TWO LEADS — PHOTOCOPY BOTH STILLS. Do not invent faces. Do not swap them. @image1 = FEMALE LEAD. Photocopy her face, bone structure, skin, long blonde hair, green eyes, body. ALSO photocopy her outfit from that photo (the prompt has no wardrobe for her): burgundy corset bodice with black leather harness straps and silver rings, high-slit burgundy skirt, ivory chiffon cape that ombrés to blood-red at the hems, black gladiator lace-up sandals, small hoop earring. She fights with a jian / straight sword. Same woman and same clothes every frame. @image2 = MALE LEAD. Photocopy his face, bone structure, skin, wavy dark-brown hair to the jaw, body. ALSO photocopy his outfit from that photo: wide black kasa/sugegasa straw hat, black kimono and hakama, black sash, katana at the left hip, black tabi. Same man and same clothes every frame. The hat can tilt in motion but stays on. Never give him her burgundy dress. Never give her his kasa. Never a third human. Never OPENCLIPS.AI type. SETTING: vast ornate temple hall from the source film — gilded dragon columns, wet reflective stone floor, thousands of candles, teal mist, high vault. 16:9. 30 seconds. One continuous action sequence. No dialogue, no subtitles, no on-screen text. LIGHTNING (required on every clash): whenever the two swords collide, a bright white-blue lightning arc flashes along both blades and a fork of electricity cracks the air at the contact point — not ordinary orange sparks alone. Every bind, parry and strike that meets steel = lightning. CORE: zero-delay chaining; scene changes only via their bodies (slam a column, leap from a pillar, crash through candelabra); real weight — blocked hits shove the other back, feet slip, bodies twist. Camera follows limbs; never orbit a frozen pose. BEATS (30s) 0–2s already sprinting from opposite ends of the hall, full-speed clash at centre. Blades meet with a lightning burst; both recoil half a step; floor tiles crack. No establishing pause. 2–7s close melee: he sweeps a wide horizontal cut; she drops almost to the floor, blade skimming her nose, a lock of blonde hair cut; she springs up with a straight thrust to his chest; he spins, wrists reverse to bind. Swords lock, shoulder to shoulder, then both shove off with lightning at the bind. Two steps back. 7–9s the shove sends him into a dragon column; he rebounds, runs vertically up the pillar; she explosive-jumps after. Two or three lightning clashes on the column, blades scarring the gilt. 9–12s he is forced to the beam; her heavy blow knocks him off; he mid-air flips, diving slash; she drops from the column to meet it. Landing clash — lightning + sparks, arms visibly shake. Now they are on the hall floor again. 12–17s densest round: she three accelerating cuts (he sidesteps, then floor-dodge, then ducks under and slashes at her waist). Her cape corner splits. He lunges; she barely slips, fabric tears at the shoulder; she counters so hard his blade rings and the tsuba cracks; he staggers two steps. 17–21s bind at close range, simultaneous break, charge again — they smash a row of candelabra; candles snuff then relight from the sword-wind; they keep fighting through fallen candles and oil, lightning every contact, water-mist from the wet floor. 21–26s peak speed: cut, thrust, parry, counter in two–three seconds, each hit a lightning flash plus body feedback. Teal-green sword qi spirals. No frozen frame. 26–29s simultaneous all-out strike; blades meet; a hall-wide teal-white lightning shockwave hurls both back several metres; tiles and columns crack; candles gutter; camera shake then soft defocus. 29–30s smoke thins. Both still on their feet, one knee or standing, chests heaving, sword-hands shaking from exhaustion. Remaining candles relight. Wide two-shot. Hold. No titles. AUDIO: steel, thunder-crack on every clash, stone, fire, breath, shockwave. No BGM. No speech.