The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

女忍者
Lee Tso-Nam
Part of

New York Asian Film Festival 2013

June 28 - July 11, 2013

Lovely Lady Ninja Wong Siu Wai returns to China after the death of her father, where she discovers her fiancé has betrayed her and must gather a gang of female warriors to seek vengeance.

DIRECTOR
Lee Tso-Nam
YEAR
1983
COUNTRY
Taiwan
RUNTIME
90 minutes
ORIGINAL TITLE
女忍者
START DATE
July 2, 2013

This martial arts sexploitation film is about Lovely Lady Ninja Wong Siu Wai (Elsa Yeung) who has been training in Japan in the art of the ninjitsu. Able to fly, vanish in seconds, split into double-exposed duplicates, and create explosions of multicolored smoke, Siu-Wai dazzles her opponents by spinning out of her clothes and even fighting in her pink bikini. She returns to China due to the death of her father, and discovers that her fiancé Lee Tung (Chen Kuan-Tai) is to blame and has betrayed her. She gathers a gang of sexy female warriors and puts them through some rigorous ninjitsu training before leading a rebellion against rock transvestite samurai warriors in miniskirts and go-go boots.

The Challenge of the Lady Ninja
The Challenge of the Lady Ninja

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