Emperor of Shaolin Kung Fu

3.5
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 1980. April 12.

The Emperor is under attack by marauders and he is so depressed with his failure to protect his people, that he sees no other option than to kill himself. In his grief, he also decides to maim his daughter by cutting of her arm (there is a long tradition of one armed fighters in Hong Kong cinema). After being maimed, the Princess wanders around trying to enlist help from anyone who will listen to her, but no matter whom she meets they either prove too weak to fight off the marauders or they wind up betraying her. Things take a turn for the surreal when her faithful servant girl cuts off her own arm to impersonate the Princess and dies. The Princess goes crazy until she meets handsome Carter Wong, the gentle brute of a butcher who is caring for his Buddhist nun mother. He promises his mom on her death bed he will marry the now lunatic princess. Serious kicking ensues, including sword wielding women, and some high kicking action from Mr. Carter Wong. Enjoy!

Discover

Nancy Yen Nan-See

3rd Princess Chang Ping

Lo Lieh

Liang

Li Tsu Liu

Ming Emperor

Wang Hsieh

Li Tzu-Cheng

Chiu Ting

Madame Tu

Dean Shek Tin

Hai Yu-sha

Tu Man-Sheng

Lu Chin-chi

Camera

Hsi-chieh Lai

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Wei-Yin Chou

Makeup Artist

Crew

Hu Kuang

Sound Recordist

Directing

Sung Pe Liu

Director

Hsi-chieh Lai

Director

Editing

Production

Kuang Hui

Producer

Sound

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Original Music Composer

Writing

Liang Chin

Screenplay

Sung Pe Liu

Screenplay

Camera

Hsi-chieh Lai

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Wei-Yin Chou

Makeup Artist

Crew

Hu Kuang

Sound Recordist

Directing

Sung Pe Liu

Director

Hsi-chieh Lai

Director

Editing

Production

Kuang Hui

Producer

Sound

Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Original Music Composer

Writing

Liang Chin

Screenplay

Sung Pe Liu

Screenplay