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Wei-fu (Yi) is a simple woodcutter living a quaint, normal life, until a random encounter with a trio of sadistic marauders, led by Bandit Lord Tso, ends with Wei-fu's family being slaughtered by the bandits just for fun. Determined to avenge his family, Wei-fu decides to seek the tutelage of the greatest martial artist from the hills, keeping with him his dead mother's silver bells, to remind him of his vengeance.
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Wei-fu (Yi) is a simple woodcutter living a quaint, normal life, until a random encounter with a trio of sadistic marauders, led by Bandit Lord Tso, ends with Wei-fu's family being slaughtered by the bandits just for fun. Determined to avenge his family, Wei-fu decides to seek the tutelage of the greatest martial artist from the hills, [[TragicKeepsake keeping with him his dead mother's silver bells, bells]], to remind him of his vengeance.
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* CallToAgriculture: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, after Wei-fu has killed bandit Lord Tso and all his followers, he decides to return to his old home - with his new girlfriend-turned-fiancee Hsiang-hsiang - hang his sword (which had the blood of 60-odd bandits on it) and spend the rest of his life as a farmer]].
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* CallToAgriculture: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, after Wei-fu has killed bandit Lord Tso and all his followers, he decides to return to his old home - -- with his new girlfriend-turned-fiancee Hsiang-hsiang - hang his sword (which had the blood of 60-odd bandits on it) and spend the rest of his life as a farmer]].
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* HateSink: The bandits are "never" portrayed as anything but utterly despicable, taking glee in extorting townspeople or committing raids and massacres for fun. Special mention goes to the CoDragons Yang Chang and Ying Tian, whose screentime shows them as nothing but bullies, only to have them be revealed as [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowards]] when finally confronting Wei-fu. [[spoiler: It only make their eventual comeuppances in the hands of Wei-fu, [[LaserGuidedKarma whose family they slaughtered for sheer sadism]], even more satisfying]].
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** Lord Tso, in the opening massacre, kills Wei-fu's mother via arrow through her head. [[spoiler: Wei-fu managed to hijack his arrows, and put one of Tso's own arrows through himself in the final battle just as Tso is fleeing]].
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** Lord Tso, in the opening massacre, kills Wei-fu's mother via arrow through her head.head, and near the end [[spoiler: kills Wei-fu's sister using the same weapon]]. [[spoiler: Wei-fu managed to hijack his arrows, and put one of Tso's own arrows through himself in the final battle just as Tso is fleeing]].
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* BindleStick: Wei-fu is depicted WalkingTheEarth carrying whatever meagre belongings he has on a sack hanging from a stick after losing his family. [[http://iloveshawbrothersmovies.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-bells-of-death-1968.html Some DVD covers of the movie actually depicts him travelling in this fashion]].
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* BindleStick: Wei-fu is depicted WalkingTheEarth carrying whatever meagre belongings he has on a sack hanging from a stick after losing his family. [[http://iloveshawbrothersmovies.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-bells-of-death-1968.html Some DVD covers of the movie actually depicts has him travelling in this fashion]].
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* HateSink: The bandits are "never" portrayed as anything but utterly despicable, taking glee in extorting townspeople , or commiting committing raids and massacres for fun. Special mention goes to the CoDragons Yang Chang and Ying Tian, whose screentime shows them as nothing but bullies, only to have them be revealed as [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowards]] when finally confronting Wei-fu. [[spoiler: It only make their eventual comeuppances in the hands of Wei-fu, [[LaserGuidedKarma whose family they slaughtered for sheer sadism]], even more satisfying]].
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** Yang Chang, who killed Wei-fu's brother by impalement, [[spoiler: dies when Wei-fu backflips him front-first into bamboo spikes]].
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* NiceGirl: Hsiang-hsiang, the HookerWithAHeart and serving girl who is the nicest character to the story, offering her sympathies to Wei-fu after learning of how he lose his family. [[spoiler: Of course they end up together by the end of the film]].
