Blade of Fury (一刀傾城), also known as China's First Swordsman (神州第一刀),[2] is a 1993 Chinese-Hong Kong historical martial arts drama film directed by Sammo Hung.

Wang Wu assists a noblewoman when she is having trouble with her boat and in return she gives him a red umbrella as a gift when they arrive at Lord Yee's palace.

Lord Yee's kung-fu instructor "Wonder Hand" Ngo Pai kills one of Wang Wu's students and steals their papers from their school.

Wang Wu battles and defeats the fierce prison guard Yu Man-san, but Tan Szu-tung refuses to be rescued, preferring to die a martyr.

Wang Wu borrows a sword from Yu Man-san and, posing as one of Lord Yee's men, performs the beheading of Tan Szu-tung in a public ceremony.

"[6] Reviewer Rick of darksidereviews.com gave the film a rating of 8/10, writing, "Blade of Fury is without a doubt Sammo Hung's last great achievement.

[...] Torn between a dark plot and strong characters, and sometimes surreal accelerated battles, Blade of Fury remains a great film.

With its ultra violent prologue and snappy kung fu interludes that speckle the rest of the film, the movie entertains and engages, despite having a predictably melodramatic tragic ending.

"[14] Reviewer Antoine Rigaud of devildead.com wrote, "The story gets lost fairly quickly between many characters divided between the reform and conservative factions.