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* LegFocus: Chi-ying quite often gives a good view at her [[StockingFiller stocking-clad]] legs.
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* ShesGotLegs: Chi-ying quite often gives a good view at her stocking-clad legs.
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** Chi-ying, who spends most of the film in really, really revealing clothing, have one fight scene while clad in a semi-transparent nightgown and barefoot, and have several PantyShots to boot.
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* PantyShot: Constantly on Chi-ying and the Temptress. Considering how both women spends most of their fights in miniskirts, go-go boots, and the former had a fight scene in a nightgown that barely covers her kneecaps.
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* PitTrap: The Temptress had one of this installed in her lair to ensnare unknowing victims, although rather than leading to a death trap, it instead transports victims to her underground prison. The trap opening beneath Chi-ying's feet gives audience yet another PantyShot from her.
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* PitTrap: The Temptress had one of this installed in her lair to ensnare unknowing victims, although rather than leading to a death trap, it instead transports victims to her underground prison. The trap opening beneath Chi-ying's feet gives audience yet another PantyShot panty shot from her.
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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Chi-ying and the Temptress spend most of their fights in miniskirts and go-go boots, and the former has a fight scene in a nightgown that barely covers her kneecaps.
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* EpicFlail: One of the street gangsters that Chi-ying confronts on the rooftop wields a flail, oddly.
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* SecretIdentity: The Temptress' true identity is [[spoiler: Molly, a tabloid reporter who harbors a grudge against the press and decide to become a thief and crime lord]].
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* SecretIdentity: The Temptress' true identity is [[spoiler: Molly, a tabloid reporter who harbors a grudge against the press and decide decides to become a thief and crime lord]].
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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: After the Temptress and her henchmen have been defeated, Sergeant Fan and a colleague run off with a female servant in BridalCarry, and the other protagonists all laugh.
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* ShesGotLegs: Chi-ying quite often gives a good view at her stocking-clad legs.
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** The plot itself is very similar to French film ''{{Film/Fantomas}}'', having a MasterOfDisguise supervillain who starts kidnapping the protagonist after they pretend to be them for a newspaper article, and later frames a cop.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: The FatIdiot Sergeant Fan does this all the time, peeping at undressing bar girls or looking at Chi-ying's exposed thighs while she is handcuffed next to him. Everythime he does this, it predictably bites him back in the ass.
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* GirlsWithGuns: The final shootout had Chi-ying taking names in massive shootouts, and proving herself to be ''really'' good with a pistol.
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* GirlsWithGuns: The final shootout finale had Chi-ying taking plenty of names in a massive shootouts, shootout, and proving herself to be ''really'' good with a pistol.pistol. The Temptress' female guards also counts to an extent.
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* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct: Early in the film, a cheque delivered by the Temptress turns out to be a fake when it [[http://tarstarkas.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/temptress-of-1000-faces-03.jpg blows up in the hands of a jeweller]].
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''Temptress of a Thousand Faces'' is a 1969 action film released by the Creator/ShawBrothers.
The titular Temptress is a cat burglar and GentlemanThief in 1960s Hong Kong, who terrorizes the streets, stealing jewelry, gold and money and constantly evading the authorities. Officer Chi-ying, a police detective, issues a public challenge to the Temptress, and for her efforts she ends up being abducted and taken to the Temptress' lair; framed by the very criminal she is pursuing, Chi-ying must clear her name and take down her sworn nemesis.
Notably one of the sleaziest, {{fanservice}}-packed films released by Shaw Brothers in the late 60s, and that is saying ''a lot''. Also contains numerous references to James Bond, being released in the middle of the Bond craze at the time.
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!! Temptress of a Thousand Tropes:
* ActionGirl: Officer Chi-ying who investigates the Temptress, and the Temptress herself, a DarkActionGirl supervillain.
* AmazonBrigade: The Temptress' legion of female guards.
* AntagonistTitle: The film's BigBad is the titular Temptress.
* ArchEnemy: Chi-ying and the Temptress hates each other's guts, the former for the latter kidnapping her and ruining her life.
* BattleCouple: Chi-ying and Inspector Yuk against the Temptress' mooks in a lengthy shootout in the finale.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When the Temptress tries flirting with men while disguised as Chi-ying.