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* NiceGirl: Hsiang-hsiang, the HookerWithAHeart HookerWithAHeartOfGold and serving girl who is the nicest character to the story, offering her sympathies to Wei-fu after learning of how he lose his family. [[spoiler: Of course they end up together by the end of the film]].
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* PetalPower: A live-action example: When a group of bandits tries to harass Wei-fu, unaware that this simple-looking vagabond is actually a trained expert martial artist, Wei-fu responds by using his ''qi'' to absord handfuls of dead leaves on the floor and hurl them at his opponents. Most of the leaves ends up sticking to the bandits' faces with enough force to rip off their skins.
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* PetalPower: A live-action example: When a group of bandits tries to harass Wei-fu, unaware that this simple-looking vagabond is actually a trained expert martial artist, Wei-fu responds by using his ''qi'' to absord absorb handfuls of dead leaves on the floor and hurl them at his opponents. Most of the leaves ends up sticking to the bandits' faces with enough force to rip off their skins.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The entire plot of the movie; how Wei-fu, a simple woodcutter, lose his entire family to a bandit assault, where he then seeks the guidance of martial arts masters to train himself into a vengeance-fuelled killing machine and avenge his family.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The entire plot of the movie; how Wei-fu, a simple woodcutter, lose his entire family to a bandit assault, where he then seeks the guidance of martial arts masters to train himself into a vengeance-fuelled vengeance-fueled killing machine and avenge his family.
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** Yang Chang, who killed Wei-fu's brother by impalement, [[spoiler: dies when Wei-fu backflips him front-first into bamboo spikes]].
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* NiceGirl: Hsiang-hsiang, the HookerWithAHeart HookerWithAHeartOfGold and serving girl who is the nicest character to the story, offering her sympathies to Wei-fu after learning of how he lose his family. [[spoiler: Of course they end up together by the end of the film]].
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* PetalPower: A live-action example: When a group of bandits tries to harass Wei-fu, unaware that this simple-looking vagabond is actually a trained expert martial artist, Wei-fu responds by using his ''qi'' to absord absorb handfuls of dead leaves on the floor and hurl them at his opponents. Most of the leaves ends up sticking to the bandits' faces with enough force to rip off their skins.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The last sound evil-doers will hear... the funeral bells for villains!]]
''The Bells of Death'' is a 1968 MartialArtsMovie from Creator/ShawBrothers, starring Creator/ChangYi.
Wei-fu (Yi) is a simple woodcutter living a quaint, normal life, until a random encounter with a trio of sadistic marauders, led by Bandit Lord Tso, ends with Wei-fu's family being slaughtered by the bandits just for fun. Determined to avenge his family, Wei-fu decides to seek the tutelage of the greatest martial artist from the hills, keeping with him his dead mother's silver bells, to remind him of his vengeance.
Five years later, Wei-fu is now a skilled swordsman and ruthless killing machine, who strikes fear in the heart of bandits and evil-doers. Carrying the same silver bells he kept from his mother five years ago, the sound of bells will be an omen of death to villains, fated to fall by Wei-fu's sword, for the silver [[TitleDrop bells of death]] are the last thing evil-doers will hear before their deaths!
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!!The Bells of Death contain examples of:
* AnAxToGrind: The preferred weapon of Yang Chang the bandit is a heavy battleaxe with a pointed bottom.
* BattleInTheRain: Subverted: the confrontation between Wei-fu and Ying Tien takes place in a dark alleyway, but just as both warriors are sizing up each other, it begins to rain. They instead decide to move their battle into a nearby abandoned temple.
* BindleStick: Wei-fu is depicted WalkingTheEarth carrying whatever meagre belongings he has on a sack hanging from a stick after losing his family. [[http://iloveshawbrothersmovies.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-bells-of-death-1968.html Some DVD covers of the movie actually depicts him travelling in this fashion]].
* CallingCard: Wei-fu's silver bells. It's a reminder to bandits that they will die in a few minutes for being the villainous scum they are!
