During the reign of the Jiajing Emperor, China’s coastal regions have come under attack by wokou – Japanese pirates under the leadership of the infamous Hakatatsu. To combat this threat, the Emperor tasks a trusted general, Zhu Wan, with assembling a group of skilled warriors to find and eliminate the pirates. Under the command of General Yu Dayou, the band of soldiers – including husband-and-wife sword-fighters Wu Ji-yuan and Wu Ruo-shi – set out to draw Hakatatsu, his ally Xu Dong and their pirate clan into a series of spectacular showdowns.

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