THE SNAKE, THE TIGER, THE CRANE (1975)

[The Burgomaster]

This is another movie from Mill Creek's MARTIAL ARTS 50 MOVIE PACK.

It's a typical 1970s martial arts flick about a princess with one arm trying to avenge her father's death.  Her father had committed suicide rather than be conquered by a rival clan.

This movie suffers quite a bit from being presented in full frame format.  Some of the fight scenes are very claustrophobic because they were obviously filmed for widescreen and a you can't see a lot of what is happening.  Just close-ups of faces with hands and feet flying around.

And here is something I really need to know:  why do most of the dubbed voices in these 70s chop-sockey flicks sound like either Edward G. Robinson or Don Adams (in his classic Maxwell Smart voice)?  This is very distracting . . . but at least it gives you something else to laugh at.