* BullyingADragon: Chi-ying, while investigating the Temptress' latest robbery, made a public declaration that she isn't afraid of the Temptress and challenged the Temptress to "come at her". She ends up being abducted after opening a booby-trapped package sent by the Temptress herself, and wakes up in the Temptress' lair with her enemy gloating at her.
* ButtMonkey: Sergeant Fan, the film's bumbling FatComicRelief, who gets demoted for [[ThePeepingTom peeping at ladies while on a stake-out in a nightclub]], gets used as a hostage when Chi-ying escapes her prison transport, and mistakenly arrests his own superior right before he realized [[OhCrap he just insulted his own boss without knowing it]].
* ChainedToARock: A variation, but Chi-ying's first encounter with the Temptress had her waking up chained to a circular table wearing a semi-transparent nightgown.
* ClearMyName: Chi-ying, after the Temptress takes over her identity, frame her for robbery, and use her as a scapegoat after stealing an entire store's worth of jewelry. With some help from Inspector Yuk.
* CowboyCop: Chi-ying.
* DisguisedInDrag: In order to prove Chi-ying's innocence and prove she isn't the Temptress, Chi-ying's boyfriend, Inspector Yuk, decides to disguise ''himself'' as the Temptress while Chi-ying is still in police custody, rob a jewelry store in drag, and escape from his own officers.
* FrameUp: The Temptress, disguises herself as Chi-ying, and commits various robberies and theft under that guise, before having Chi-ying released. And Chi-ying ends up being a fugitive and had to evade the authorities herself.
* FuroScene: One scene in the Temptress' lair had her in a large public bath, attended by scores of scantily clad henchwomen.
* GirlsWithGuns: The final shootout had Chi-ying taking names in massive shootouts, and proving herself to be ''really'' good with a pistol.
* HoneyTrap: After being arrested, Chi-ying escapes police custody by flirting with the sole police officer in the prison transport with her, the FatIdiot Sergeant Fan, before stealing his gun and ordering him to uncuff her.
* IslandBase: The Temptress' lair is located on an isolated island off the coast of Lantau, a boat's ride away from Hong Kong.
* KnockoutGas: The Temptress likes using this method to abduct her victims. This is how she kidnaps Chi-ying early on in the film, and later did it again to take down a building full of police officers.
* LatexPerfection: This is the method used by the Temptress to disguise herself to evade authorities, commit robberies, keep her identity secret and stay a step ahead of the law. She claims to have a thousand different masks for any occasion given, hence her name.
* MasterOfDisguise: The Temptress lives up to her name, easily taking on Chi-ying's facial appearance after kidnapping her alive.
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Averted, in the final shootout many of the Temptress' mooks are females, and quite a number of them ends up being gunned down by Chi-ying and Inspector Yuk. That being said, after the climax is over, the police is seen escorting a dozen female mooks who surrendered out of the lair, having them taken alive.
* MsFanservice: The Movie. Granted, it's not as explicit as Shaw Brothers' other outputs like ''Film/TheBambooHouseOfDolls'' or ''Film/VirginsOfTheSevenSeas'', but there's still plenty of skin for audiences.
** Chi-ying, who spends most of the film in really, really revealing clothing, have one fight scene while clad in a semi-transparent nightgown and barefoot, and have several PantyShots to boot.
** The Temptress herself also counts, being a sultry, gorgeous seductress with a FuroScene and wearing skintight, revealing clothing most of her screen time.
* MysteriousVeil: The Temptress wears a semi-transparent veil that covers her face when Chi-Ying confronts her for the first time. And in subsequent indoor scenes as well.
* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct: Early in the film, a cheque delivered by the Temptress turns out to be a fake when it [[http://tarstarkas.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/temptress-of-1000-faces-03.jpg blows up in the hands of a jeweller]].
* PantyShot: Constantly on Chi-ying and the Temptress. Considering how both women spends most of their fights in miniskirts, go-go boots, and the former had a fight scene in a nightgown that barely covers her kneecaps.
* ThePeepingTom: Sergeant Fan, a sleazy FatIdiot of a cop, does this while standing outside a nightclub's dressing room.
* PitTrap: The Temptress had one of this installed in her lair to ensnare unknowing victims, although rather than leading to a death trap, it instead transports victims to her underground prison. The trap opening beneath Chi-ying's feet gives audience yet another PantyShot from her.
