Both star a noble young lady who secret leads the live of a warrior and fell in love with another warrior socially beneath her. Lots of action sequences, many of them on rooftops, and also stunning photography. The drama is heavier on romance, the film is heavier on the action but both share a good number of thematic connections
In the mid-17th century, the Manchus take over sovereignty of China and establish the Qing Dynasty. While nationalistic sentiments start brewing within the martial artists' community (jianghu), the Qing government immediately imposes a ban forbidding the common people from practising martial arts. Fire-Wind sees the new law as an opportunity to for himself to make a fortune and offers to help the government execute the new rule. Greedy, cruel and immoral, Fire-Wind ravages northwest China with his army, killing thousands of pugilists as well as innocent civilians. His next goal is to attack Martial Village, which houses a large number of martial artists...
