Caught another replay of Swordsman II on Screen RED again. It's an interpolation of the life of Chee Kung, though, in this movie, the protagonist is named Linghu-Chong. It is about the hunt for the Sunflower Manual, a secret book of Shaolin martial arts techniques, the mastery of which endows the warrior with the "Sunflower Skill". Most interesting is that the virile male antagonist, following the instructions within the manual to the letter, castrates himself and transforms into a transgender/woman whose embroidery then becomes her weapon--fantastic needles flying through the air and entering enemies' arteries, threads with needles as projectiles wrapping themselves round sharp swords, etc.
Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?
Both?
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