The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) on Netflix
NR19931h 43mActionComedyFantasy
Ouyang Feng and his cousin, the Queen Consort of Jinlun, plot to seize the kingdom. The Third Princess escapes with the seal, and Jiugong Zhenren sends Huang Yaoshi to help her.
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Plot summary
Ouyang Feng carries on an affair with his cousin, who is the Queen Consort of Jinlun. To keep the King from discovering them, the pair plot to seize the kingdom and the royal seal. The King's daughter, the Third Princess, escapes with the seal, and Ouyang Feng hunts her down. She asks Jiugong Zhenren for help, and he puts his apprentice Huang Yaoshi at her side. The two are to search for the Jiuyin Zhenjing, a manual of martial arts that can be learned to defeat Ouyang Feng. A junior of Huang Yaoshi is fond of her own senior and feels jealous of the princess.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Wong Kar-wai produced The Eagle Shooting Heroes because his own Ashes of Time was over budget and unfinished: he had the cast play different roles in a "quick-and-dirty" comedy shot for a Lunar New Year 1993 release to make as much money as possible.