* CallToAgriculture: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, after Wei-fu has killed bandit Lord Tso and all his followers, he decides to return to his old home - with his new girlfriend-turned-fiancee Hsiang-hsiang - hang his sword (which had the blood of 60-odd bandits on it) and spend the rest of his life as a farmer]].
* TheDreaded: Wei-fu, who is nicknamed "[[TitleDrop The Bells of Death]]" after having killed dozens and dozens of evil-doers, including [[spoiler: both of Lord Tso's followers Yang Chang and Ying Tien]]. His name strikes fear among villains, and hearing the sound of his silver bells is compared to hearing a funeral bell.
* DutchAngle: Used occasionally in fight scenes, notably when Wei-fu battles the TerribleTrio of villains, with the camera tilting whenever Wei-fu gets knocked down in combat.
* FacialHorror: Some of the bandits killed by Wei-fu's sword gets their face carved like turkeys. Including [[spoiler: the second of the CoDragons, Ying Tien]].
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The very premise of the film. The sound of Wei-fu's bells means some evil-doer will die by his sword within minutes, if not seconds.
* HateSink: The bandits are "never" portrayed as anything but despicable, taking glee in extorting townspeople , or commiting raids and massacres for fun. Special mention goes to the CoDragons Yang Chang and Ying Tian, whose screentime shows them as nothing but bullies, only to have them be revealed as [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowards]] when finally confronting Wei-fu. [[spoiler: It only make their eventual comeuppances in the hands of Wei-fu, [[LaserGuidedKarma whose family they slaughtered for sheer sadism]], even more satisfying]].
* HellIsThatNoise: Invoked In-Universe. Bandits and evil-doers, moments before Wei-fu stalks and kils them, will hear the ringing from his silver bells, the same bells he kept from his dead mother.
* HermitGuru: Wei-fu's OldMaster, a retired vagabond warrior who spends his days wandering through the mountains. Days after Wei-fu lose his family, he witnessed said master single-handedly beating up a bunch of bandit mooks, at which point Wei-fu decides to seek the old warrior as his teacher.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Wei-fu's sister at the end of the film, taking an arrow fired by Tso meant for her brother]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: This is how Yang Chang, one of the CoDragons, kill Wei-fu's little brother. Flipped over when [[spoiler: in their penultimate confrontation, Wei-fu avenged his brother by impaling Yang Chang on a set of bamboo spikes]].
* KarmicDeath: For the villains...
** Yang Chang, who killed Wei-fu's brother by impalement, [[spoiler: dies when Wei-fu backflips him front-first into bamboo spikes]].
** Ying Tien often gloats at the prospect of hacking innocent people apart with his heavy sword, only to [[spoiler: have his face hacked up by Wei-fu's sword]].
** Lord Tso, in the opening massacre, kills Wei-fu's mother via arrow through her head. [[spoiler: Wei-fu managed to hijack his arrows, and put one of Tso's own arrows through himself in the final battle just as Tso is fleeing]].
* KickTheDog: After asking Wei-fu for directions, Bandit Lord Tso decide to fire arrows at Wei-fu just for the sake of being a dick. In the ''same'' scene merely a minute later, Tso actually asks his CoDragons where he should put an arrow into Wei-fu's mother, before deciding to arrow the old woman at the back of her head.
* MurderByMistake: Ying Tien, the second of the CoDragons, decide to strike after Wei-fu has killed [[spoiler: Yang Chang]]. But as they have not met for five years, Ying Tien kills the ''wrong'' swordsman, and incorrectly boasts to his subordinates that he just killed the "Bells of Death".
* NeverFoundTheBody: In the opening scene, Wei-fu returns home to find his mother and younger brother dead, and his sister is nowhere to be found, which he assumes her to be dead too. [[spoiler: In the final scene, it's revealed that [[ThoughtYouWereDead Wei-fu's sister is actually still alive]], having spent five years as the bandits' concubine and mistress]].
