THE HIMALAYAN (synopsis)
Tseng is the big boss of all the Tongs of hinterland China just north of the Himalayas. Retirement minded, he sends his only daughter Ching Lan, beautiful yet well versed in martial arts, to the annual Tibetan Martial Arts Tournament in the hope of finding a suitable son-in-law and successor.
The tournament is under the auspices of the Eagle Lama, the high priest of Tibet's vanishing cult. There Ching Lan meets Kao Yi-fang, a young man who is every bit Tseng's requirement. She likes him and he likes her. The result: on the spot engagement.
Yi-fang's brother Kao Cheng is an ambitious man without scruples. He sets his aim very high — to take over from Tseng as the big boss of the region. He murders Yi-fang and sends along a look-alike, Wan, to the wedding. Weakling Wan, though already married is easily bribed into the plot.
Ching Lan and Wan are married. When everybody is celebrating, stable boy Hsu is very unhappy. He was Ching Lan's childhood friend but can now only admire her at a distance. Kao Cheng tests him out. A plot is hatched.
Aged Tseng finds Wan to be too weak as his successor. He decides to hand over his empire to Ching Lan instead. His plan is known to Man Man, Kao Cheng's mistress planted in the Tseng household as a maid.
Kao Cheng sends Man Man to seduce Hsu. Wan is sent to complain to Tseng that Ching Lan is carrying an affair with Hsu. While Tseng storms into Hsu's stable only to find evidence of Chin Lan's infidelity. Meanwhile, Kao Cheng stabs Wan, making it look as if Ching Lan had killed her husband. Ching Lan is rendered voiceless by Kao Cheng. All the evidence is there clearly implicating Ching Lan. Tseng is so angry that he nails Ching Lan onto a board and throws her into the river.
Kao Cheng goes to kill Hsu who manages to escape. Hsu rescue Ching Lan from the river. They later learn that Kao Cheng has taken over from Tseng as the big boss.
It is in a Tibetan village that Ching Lan and Hsu discover Wan's identity, and Kao's machinations. They go to the Eagle Lama to learn the secrets of the Lamaistic martial art in order to fight Kao Cheng.
The Eagle Lama discovers the murdered body of Tseng's trusted Lieutenant Chu Lung. Knowing Tseng is in great danger, he sends Ching Lan and Hsu down hills. After a bruising fight Ching Lan and Hsu finally kill Kao. Tseng is saved from imminent death and the young people's good name is cleared.
Hsu leaves, apparently heading back for the Himalyas.
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本事
在川康一帶財雄勢大,統治一百八十多個水陸碼頭的武林高手兼龐大的幫會組織首領曾六爺(關山飾)膝下僅有一女名靑蘭(茅瑛飾)貌美如花,武功高强。由於年華雙二,其父有意替她物色一位如意郎君,適値西藏高原擧行一年一度的比武大會,乃着得力助手瞿龍(韓英傑飾)及忠僕之子許天强(譚道良飾)陪同靑蘭前往參加,希望在會中找到一位東床快婿。
比武大會由西藏密宗高手鷹喇嘛(黃楓飾)主持,靑蘭在賽會中與一位英俊的武林世家子弟高逸帆(凌漢飾)比武,靑蘭對其英俊留下印象,瞿龍知其意,乃招逸帆入贅曾家,擇吉成親。
逸帆有兄名高震(陳星飾)擅虎爪功絕技,武功極高,爲人深謀遠慮,有意藉其弟與曾家婚事,霸佔曾家產業,高震乃命其手下殺死逸帆,而另找得一位外貌與逸帆相像之村夫萬曉夫(凌漢兼飾)僞冒其弟身份,赴曾家入贅,曉夫本有妻子(朱靑飾),但在利慾薰心之下,卒答應與高震同往。
靑蘭成親之日,許天强落落寡歡,天强與靑蘭自幼靑梅竹馬,暗戀靑蘭但因尊卑身份懸殊,不敢作非份之想。
六爺因年事已高,有意將業務交其婿管理,但眼看逸帆並非好人材,故欲轉交女兒靑蘭,事爲高震情婦曼曼(王恩姬飾)獲悉,乃設下陰謀,命曼曼誘天强相好,天强血氣方剛,遂墜入高震圈套中。另一方面,高震又打傷僞逸帆,以虎爪功扼暈靑蘭,命偽逸帆向六爺訴說靑蘭與天强有染,六爺前往天强房中捉姦時,曼曼故意扮靑蘭聲音與天强談話,當六爺破門入內時,曼曼破窗逃走,並放出一枚靑蘭常用的飛刀掩護。
高震乘六爺往捉姦之際,偸回靑蘭房中,將僞逸帆殺死,又將暈去之靑蘭壓在僞逸帆身上,做成靑蘭殺夫佈局。六爺在震怒中,命手下將靑蘭釘在木板上,投入河中。
高震藉口懲治奸夫,與天强激鬥,天强不敵,負傷逃出,翌晨在河邊救得靑蘭。途中在高震爪牙口中獲悉曾六爺已被高震控制,天强乃帶着靑蘭同往西藏。
靑蘭與天强逃至西藏邊境,無意中遇見萬曉夫之妻,乃悉一切遭遇,皆是高震奸計,兩人矢志復仇,乃投鷹喇嘛門下,苦練密宗絕技,兩人武功大進。一日,鷹喇嘛在樹林中發現瞿龍屍體,知曾六爺危在旦夕,乃命天强與靑蘭返曾家救父,時高震正擬用嚴刑迫六爺交出接管水陸碼頭之大權,靑蘭與天强及時趕至,一塲龍爭虎鬥之後,靑蘭與天强卒將惡貫滿盈之高震及其爪牙擊斃,救出六爺,洗雪沉寃。