“It'll grab you, tear you apart, like an...”
After the Mantis Fist school attacks the Eagle's Claw school and leaves their teacher for dead, the dying master passes over his senior student, Chen Tien Chun, to anoint his second most senior pupil, Lee Cheh, as new master. Dejected, Chen joins the Mantis Fist school and wins the affection of his new master's daughter, while his former schoolmates plot revenge.
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Cast
23 people
Don Wong Tao
Lee Cheh
Also in
Slaughter in San Francisco
My Queen
Chi Kuan-Chun
Chen Tien Chun
Known for
Seven Swords
That Demon Within
Feng Huang
Chang Hsin-Yi
Lee Tso-Nam
Chang Yi
Chow Ma Wu
Also in
The Condor Heroes 95
The Bells of Death
Phillip Ko Fai
Known for
The Boxer's Omen
Dragons Forever
Yi Chang
Cha Ma-Wu
Hwa Ling
Yang Chung's daughter
Also in
The Fearless Young Boxer
A Brotherhood of Heroes
Bryan Leung Kar-yan
Liang Wing-Jen
Known for
Ip Man 3
Flirting Scholar
Chen Chin-Hai
Also in
Struggle Through Death
The One Armed Swordsmen
Jun Chen
Lee Tso-Nam Director · Chang Hsin-Yi Writer
United States release November 1, 1978 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title Ying Zhao Tang Lang
Production
Taiwan
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Original title
Ying Zhao Tang Lang
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Taiwan · January 1, 1977
United States · November 1, 1978
Theatrical
Germany
June 8, 1979
Hong Kong SAR China
June 11, 1977 · Theatrical · Source: HKMDB
Japan
December 27, 1978
Türkiye
September 1, 1983
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