1) The story follows Master Li Mu Bai, a Wudang swordsman seeking retirement after his master is murdered. He asks his friend Yu Shu Lien to deliver his sword to Sir Te. 2) That night, a thief steals the sword and Shu Lien chases the thief, revealed to be Jen. Mu Bai decides to help Shu Lien get revenge and retrieve the sword. 3) They discover the thief is working with Jade Fox, who was responsible for Mu Bai's master's death. A fight ensues where Jade Fox kills an inspector before being fatally wounded by Mu Bai, who later dies from the wound.

1. Franqie Chan Jia Yi
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Film & TV Group 1
Assignment 1 19 / 01 / 2015
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Tiger
Directed by Ang Lee
This is a story of Master Li Mu Bai (The Protagonist),he is a Wudang swordsman. His master was murdered by Jade
Fox. As he going to leave the journeys of warrior, so he don’t want to revenge for his master and ask his friend, Yu Shu
Lien to take the sword and make it as a present for Sir Te. The swords having a lot of bad memories, so he wish to retire
in peace. Shu Lien invited him to go to Beijing together to give the swords by his own but he refuse,as this time he go
there want to visit his master’s grave,because he can’t take revenge for his master. Nonetheless,Shu Lien say she is going
to wait him at Beijing if he wish to come.
After that, Shu Lien go to Beijing and give the swords to Sir Te, but Sir Te refuse to receive it as this is a precious gift and
only Mu Bai capable to use it. However,after Shu Lien explains the reason he hand out this swords, Sir Te accepted it.
After that Shu Lien meet a girl name Jen, a daughter of Manchurian governor. She is set for an arranged marriage, so
when she know that Shu Lien is a free warrior she feel jealous. During that night, A thief with black dress (The
Antagonist) sneaks into Sir Te’s house and stealthe Green Destiny swords. Nonetheless, someone found out and start to
chase the thief. Shu Lien managed to chase the thief. They have a fierce fight during the chasing. At last, the thief able to
escape from her.
Shu Lien has a suspicious person for that thief, she mentioned that the swords is inside Governor Yu’s house. Therefore,
she ask Sir Te permission to investigate about this. During her way to Governor Yu’s house, she saw a notice about the
Jade Fox is inside the house she start to feel more unusual. After BaiMu knew this, he decided to help Shu Lien and
revenge for his master.
Bo, Sir Te’s servant meet and undercover police and his daughter, who have been tracking for Jade Fox. During their
conversation, Inspector Tsai mentioned that his wife being killed by Jade Fox who hide in Yu’s house. While they are
having their conversation, a dart is shot into their quarters with a message by Jade Fox. Inside the message,Jade Fox
challenges them to a showdown that night.
That night, they prepared themselves with weapons and wait for Jade Fox. Until some time, they saw an old lady with a
hood crossing the courtyard and ask her to stop hiding and revealherself. After that, four of them having fight. As Bo is
not a skilled fighter, he keep getting in the way. Mu Bai arrive as Jade Fox going to kill Inspector Tsai. As they were
fighting, the thief with black dress appeared again to fight with Mu Bai and Mu Bai impressed with the thief’s skills and
energy when using the Green Destiny. During that fight, Jade Fox kill Inspector Tsai.
The next day, Shu Lien told Jen that a fight occurred last night and mentioned that Jade Fox killed an undercover
policeman, she do that because she suspend that Jen is the thief in black. Her judge is true. Jen is affected by the news,
and this show that she is the thief in black. She decided to returns the Green Destiny. Meanwhile, Mu Bai found out, he
offers to become her teacher in Wudang, but Jen rejected. As Jen returns to her house, she realize the Jade Fox still in her
house and questioning Jade Fox and told her that she killed a policeman. But Jade Fox told her if she leave, Jen also need
to follow. A robber climbing from the rooftops to avoid the guards. He sneaks into Jen’s quarters and it shows that they
know each other. Lo ask Jen to come with him as she is going to marriage and a flashback of how they meet shown.