* NiceGirl: Hsiang-hsiang, the HookerWithAHeart and serving girl who is the nicest character to the story, offering her sympathies to Wei-fu after learning of how he lose his family. [[spoiler: Of course they end up together by the end of the film]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Right at the beginning of the film, Wei-fu gives directions to Bandit Lord Tso and his minions on how to locate the nearest stream. His reward is having the bandits pass by his home, where they kill his mother, younger brother, and abduct his sister.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Wei-fu, upon being taken into the bandits' lair at the end of the film, is surprised to see that Bandit Lord Tso has prepared a feast for him, complete with concubines, and offers Wei-fu a WeCanRuleTogether deal.
* OffWithHisHead: In the tavern battle, Wei-fu relieves an EliteMook bandit of his head via sword.
* OrbitalShot: Used in the final battle, when hordes and hordes of bandit mooks forms a circle around Wei-fu while trying to rush him down.
* PetalPower: A live-action example: When a group of bandits tries to harass Wei-fu, unaware that this simple-looking vagabond is actually a trained expert martial artist, Wei-fu responds by using his ''qi'' to absord handfuls of dead leaves on the floor and hurl them at his opponents. Most of the leaves ends up sticking to the bandits' faces with enough force to rip off their skins.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: For the bandits' leader, Lord Tso, whose attire the whole movie consists of black shirts and trousers, and red robes. None of the lesser bandits or his CoDragons are depicted wearing red at any point of the film.
* {{Revenge}}: The film's central theme revolves around this.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The entire plot of the movie; how Wei-fu, a simple woodcutter, lose his entire family to a bandit assault, where he then seeks the guidance of martial arts masters to train himself into a vengeance-fuelled killing machine and avenge his family.
* SwordFight: Wei-fu against Tso Ching-lung and his lesser mooks. The CoDragons subverts this by using different weapons other than swords though.
* TerribleTrio: The cruel and sadistic bandit lord, Tso Ching Lung, and his two CoDragons, Ying Tien and Yang Chang, who regularly terrorizes innocent townfolks and massacres villagers ForTheEvulz, including killing Chang Wei-fu's entire family and abducting his sister in the opening prologue.
* TookALevelInBadass: Wei-fu, after spending five years with the hermit warrior, complete with an extensive TrainingMontage scene, went from a simple woodcutter to a swordsman, fighter and eventual killing machine.
* TragicKeepsake: The titular bells used to belong to Wei-fu's mother. Now it's a memento and reminder for him to avenge his family's deaths at all costs.
* TrainingMontage: Wei-fu training with the hermit warrior to become a skilled swordsman and fighter.
* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: [[spoiler: Sadly, when Wei-fu and his long-lost sister reunite with each other (see one trope below) for the first time in five years, they are forced to pretend they don't know each other, to prevent blowing their covers right in front of Lord Tso and his bandit legions]].
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: At the bandits' banquet, when Wei-fu - and the audience - realizes Lord Tso's personal concubines turns out to be his sister whom he thought had died in the family raid five years ago]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Yang Chang, who actually "volunteers" to go for the kill when he noticed a little boy - Wei-fu's kid brother - hiding from him. He is in fact gleeful at the prospect of impaling a child!
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[[caption-width-right:350:The last sound evil-doers will hear... the funeral bells for villains!]]
''The Bells of Death'' is a 1968 MartialArtsMovie from Creator/ShawBrothers, starring Creator/ChangYi.
Wei-fu (Yi) is a simple woodcutter living a quaint, normal life, until a random encounter with a trio of sadistic marauders, led by Bandit Lord Tso, ends with Wei-fu's family being slaughtered by the bandits just for fun. Determined to avenge his family, Wei-fu decides to seek the tutelage of the greatest martial artist from the hills, keeping with him his dead mother's silver bells, to remind him of his vengeance.
Five years later, Wei-fu is now a skilled swordsman and ruthless killing machine, who strikes fear in the heart of bandits and evil-doers. Carrying the same silver bells he kept from his mother five years ago, the sound of bells will be an omen of death to villains, fated to fall by Wei-fu's sword, for the silver [[TitleDrop bells of death]] are the last thing evil-doers will hear before their deaths!
