DIRTY HO (Hong Kong, 1979)
Directed by: Lau Kar-leung
Starring: Wong Yue, Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh

One of the best titles ever to grace a movie poster comes attached to one of the most sophisticated kung fu movies ever made. The Qing Prince (Gordon Liu) is traveling the country incognito, tasting wine, fondling antiques, and relaxing in brothels. While brothel-relaxing he gets in a scrap with a loud-mouthed conman, Ho (Wong Yue), and forces the punk to become his reluctant servant. This comes in handy when a series of assassins are dispatched to ensure the Prince never returns to the imperial palace. Shakespearean in scope, this flick is a series of secret duels between the Prince and the killers, all taking place in public but disguised as wine tastings and genteel social encounters. LKL reaches dizzying heights of physical invention, and the movie becomes an ever-expanding series of jaw-dropping duels leading to an arrow studded showdown in a sound stage wasteland.