Nora Miao Leads Two Early Golden Harvest Wuxia Titles on Arrow Blu-ray
Arrow Video restores Golden Harvest's The Blade Spares None and The Hurricane for Blu-ray on 9 November in the UK and 10 November in the US.
Before Nora Miao shared the screen with Bruce Lee, she was already leading Golden Harvest wuxia. Arrow Video's limited edition Blu-ray pairs The Blade Spares None (1971) and The Hurricane (1972) for their Blu-ray debuts, with brand new 2K restorations by Fortune Star. The UK set lands on 9 November 2026 (Region B, BBFC 15) and the US set on 10 November (Region A).
Arrow's own notes put the films in Golden Harvest's first years, after Raymond Chow left Shaw Brothers in 1970. In Teddy Yip's The Blade Spares None, Miao plays Ho Li-Chun, a swordswoman avenging her father's murder. Patrick Tse Yin and James Tien co-star. Lo Wei directs The Hurricane, again with Miao and Tse Yin, in a story about a corrupt minister and an uneasy alliance. Runtimes are listed as 107 and 90 minutes, both in 2.35:1 with original Mandarin mono and newly translated English subtitles.
The limited edition has reversible sleeve art by Ilan Sheady and a collectors' booklet with new writing by Camille Zaurin and Johnny Burnett. Disc one adds a commentary by Arne Venema and Stefan Hammond, plus Deadly Poise, a new appreciation of Miao's career by historian Victor Fan. Disc two has a commentary by Jonathan Clements and In the Eye of the Storm, a new interview with actor and stunt coordinator Mars.
At the time of writing, Arrow Films UK has the set at £18 (RRP £24.99) and Arrow Video US at $28 (RRP $39.99). Both pages are taking pre-orders.
Two early Golden Harvest titles, restored before the year is out, and Miao already looking like she owns the frame.
