1978 · wuxia · shaw-brothers · gu-long
The Lost Swordship
1978
- sombre
- brisk
Movie DNA
Sombre, breathless, measured wuxia / shaw-brothers, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →The Lost Swordship (1978) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive wuxia · shaw-brothers · gu-long entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.
Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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The Spirit of the Sword
1980 · very close match
Sword Stained with Royal Blood
1981 · very close match
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
1978 · close match
The Condemned
1976 · close match
The Proud Youth
1978 · close match
The Brave Archer Part II
1978 · close match
The Brave Archer Part III
1981 · close match
Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman
1982 · close match
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