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* AnyoneCanDie: Hmm... there is the entire LaResistance force including [[spoiler: Tsai Jing]], the [[spoiler: Yong Zheng's entourage]], plenty of the palace's imperial staff, [[spoiler: the Yong Zheng himself]], and even [[spoiler: the titular heroine isn't likely to survive after the final scene]], although her ultimate fate is left ambiguous.
* BigBad: Yong Zheng is TheUsurper to the throne and main villain of the film.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Hmm... there is the entire LaResistance force including [[spoiler: Tsai Jing]], the [[spoiler: Yong Zheng's entourage]], plenty of the palace's imperial staff, [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:Emperor Yong Zheng himself]], and even [[spoiler: the titular heroine isn't likely to survive after the final scene]], although her ultimate fate is left ambiguous.
* BigBad: Emperor Yong Zheng is TheUsurper to the throne and main villain of the film.
* BigBad: Emperor Yong Zheng is TheUsurper to the throne and main villain of the film.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: There is an Emperor Yong Zheng in real Manchurian history, but he's nowhere as villainous as his film counterpart.
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* PinballProtagonist: For most of the film, the narrative seems unsure whether to focus more on Tsang Jing or Lui Si-niang, where their prominence and contributions to the plot of the story seems to randomly bounce between one another. A great deal of focus is on him rather early in the film, and suddenly she gets more attention by the second act, before going back to him, and so on.
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* HighPressureBlood: Used in every big battle scene. The last two deaths of the film [[spoiler: of the Yong Zheng and TheDragon]] literally erupts into a red geyser.
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* HighPressureBlood: Used in every big battle scene. The last two deaths of the film [[spoiler: of the Yong [[spoiler:Yong Zheng and TheDragon]] literally erupts into a red geyser.
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* BigBad: Yong Zheng is TheUsurper to the throne and main villain of the film.
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* LaResistance: The underground rebels who opposes Yong Zheng's rule.
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* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler: Tsai Jing in his final scene; despite being mortally wounded, he refuse to go down fighting, instead just takes on an entire platoon of enemy soldiers, taking names left and right while sustaining plenty of injuries himself before he finally, finally succumbs]].
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''The Lady Assassin'' is a 1983 martial arts film starring Norman Chu, Creator/MaxMok, Creator/AnthonyLauWing and relatively minor Shaw Brothers starlet Leanne Lau Suet-Wah [[note]] who made less than 20 movies in her career [[/note]] as the titular character.
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''The Lady Assassin'' is a 1983 Creator/ShawBrothers martial arts film starring Norman Chu, Creator/MaxMok, Creator/AnthonyLauWing and relatively minor Shaw Brothers starlet Leanne Lau Suet-Wah [[note]] who made less than 20 movies in her career [[/note]] as the titular character.
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* {{Undercrank}}: It's painfully obvious that most of the fight scenes were sped-up, most likely due to budgetary reasons.
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''The Lady Assassin'' is a 1983 martial arts film starring Norman Chu, Creator/MaxMok, Creator/AnthonyLauWing and relatively minor Shaw Brothers starlet Leanne Lau Suet-Wah [[note]] who made less than 20 movies in her career [[/note]] as the titular character.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the corrupt Imperial Court has allowed tyranny and dictatorship to reign over the populace. The Emperor, Yong Zheng, rules with an iron fist; but a legion of assassins, including the eponymous heroine, are determined to put an end to his rule.
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!! The Lady Assassin contains example of:
* AmazonBrigade: Resident ActionGirl Lui Si Niang and her posse of fellow female asskickers who supports the LaResistance.
* AnyoneCanDie: Hmm... there is the entire LaResistance force including [[spoiler: Tsai Jing]], the [[spoiler: Yong Zheng's entourage]], plenty of the palace's imperial staff, [[spoiler: the Yong Zheng himself]], and even [[spoiler: the titular heroine isn't likely to survive after the final scene]], although her ultimate fate is left ambiguous.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: [[spoiler: Tsang Jing]] in his final scene, where he succumbs after killing a whole platoon of Yong Zheng's soldiers.
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: After Lui Si-niang had killed Emperor Yong Zheng , reinforcements starts coming for her. And then the film suddenly ends]].
* CulturedBadass: Tsang Jing, besides being a warrior, is also a scholar and bookworm who quotes historical facts and anecdotes every now and then in the film.
* {{Gorn}}: One of the gorier ''wuxia'' Shaw Brothers released in the 1980s.
