1972 - LADY WHIRLWIND, Angela Mao kicks butt

There is really not a lot you can say about Lady Whirlwind.  It's kind of a standard marital arts film for the most part.  What this film does have going for it is Angela Mao who besides being an actor was also an excellent martial artist.  Mao had been a Chinese opera performer and when from what I've read about the Chinese opera it was no place for wimps. 

In this film Mao is out to avenge her sister who committed suicide after being left at the altar so to speak There is lots of marital arts action which includes the usual scene where one of the protagonists has to learn a new technique to toughen him up after getting beat up by the chief bad guy etc.  

 

Naturally it all comes together at the end for a big fight scene with everybody hitting everybody else. However it's always fun to see a female martial artist kicking butt in what was essentially a male dominated genre.

 

An interesting fact about Angela Mao, she ended up relocating to New York City where her family has opened up several restaurants.

The film was written by Huang Feng, the running time is 88 minutes.