Directed by actress Kao Pao-shu, this finds Feng Fei Fei (Lily Ho) facing a challenge. She wants revenge on the three men who killed her sister and almost ended her nephew. Getting that bloody payment isn’t the hardest thing in the world for her, as she’s the fiercest swordsperson in perhaps all of the martial world.

The problem is that one of the killers appears to be Chin Lien Pai, the man to whom she has been promised. All the fighting skills in the world can’t get past family obligations and love.

I love that this had a female director. After this, she started her own company with her husband, making this the only film she would direct for Shaw Brothers.

This wasn’t dubbed when it was released in the U.S., instead appearing with subtitles, which wasn’t usually the way these movies came out here. I wish they’d given it a better title.

The 88 Films release of Lady With a Sword has awesome new art by R.P. “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien, as well as commentary by David West and a stills gallery. You can get it from MVD.