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!!The Bells of Death contain examples of:
* AnAxToGrind: The preferred weapon of Yang Chang the bandit is a heavy battleaxe with a pointed bottom.
* BattleInTheRain: Subverted: the confrontation between Wei-fu and Ying Tien takes place in a dark alleyway, but just as both warriors are sizing up each other, it begins to rain. They instead decide to move their battle into a nearby abandoned temple.
* BindleStick: Wei-fu is depicted WalkingTheEarth carrying whatever meagre belongings he has on a sack hanging from a stick after losing his family. [[http://iloveshawbrothersmovies.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-bells-of-death-1968.html Some DVD covers of the movie actually depicts him travelling in this fashion]].
* CallingCard: Wei-fu's silver bells. It's a reminder to bandits that they will die in a few minutes for being the villainous scum they are!
* CallToAgriculture: [[spoiler: In the epilogue, after Wei-fu has killed bandit Lord Tso and all his followers, he decides to return to his old home - with his new girlfriend-turned-fiancee Hsiang-hsiang - hang his sword (which had the blood of 60-odd bandits on it) and spend the rest of his life as a farmer]].
* TheDreaded: Wei-fu, who is nicknamed "[[TitleDrop The Bells of Death]]" after having killed dozens and dozens of evil-doers, including [[spoiler: both of Lord Tso's followers Yang Chang and Ying Tien]]. His name strikes fear among villains, and hearing the sound of his silver bells is compared to hearing a funeral bell.
* DutchAngle: Used occasionally in fight scenes, notably when Wei-fu battles the TerribleTrio of villains, with the camera tilting whenever Wei-fu gets knocked down in combat.
* FacialHorror: Some of the bandits killed by Wei-fu's sword gets their face carved like turkeys. Including [[spoiler: the second of the CoDragons, Ying Tien]].
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The very premise of the film. The sound of Wei-fu's bells means some evil-doer will die by his sword within minutes, if not seconds.
* HateSink: The bandits are "never" portrayed as anything but despicable, taking glee in extorting townspeople , or commiting raids and massacres for fun. Special mention goes to the CoDragons Yang Chang and Ying Tian, whose screentime shows them as nothing but bullies, only to have them be revealed as [[DirtyCoward pathetic cowards]] when finally confronting Wei-fu. [[spoiler: It only make their eventual comeuppances in the hands of Wei-fu, [[LaserGuidedKarma whose family they slaughtered for sheer sadism]], even more satisfying]].
* HellIsThatNoise: Invoked In-Universe. Bandits and evil-doers, moments before Wei-fu stalks and kils them, will hear the ringing from his silver bells, the same bells he kept from his dead mother.
* HermitGuru: Wei-fu's OldMaster, a retired vagabond warrior who spends his days wandering through the mountains. Days after Wei-fu lose his family, he witnessed said master single-handedly beating up a bunch of bandit mooks, at which point Wei-fu decides to seek the old warrior as his teacher.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Wei-fu's sister at the end of the film, taking an arrow fired by Tso meant for her brother]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: This is how Yang Chang, one of the CoDragons, kill Wei-fu's little brother. Flipped over when [[spoiler: in their penultimate confrontation, Wei-fu avenged his brother by impaling Yang Chang on a set of bamboo spikes]].
* KarmicDeath: For the villains...
** Yang Chang, who killed Wei-fu's brother by impalement, [[spoiler: dies when Wei-fu backflips him front-first into bamboo spikes]].
** Ying Tien often gloats at the prospect of hacking innocent people apart with his heavy sword, only to [[spoiler: have his face hacked up by Wei-fu's sword]].
** Lord Tso, in the opening massacre, kills Wei-fu's mother via arrow through her head. [[spoiler: Wei-fu managed to hijack his arrows, and put one of Tso's own arrows through himself in the final battle just as Tso is fleeing]].
