This movie, unlike other commentors, I cannot see why it cannot be one of the best examples of a Kung-Fu cult classic. It was the number one in the U.S. Box Officce for four consecutive weeks beating the Godfather and Sound of Music at the time. Not to mention it was the first Hong Kong movie to be imported to the U.S. to become so popular and loved among the ofreign public. The director obviously had innate sense of what the public wanted including WOMEN. No wonder Tarantino has adopted so many scenes and music from this movie to be part of "Kill Bill." It really is a movie you need to see at least once before you die. By the wat you should also check out the director's other movies and his filmography. His name is actually Chang-wha Chung. A Korean director who was adopted by Run-run Shaw of Shaw Brothers to work for them to create many movies which resulted in great sucess.