomeGuard: The villagers defending the coastal town from Japanese buccaneers ultimately becomes this, once Hsia-feng and his crew teaches the villagers to fight.
* KnifeNut: Leng-Ping is an expert in short knives, both for stabbing and throwing.
* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: This time, it's a band of seven warriors, led by Hsia-Feng, with most of the focus being on Hsia TheHero, Leng Ping TheLancer, and Iron Bull TheBigGuy inspiring the village to fight against an army of Japanese pirates..
* MartialArtsHeadband: Worn by all the Japanese buccaneers. From the lowest-tier mooks to the red-clad EliteMooks, and their boss Hashimoto.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: The result of the one-on-one, mano-and-mano, final battle between Hashimoto and Hsia, with Hsia slicing Hashimoto's throat while suffering a fatal stab in the process]].
* NobleDemon: Hashimoto, after recognizing Hsia-feng and his crew to be his WorthyOpponent, actually keeps his word to retreat if Hsia accepts his challenge on a one-on-one duel.
* RuggedScar: Leng-feng TheLancer has [[http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/image_detail.mhtml?id=5427&image_id=317233&display_set=eng one on his cheek]].
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Hashimoto's fate, by Hsia's sword]].
* SpareAMessenger: After Hsia-feng's introduction scene where an EliteMook buccaneer and at least eight regular mooks tries intimidating him, Hsia kills the eight mooks without a word, and leaves the leader alive to deliver a message that the villages aren't to be taken lightly.
* StormingTheBeaches: The movie do take place on a beach, after all, like what the title states.
* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: This being a ''Film/SevenSamurai'' type of film, of course this happens. Numerous village men are recruited to join the LaResistance army, with Hsia-feng, Leng Feng and Iron Bull training them on using weapons and fighting.
* WorthyOpponent: Hsia-feng and Hashimoto, after facing each other directly in the big battle halfway through the movie, where they each cut a bloody chunk from the opposing army, ultimately decides each other to be the most worthy of all. At which point Hashimoto decides to retreat, and challenge Hsia-feng for a one-on-one duel to determine who should claim ownership of the village.
* YouAreAlreadyDead: [[spoiler: Hashimoto's death]] invokes this; after [[spoiler: Hashimoto and Hsia lunges at each other with a forward slash]], Hashimoto turns around first, sheathing his katana. [[spoiler: Then a trickle of blood squirts from Hashimoto's neck]]...
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