Innkeeper Madame Wan (Li Li Hua) learns that Mongol Prince Lee Khan (Tien Feng), who is ruling the region with an iron hand, is going to pay a visit to her inn later that week. Now that's exciting enough as it is, but made even more so because Madame Wan is part of the revolutionary movement, and the rebels not only want him dead but also a map containing troop movements from him. So Madame Wan, who is soon helped by a alleged bookkeeper, Wang (Bai Ying) and a travelling musician, Yuanshan (Han Ying Chieh), also rebels, hires four waitresses of doubtful repute (Angela Mao, Hu Chin, Helen Ma, Shangguan Yen-erh) but talents of their own to help witht he mission.

After much guessing and second-guessing who of Madame Wan's guest might be Lee Khan's spy, who a mere crook and so on, Lee Khan finally arrives with his sister Wan-erh (Hsu Feng) and his security officer Cao (Roy Chiao), who is known for running a tight regime, but who's actually one of the rebels.

Our rebel heroes soon figure out the map they're after is in Lee Khan's treasure box, but after an elaborate plan to get it out of there, all they return with is a personal letter - and they only manage to return it at the cost of one waitress's (Shangguan Yen-erh) life. Thing is, now Lee Khan finds out the lock of the box has been tampered with, and now he and his sister decide to smoke out the rebels, initially by turning Wang and Yuanshan against one another ... but when pretty much everyone in the inn reveals him or herself to be a rebel, the two of them and their entourage pretty much find themselves outnumbered - but put up a valiant fight that costs many a life - but ultimately both Lee Khan and his sister are killed, the rebels have won, and Madame Wan burns down her inn to go on to bigger and better things ...

A lesser known film by King Hu that owes a thing or two to his earlier successes like Come Drink with Me or Dragon Gate Inn plotwise - but it also shows King Hu in top form: He handles a story of espionage and intrigue in period settings light-footedly like no other, puts the whole thing in elegant pictures, features a few great action setpieces, and ingeniously handles a great ensemble cast playing an entertaining set of characters.

In all, a great film no less.

review � by Mike Haberfelner

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