Kung Fu Girl

During the Japanese occupation of China, a young revolutionary impersonates the long lost sister of a police chief in order to infiltrate his household. It's a pretty decent example of first wave Golden Harvest chopsocky with a decidedly nationalist bent. Cheng Pei-Pei is spunky and fierce, and the plot is not bad at all, but the swingy arm style of kung fu is somewhat dated.

It was interesting to see Jô Shishido in this movie and he really brings some class to an otherwise two dimensional role. Pei-pei Cheng is spry, feisty and cute but at least in this film she doesn't sell the kung fu expert role. It always irks me a bit when I see the villains easily beaten by slip shod martial arts, such as here when there are 2 Karateish experts that are easily defeated by sloppy windmill Kung Fu. In my opinion all the different fighting styles should be given respect and a ch