Feng, known as the Western Venom, crosses paths with the other powerful wuxia masters. It focuses on the main antagonist ( Ouyang Feng) and humanizes him into a protagonist while retaining his despicable qualities. The film's story is a prequel to the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes as it imagines the older characters when they were younger. Wong selected characters from "new-school" wuxia novelist Jin Yong's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes and created an unprecedented wuxia story. In the mid-1990s, wuxia films entered a new stage. In 1972, Bruce Lee's The Way of the Dragon brought jianghu culture to the global stage. In the 1960s, King Hu's Come Drink with Me raised the artistic level of wuxia films. Ashes of Time (Chinese: 東邪西毒) is a 1994 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, and inspired by characters from Jin Yong's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
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