* SecretIdentity: The Temptress' true identity is [[spoiler: Molly, a tabloid reporter who harbors a grudge against the press and decide to become a thief and crime lord]].
* ShoutOut: To the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films, which were gaining popularity at the time of this film's release:
** The Temptress' hideout resembles Blofeld's volcano lair from ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', complete with scores of mooks in identical jumpers.
** [[spoiler: Chi-ying narrowly surviving a TimeBomb]], who gets deactivated 7 seconds before detonation, is a clear reference to ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
** Heck, the [[MusicalNod James Bond theme]] gets tossed around randomly in action scenes, unsurprisingly.
* SpotTheImposter: Invoked when [[spoiler: Chi-ying and the Temptress, disguised as Chi-ying]], fights each other in front of Inspector Yuk.
* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: This is how the Temptress gets eliminated by the end of the film]].
* TheVamp: The Temptress, after taking over Chi-ying's life, decides to seduce Chi-ying's boyfriend Inspector Yuk to further ruin her life and reputation. In fact the Temptress is this trope personified for most of the film.
* WakingUpElsewhere: Chi-ying, after being hit by knockout gas, wakes up in the Temptress' lair. [[http://tarstarkas.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/temptress-of-1000-faces-04.jpg Chained to a circular platform spread eagled, barefoot and wearing only her nightgown]], right before her gloating enemy.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Yes, we get it, this is the 60s.]]
''Temptress of a Thousand Faces'' is a 1969 action film released by the Creator/ShawBrothers.
The titular Temptress is a cat burglar and GentlemanThief in 1960s Hong Kong, who terrorizes the streets, stealing jewelry, gold and money and constantly evading the authorities. Officer Chi-ying, a police detective, issues a public challenge to the Temptress, and for her efforts she ends up being abducted and taken to the Temptress' lair; framed by the very criminal she is pursuing, Chi-ying must clear her name and take down her sworn nemesis.
Notably one of the sleaziest, {{fanservice}}-packed films released by Shaw Brothers in the late 60s, and that is saying ''a lot''. Also contains numerous references to James Bond, being released in the middle of the Bond craze at the time.
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!! Temptress of a Thousand Tropes:
* ActionGirl: Officer Chi-ying who investigates the Temptress, and the Temptress herself, a DarkActionGirl supervillain.
* AmazonBrigade: The Temptress' legion of female guards.
* AntagonistTitle: The film's BigBad is the titular Temptress.
* ArchEnemy: Chi-ying and the Temptress hates each other's guts, the former for the latter kidnapping her and ruining her life.
* BattleCouple: Chi-ying and Inspector Yuk against the Temptress' mooks in a lengthy shootout in the finale.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When the Temptress tries flirting with men while disguised as Chi-ying.
* BullyingADragon: Chi-ying, while investigating the Temptress' latest robbery, made a public declaration that she isn't afraid of the Temptress and challenged the Temptress to "come at her". She ends up being abducted after opening a booby-trapped package sent by the Temptress herself, and wakes up in the Temptress' lair with her enemy gloating at her.
* ButtMonkey: Sergeant Fan, the film's bumbling FatComicRelief, who gets demoted for [[ThePeepingTom peeping at ladies while on a stake-out in a nightclub]], gets used as a hostage when Chi-ying escapes her prison transport, and mistakenly arrests his own superior right before he realized [[OhCrap he just insulted his own boss without knowing it]].
* ChainedToARock: A variation, but Chi-ying's first encounter with the Temptress had her waking up chained to a circular table wearing a semi-transparent nightgown.
* ClearMyName: Chi-ying, after the Temptress takes over her identity, frame her for robbery, and use her as a scapegoat after stealing an entire store's worth of jewelry. With some help from Inspector Yuk.
* CowboyCop: Chi-ying.
* DisguisedInDrag: In order to prove Chi-ying's innocence and prove she isn't the Temptress, Chi-ying's boyfriend, Inspector Yuk, decides to disguise ''himself'' as the Temptress while Chi-ying is still in police custody, rob a jewelry store in drag, and escape from his own officers.
* FrameUp: The Temptress, disguises herself as Chi-ying, and commits various robberies and theft under that guise, before having Chi-ying released. And Chi-ying ends up being a fugitive and had to evade the authorities herself.
