The Water Margin

水滸傳 (original)

6.5

/10

1h 21m 18+Action & Adventure Action Drama

There are martial arts epics and "brotherhood hero" films but then there is nothing out there that comes even close to The Water Margin. Based on the classic novel and true legend, All Men Are Brothers about how 108 rebels bravely fought against the Sung Dynasty, just about every big Shaw Brothers’ star around at the time, David Chiang, Ti Lung and Chen Kuan-tai to name a few, were called in to do this film to make it one of the most dynamic films in the history of cinema. The film exhausts you with its wild and wooly, yet heroically primitive battle scenes that ultimately end in sharp and visually effective images of death, defeat and heroism. It won Honorable Mention for Dramatic Feature at the 1972 Golden Horse Awards.

Spoken language: zh

Starring David Chiang, Tetsurō Tamba, Toshio Kurosawa, Chin Feng, Chen Kuan-tai, Lily Ho, Ti Lung, Tung Lam, Ku Feng, Elliot Ngok

Watch "The Water Margin" from streaming services Google Play, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1972. It's a action & adventure and action movie, and has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.