* KickTheDog: After asking Wei-fu for directions, Bandit Lord Tso decide to fire arrows at Wei-fu just for the sake of being a dick. In the ''same'' scene merely a minute later, Tso actually asks his CoDragons where he should put an arrow into Wei-fu's mother, before deciding to arrow the old woman at the back of her head.
* MurderByMistake: Ying Tien, the second of the CoDragons, decide to strike after Wei-fu has killed [[spoiler: Yang Chang]]. But as they have not met for five years, Ying Tien kills the ''wrong'' swordsman, and incorrectly boasts to his subordinates that he just killed the "Bells of Death".
* NeverFoundTheBody: In the opening scene, Wei-fu returns home to find his mother and younger brother dead, and his sister is nowhere to be found, which he assumes her to be dead too. [[spoiler: In the final scene, it's revealed that [[ThoughtYouWereDead Wei-fu's sister is actually still alive]], having spent five years as the bandits' concubine and mistress]].
* NiceGirl: Hsiang-hsiang, the HookerWithAHeart and serving girl who is the nicest character to the story, offering her sympathies to Wei-fu after learning of how he lose his family. [[spoiler: Of course they end up together by the end of the film]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Right at the beginning of the film, Wei-fu gives directions to Bandit Lord Tso and his minions on how to locate the nearest stream. His reward is having the bandits pass by his home, where they kill his mother, younger brother, and abduct his sister.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Wei-fu, upon being taken into the bandits' lair at the end of the film, is surprised to see that Bandit Lord Tso has prepared a feast for him, complete with concubines, and offers Wei-fu a WeCanRuleTogether deal.
* OffWithHisHead: In the tavern battle, Wei-fu relieves an EliteMook bandit of his head via sword.
* OrbitalShot: Used in the final battle, when hordes and hordes of bandit mooks forms a circle around Wei-fu while trying to rush him down.
* PetalPower: A live-action example: When a group of bandits tries to harass Wei-fu, unaware that this simple-looking vagabond is actually a trained expert martial artist, Wei-fu responds by using his ''qi'' to absord handfuls of dead leaves on the floor and hurl them at his opponents. Most of the leaves ends up sticking to the bandits' faces with enough force to rip off their skins.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: For the bandits' leader, Lord Tso, whose attire the whole movie consists of black shirts and trousers, and red robes. None of the lesser bandits or his CoDragons are depicted wearing red at any point of the film.
* {{Revenge}}: The film's central theme revolves around this.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The entire plot of the movie; how Wei-fu, a simple woodcutter, lose his entire family to a bandit assault, where he then seeks the guidance of martial arts masters to train himself into a vengeance-fuelled killing machine and avenge his family.
* SwordFight: Wei-fu against Tso Ching-lung and his lesser mooks. The CoDragons subverts this by using different weapons other than swords though.
* TerribleTrio: The cruel and sadistic bandit lord, Tso Ching Lung, and his two CoDragons, Ying Tien and Yang Chang, who regularly terrorizes innocent townfolks and massacres villagers ForTheEvulz, including killing Chang Wei-fu's entire family and abducting his sister in the opening prologue.
* TookALevelInBadass: Wei-fu, after spending five years with the hermit warrior, complete with an extensive TrainingMontage scene, went from a simple woodcutter to a swordsman, fighter and eventual killing machine.
* TragicKeepsake: The titular bells used to belong to Wei-fu's mother. Now it's a memento and reminder for him to avenge his family's deaths at all costs.
* TrainingMontage: Wei-fu training with the hermit warrior to become a skilled swordsman and fighter.
* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: [[spoiler: Sadly, when Wei-fu and his long-lost sister reunite with each other (see one trope below) for the first time in five years, they are forced to pretend they don't know each other, to prevent blowing their covers right in front of Lord Tso and his bandit legions]].
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: At the bandits' banquet, when Wei-fu - and the audience - realizes Lord Tso's personal concubines turns out to be his sister whom he thought had died in the family raid five years ago]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Yang Chang, who actually "volunteers" to go for the kill when he noticed a little boy - Wei-fu's kid brother - hiding from him. He is in fact gleeful at the prospect of impaling a child!
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