A GREAT WALL SUPER PRODUCTION
THE JADE BOW
In colour
Producer: SHEN TIEN—YING
Story: LIANG YU-SHENG
Directors: CHU CHE CHANG HING—YIEN
Screenplay: CHANG SHENG
Synopsis
In a fight to gain possession of a precise book containing instructions on feat of arms, Li Fan — shan, the owner of the book, was killed by Meng Sheng — tung, while Meng's wife was killed by Li's brother, leaving behind her an infant girl. Meng ran away with half the book, while Li's brother kept the other half and raised her niece, teaching her all the secrets in half of the book. Meng's child was rescued by Leu Sze — niang of Min Shan Mountain, who raised her and named her Ku Chi — hua.
Twenty years later, Meng Sheng — tung learned all the secrets from half of the book and challenged the disciples of Min Shan Mountain, who were then leaders in the feat of arms. King Shi — yi, disciple of Tulung Taun—zhe, eye — witness of the duel twenty years ago, came to their rescue and met Ku Chi — hua, whom he knew to be the daughter of Meng.
In the meantime, Li Shen — nan, daughter of Li Fan — shan, had learned everything from her uncle and was determined to avenge her father's death by killing Meng. Meng's disciples ambushed her, but King Shi—yi rescued her, mistaking her for a disciple of the Min Shan Mountain. With her jade bow, she wounded King with a poisonous arrow by accident, and while nursing his wound, she fell in love with him.
When Meng learned that Ku Chi—hua was his daughter, he went to Min Shan Mountain to demand his daughter. He also informed the government authorities with a view to wiping out totally the man of Min Shan Mountain. King Shi — yi learned Meng's intentions and asked Tang Shao — lang of Tien Shan Mountain to come to Min Shan Mountain to repell Meng and his man. Grateful to King's help, Ku Chi — hua fell in love with King too. When Li Shen — nan learned about their friendship, she was filled with jealousy and determined to separate them. On the other hand, Meng hated King so much for spoiling his plans that he vowed to kill him, without knowing that his own daughter was in love with his deadly enemy.
In order to wipe out Meng and his disciples, King joined forces with Li Shen — nan and her uncle. Li Shen — nan introduced King to her uncle as her husband since her uncle would trust no outsider and King had no opportunity to reveal the truth.
Now that Meng and Li fianlly came face to face and the two old man had a fierce duel. King was almost killed by Meng but Shen—nan came to rescue him and was herself seriously wounded. When she learned that Ku Chi—hua was Meng's daughter, she wounded her witth a poisonous arrow. The duel came to an end with both Li and Meng mortally wounded. Shen—nan knew that she could not live and promised to cure Ku Chi-hua's wound provided King married her before she died. Chi—hua was cured, but Shen—nan died in King's arms.