* FuroScene: One scene in the Temptress' lair had her in a large public bath, attended by scores of scantily clad henchwomen.
* GirlsWithGuns: The final shootout had Chi-ying taking names in massive shootouts, and proving herself to be ''really'' good with a pistol.
* HoneyTrap: After being arrested, Chi-ying escapes police custody by flirting with the sole police officer in the prison transport with her, the FatIdiot Sergeant Fan, before stealing his gun and ordering him to uncuff her.
* IslandBase: The Temptress' lair is located on an isolated island off the coast of Lantau, a boat's ride away from Hong Kong.
* KnockoutGas: The Temptress likes using this method to abduct her victims. This is how she kidnaps Chi-ying early on in the film, and later did it again to take down a building full of police officers.
* LatexPerfection: This is the method used by the Temptress to disguise herself to evade authorities, commit robberies, keep her identity secret and stay a step ahead of the law. She claims to have a thousand different masks for any occasion given, hence her name.
* MasterOfDisguise: The Temptress lives up to her name, easily taking on Chi-ying's facial appearance after kidnapping her alive.
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Averted, in the final shootout many of the Temptress' mooks are females, and quite a number of them ends up being gunned down by Chi-ying and Inspector Yuk. That being said, after the climax is over, the police is seen escorting a dozen female mooks who surrendered out of the lair, having them taken alive.
* MsFanservice: The Movie. Granted, it's not as explicit as Shaw Brothers' other outputs like ''Film/TheBambooHouseOfDolls'' or ''Film/VirginsOfTheSevenSeas'', but there's still plenty of skin for audiences.
** Chi-ying, who spends most of the film in really, really revealing clothing, have one fight scene while clad in a semi-transparent nightgown and barefoot, and have several PantyShots to boot.
** The Temptress herself also counts, being a sultry, gorgeous seductress with a FuroScene and wearing skintight, revealing clothing most of her screen time.
* MysteriousVeil: The Temptress wears a semi-transparent veil that covers her face when Chi-Ying confronts her for the first time. And in subsequent indoor scenes as well.
* ThisPageWillSelfDestruct: Early in the film, a cheque delivered by the Temptress turns out to be a fake when it [[http://tarstarkas.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/temptress-of-1000-faces-03.jpg blows up in the hands of a jeweller]].
* PantyShot: Constantly on Chi-ying and the Temptress. Considering how both women spends most of their fights in miniskirts, go-go boots, and the former had a fight scene in a nightgown that barely covers her kneecaps.
* ThePeepingTom: Sergeant Fan, a sleazy FatIdiot of a cop, does this while standing outside a nightclub's dressing room.
* PitTrap: The Temptress had one of this installed in her lair to ensnare unknowing victims, although rather than leading to a death trap, it instead transports victims to her underground prison. The trap opening beneath Chi-ying's feet gives audience yet another PantyShot from her.
* SecretIdentity: The Temptress' true identity is [[spoiler: Molly, a tabloid reporter who harbors a grudge against the press and decide to become a thief and crime lord]].
* ShoutOut: To the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' films, which were gaining popularity at the time of this film's release:
** The Temptress' hideout resembles Blofeld's volcano lair from ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', complete with scores of mooks in identical jumpers.
** [[spoiler: Chi-ying narrowly surviving a TimeBomb]], who gets deactivated 7 seconds before detonation, is a clear reference to ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
** Heck, the [[MusicalNod James Bond theme]] gets tossed around randomly in action scenes, unsurprisingly.
* SpotTheImposter: Invoked when [[spoiler: Chi-ying and the Temptress, disguised as Chi-ying]], fights each other in front of Inspector Yuk.
* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: This is how the Temptress gets eliminated by the end of the film]].
* TheVamp: The Temptress, after taking over Chi-ying's life, decides to seduce Chi-ying's boyfriend Inspector Yuk to further ruin her life and reputation. In fact the Temptress is this trope personified for most of the film.
* WakingUpElsewhere: Chi-ying, after being hit by knockout gas, wakes up in the Temptress' lair. [[http://tarstarkas.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/temptress-of-1000-faces-04.jpg Chained to a circular platform spread eagled, barefoot and wearing only her nightgown]], right before her gloating enemy.
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