The 14 Amazons is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia

Wuxia

Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...

film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio

Shaw Brothers Studio

The Shaw Brothers Studio , owned by Shaw Brothers Ltd., was the foremost and the largest movie production company of Hong Kong movies.From their distribution base in Singapore where they founded parent company Shaw Organization in 1924, and as a strategic development of their movie distribution...

 and featuring a predominantly female cast. The story is about the female Generals of the Yang Clan.

Plot

The Yang family, men and women, had served their country (Northern Sung Dynasty

Song Dynasty

The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...

) loyally for generations. During the war with West Hsia

Western Xia

The Western Xia Dynasty or the Tangut Empire, was known to the Tanguts and the Tibetans as Minyak.The state existed from 1038 to 1227 AD in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Ningxia, Gansu, eastern Qinghai, northern Shaanxi, northeastern Xinjiang, southwest Inner Mongolia, and...

, General Yang Tsung-pao is ambushed and killed. His death leaves his only son, Yang Wen as the only male heir left to the Yang family. His widow, Mu Kuei-ying, the grand matriarch and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country. Due to the interference of a corrupt official, Wang Ching, the Yangs were unable to have the emperor's consent to use the imperial army.

Thus, they set off with whatever volunteer troops they could muster. Knowing of Mu Kuei-ying's reputation as a warrior and tactician, the king of West Hsia and his sons try various ways to stop her to no avail. They are outsmarted at the end as Mu Kuei-ying, the Yang family and Sung soldiers successfully storm their stronghold.

Cast

• Lisa Lu
  Lisa Lu
  Lisa Lu is a Chinese-American actress and documentary producer.-Life and career:Lu was born in Peking, China . Beginning in her teens, she was active in Chinese opera, or Kunqu, before emigrating to the United States...
  
   as She Tai-chun
• Ivy Ling Po
  Ivy Ling Po
  Ivy Ling Po is a Chinese actress and Huangmei opera singer. She played an important role in the entertainment industry for preserving the art form.-1950s - 1960s:...
  
   as Mu Kuei-ying
• Lily Ho as Yang Wen-kuan
• Yueh Hua
  Elliot Ngok
  Elliot Ngok Wah, better known as Yueh Hua, is a former Shaw Brothers actor and veteran TVB actor.-Career:Elly was born Leung Lok Wah in Shanghai, with native Cantonese roots. He immigrated to Hong Kong in 1962. He joined Shaw Brothers and started his acting career in 1965. His breakout film role...
  
   as Lu Chao
• Shu Pei-pei as Yang Pai-feng
• Wang Ping as Yang Chiu-chu
• Lau Ng-kei as Yang Chiu-lan
• Karen Yip as Yang Chiu-mei
• Li Ching as Yang Pa-mei
• Tina Chin Fei as Tu Chin-ngo
• Ou-yang Sha-fei as Chai Chun-chu
• Wong Gam-fung as Ma Sai-ying
• Betty Ting
  Betty Ting
  Betty Ting Pei is a Taiwanese actress who joined Shaw Brothers in 1967. Despite acting in more than 30 movies, nowadays she is known because of the mysterious and controversial death of Bruce Lee in her apartment.-Career:...
  
   as Huang Chiung-nu
• Teresa Ha as Tung Yueh-ngo
• Lam Jing as Tsou Lan-ying
• Chen Yen-yen as Ken Chin-hua
• Chung Wa as Yang Tsung-pao
• Fan Mei-sheng as Chiao Ting-kuai
• Wong Chung-shun as Meng Huai-yuan
• Cheung Ban as Yang Tsung-pao's officer
• Goo Man-chung as Yang Hong
• Ng Man-wa as Niu Hu
• Tien Feng
  Tien Feng
  Tien Feng is a Hong Kong actor for 60 years. He left for Hong Kong from Taiwan and started his career...
  
   as King of West Hsia
• Wang Hsieh as First Prince
• James Nam as Second Prince
• Tin Ching as Third Prince
• Paul Chun
  Paul Chun (actor)
  Paul Chun Pui is a Hong Kong based actor.He is the brother of actor David Chiang and half-brother of actor/ director Derek Yee Tung-Shing. His son Benji Chiang and his daughter Lesley Chiang are duo in the pop group "Benji and Lesley". Paul started his acting career at the age of three...
  
   as Fourth Prince
• Lo Lieh
  Lo Lieh
  Lo Lieh was a Hong Kong actor in martial arts films. His real name is Wang Lap Tat. After his parents sent him back to China he attended acting school in Hong Kong. He began his martial arts training in 1962 and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in the same year and went on to become one of the...
  
   as Fifth Prince
• Yeung Chi-hing as Kou Chun
• Cheng Miu as Wang Ching
• Lee Siu-chung as Wang Ching's official
• Yeung Oi-wa as Chen Chu
• Ding Sai as Shen Ku
• Bolo Yeung
  Bolo Yeung
  Yang Sze , better known as Bolo Yeung, is a former competitive bodybuilder and a martial arts film actor. Primarily cast as the villain in the movies he stars in, he is best known for his performances as Bolo in Enter the Dragon and as Chong Li in Bloodsport, and also for his many appearances in...
  
   as Hsia wrestler
• Gai Yuen as Hsia wrestler (looses fight)
• Chan Shen as Hsia grain depot's head guard
• Law Hon as Hsia grain depot guard
• Nam Wai-lit as Hsia grain depot guard
• Shum Lo as Hsia tower guard
• Someno Yukio as Hsia soldier
• Ren Jie as Hsia soldier
• Kong Lung as Hsia soldier
• Ma Ying as Hsia soldier (spear in eye)
• Lee Ho as Hsia captive
• Liu Wai as Hsia captive
• Ho Wan-tai as Yang soldier who tries to blow up the dam
• Ku Chiu-chin as Yang female soldier
• Kwok Chuk-hing as maid
• Tong Jing as Yang female soldier
• Poon Oi-lun as Yang female soldier
• Lui Saan as Yang female soldier
• Hu Yu-hsia as Yang female soldier
• Shen Zhi-lan as Yang female soldier
• Hung Ling-ling as Yang female soldier
• Chow Siu-loi as Hsia grain depot guard
• Cheung Hei as Hsia grain depot guard
• Tsang Choh-lam as Hsia grain depot guard/captive
• Eric Tsang
  Eric Tsang
  Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...
  
   as Hsia tower guard
• Ng Ming-choi as Hsia soldier
• Wong Chi-ming as Hsia soldier
• Leung Lung as Hsia soldier
• Corey Yuen
  Corey Yuen
  Corey Yuen Kwai is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes.-Life and career:...
  
   as Hsia soldier in the king's tent
• Ricky Hui as Hsia soldier in the king's tent
• Wang Kuang-yu as Hsia soldier who hands arrows to the Fifth Prince
• Yi Fung as Hsia messenger in green dress
• Sa Au as Yang soldier
• Sham Chin-bo as Yang soldier
• Yuen Biao
  Yuen Biao
  Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...
  
   as Yang soldier (in final fight)
• Chin Chun as Wang Ching's official
• Chai Lam as court official
• Lu Ai-qun
• Chui Hing-chun as soldier

11th Golden Horse Awards (1973)

• Honorable Mention For Drama
• Best Director - Cheng Kang
• Best Supporting Actress - Lisa Lu
• Best Sound Recording

External links

• The 14 Amazons at Hong Kong Cinemagic
  Hong Kong Cinemagic
  Hong Kong Cinemagic, sometimes referred to as HKCinemagic, is a bilingual website providing a repository for information about Chinese language films from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, and the people that created them. The website contains news, interviews, film reviews and a database of people,...