2. Jen is watching at the unchanged landscape beside her mother with a white comb inside a caravan across the desert.
Suddenly, a group of bandits attacked them. Jen’s mother faints when she saw it. A man with horse, Lo appear and steal
Jen’s comb. Jen feel angry and start to fight with the bandits. Lo was impressed by her skill and anger, he leads her to a
horse and baiting her with the comb. After chasing for awhile, they stop for water,but Jen does not give up, she continue
to fight with Lo until he is knocked down and collapse. When she wake up, she found herself in a big cave where Lo lives.
Lo walks in and give her some food. As Lo is cooking outside, she hits his head with a stone and escape with a horse. The
desert is too large and soon the horse dies and Jen continues to walk on her foot until she collapses. She wake up some
time later, she is being tied up in the cave again. Lo told her that he bring water come for her to bathe herself and told her
that he will sing so that she can know where he is. After some time, they fall in love and Lo brings her to a mountains and
noticed that Jen’s family is looking for her. Lo advice her to return home because their parents will miss their daughter.
Lo also tell her a story about a man climbed to the top of the mountain where is was rumored that, if you made a wish and
jumped off the mountain, your wish would come true. His wish came true and because of his pure heart he manage to
survive. Jen and Lo share their last moment before she leave.
Back to the present, Jen refuses to leave together with Lo. Lo’s heartbroken and give back the comb to her and then leave.
The next day, Jen wedding ceremony. Lo show up and interrupts the convoy that carrying Jen. He shouting and begging
her to go back to the desert with him. He manages to escape from the guards, but get caught by Mu Bai as he think that Lo
knows the location of Jade Fox. Shu Lien feels that he is innocent and take him to another place. Shu Lien tells Lo that
there is no way to show love if he get caught. Mu Bai ask him to wait at Wudang Mountain and they will bring Jen to him.
Lo accepted and follow what they say.
Conflict
Later, the Green Destiny is missing again, along with Jen that has run away during the night she married. She
start to travel on the road with a man dress. During the journey, she rest up in a small place to have a drink. As
she grab the hand of the waitress and ask her to give her a clean cup, she caught two big guy attention. She shows
her skill with the Green Destiny and both ofthem ask her ifshe knowLi Mu Bai. She replied that he is her
defeated toe. Words spread fast and many of the patrons think that if she left is the best or they will fight her. Jen
feel angry again and start to fight them. After that she left. Mu Bai and Shu Lien then reach there and realize the
fight happened there.
Shu Lien and Mu Bai decided to stay one night at her house. When Shu Lien reach home, she realize that Jen is there.
When they are talking, Jen start to feelangry again and start a fight with Shu Lien. The fight end with Jen hurt Shu Lien
and Mu Bai appear and yelling at Jen that she has no right to use Green Destiny. Jen is then escape and run to a bamboo
forest with Mu Bai after her. After chasing for some time, they stop at the side of a waterfall. Mu Bai is trying to convince
her but she still stubborn. Then, she agree to become his disciple if he manage to get the Green Destiny in 3 steps. Mu Bai
do it in a flash, Jen yells at him and Mu Bai does not believe that she needs the Green Destiny and throw it into the water,
but she follow the swords and jump into the waterfall. Before Mu Bai able to save her,Jade Fox appear and carries Jen’s
unconscious body away.
Resolution
She take Jens to her hiding cave and ask her to rest and she secretly place a strong smoking herbs before she leave.
Jen is then wake up in a dazed and walk toward the water because she feel hot. Mu Bai showup in the cave and
realize Jen is poisoned by the smoke.He kick it offand save her. As he is asking her where Jade Fox is, Shu Lien
reach there. She tell Mu Bai that she sawJade Fox walking toward here. As her word end, Jade Fox appear and
shoot a flurry of poisonous barbs toward them. Mu Bai manages to deflect all ofthem with his swords and fight
with her, Jade Fox is hurt badly. Before she died she told Mu Bai that he is going to die also like his master. Mu
Bai then found out one of the barbs hit his neck. Jade Fox then die before Shu Lien manages to ask for the antidote.
Jen say that she knowwhat is the antidote for it but need some time to prepare it. Shu Lien ask her to go to her

3. house to take it. Then, Shu Lien stay there to accompany Mu Bai. Before Jen make it, Mu Bai dies in Shu Lien’s
arm, professing his love for her.
When Jen arrived at the cave,she realize that she is too late. She then kneel down and Shu Lien walk toward her.
She then tell Jen to go to Wudang Mountain and meet Lo. Jen then meet Lo at the mountain. One night he wake
up he realize that Jen is gone. He looking for her out there and found her. She ask him if he still remember the
story he told her about a man jump off from the mountain and his wish come true. She ask him what is his wish, he
say he wish to go back to the dessert with Jen, then Jen jumps off, falling gracefully through the mist and Lo cries
in pain silently. The End.