How Tsui Hark, Brigitte Lin revived the Swordsman series with The East Is Red, a chaotic gem of a martial arts film

• The unplanned final part of Tsui’s successful Swordsman trilogy saw Lin return as evil villainess Asia the Invincible, despite being killed off in part two
• The chaos of the shoot heralded the future decline of the Hong Kong film industry, Tsui said, referring to the film as the industry’s ‘doomsday toll’