* GratuitousNinja:
** In the failed opening assasination scene, Yong Zheng's would-be killers are inexplicably dressed as ninjas.
** Yong Zheng himself have a platoon of EliteMooks dressed like ninjas, in gold shiny outfits.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Done ''TWICE'' in a row. This is how [[spoiler: Lui Si-niang killed Yong Zheng's henchman, and Yong Zheng himself]]. Horizontally for the former, vertically for the latter.
* HighPressureBlood: Used in every big battle scene. The last two deaths of the film [[spoiler: of the Yong Zheng and TheDragon]] literally erupts into a red geyser.
* InASingleBound: Most of the combatants can leap and fly all over the place with ease. In the final battle against a group of EliteMook ninjas it results in an exciting high-flying action sequence on the palace's ceiling levels.
* SecondaryCharacterTitle: The titular Lady Assassin, Lui Si-Niang, is not the main character; most of the film tends to focus on Tsang Jing instead and his valiant efforts to put an end to Yong Zheng's reign of tyranny. She finally lives up to her name in the finale [[spoiler: but Tsang is not alive to see it]].
* OneManArmy: Tsang Jing single-handedly interrupting an execution and killing dozens upon dozens of enemy soldiers, in his [[spoiler: LastStand]].
* PublicExecution: Near the end of the film, Tsang Jing interrupts the public execution of his mentor in the hands of the Imperial. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he ends up being LuredIntoATrap, where the victim being executed turns out to be TheDragon who ambushed Tsang as he's being "rescued"]].
* {{Wuxia}}
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''The Lady Assassin'' is a 1983 martial arts film starring Norman Chu, Creator/MaxMok, Creator/AnthonyLauWing and relatively minor Shaw Brothers starlet Leanne Lau Suet-Wah [[note]] who made less than 20 movies in her career [[/note]] as the titular character.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the corrupt Imperial Court has allowed tyranny and dictatorship to reign over the populace. The Emperor, Yong Zheng, rules with an iron fist; but a legion of assassins, including the eponymous heroine, are determined to put an end to his rule.
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!! The Lady Assassin contains example of:
* AmazonBrigade: Resident ActionGirl Lui Si Niang and her posse of fellow female asskickers who supports the LaResistance.
* AnyoneCanDie: Hmm... there is the entire LaResistance force including [[spoiler: Tsai Jing]], the [[spoiler: Yong Zheng's entourage]], plenty of the palace's imperial staff, [[spoiler: the Yong Zheng himself]], and even [[spoiler: the titular heroine isn't likely to survive after the final scene]], although her ultimate fate is left ambiguous.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: [[spoiler: Tsang Jing]] in his final scene, where he succumbs after killing a whole platoon of Yong Zheng's soldiers.
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: After Lui Si-niang had killed Emperor Yong Zheng , reinforcements starts coming for her. And then the film suddenly ends]].
* CulturedBadass: Tsang Jing, besides being a warrior, is also a scholar and bookworm who quotes historical facts and anecdotes every now and then in the film.
* {{Gorn}}: One of the gorier ''wuxia'' Shaw Brothers released in the 1980s.
* GratuitousNinja:
** In the failed opening assasination scene, Yong Zheng's would-be killers are inexplicably dressed as ninjas.
** Yong Zheng himself have a platoon of EliteMooks dressed like ninjas, in gold shiny outfits.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Done ''TWICE'' in a row. This is how [[spoiler: Lui Si-niang killed Yong Zheng's henchman, and Yong Zheng himself]]. Horizontally for the former, vertically for the latter.
* HighPressureBlood: Used in every big battle scene. The last two deaths of the film [[spoiler: of the Yong Zheng and TheDragon]] literally erupts into a red geyser.
* InASingleBound: Most of the combatants can leap and fly all over the place with ease. In the final battle against a group of EliteMook ninjas it results in an exciting high-flying action sequence on the palace's ceiling levels.
* SecondaryCharacterTitle: The titular Lady Assassin, Lui Si-Niang, is not the main character; most of the film tends to focus on Tsang Jing instead and his valiant efforts to put an end to Yong Zheng's reign of tyranny. She finally lives up to her name in the finale [[spoiler: but Tsang is not alive to see it]].
* OneManArmy: Tsang Jing single-handedly interrupting an execution and killing dozens upon dozens of enemy soldiers, in his [[spoiler: LastStand]].
* PublicExecution: Near the end of the film, Tsang Jing interrupts the public execution of his mentor in the hands of the Imperial. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he ends up being LuredIntoATrap, where the victim being executed turns out to be TheDragon who ambushed Tsang as he's being "rescued"]].
* {{Wuxia}}
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