Rendezvous with Death
6.7
Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
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Cast
36 people
Wong Yu
Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian
Known for
Dirty Ho
Rouge
Lo Lieh
Beggar Yang Feng
Known for
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Five Fingers of Death
Ku Feng
Prince Yan Yikang
Known for
The Flying Guillotine
The Mighty Peking Man
Chan Shen
Chi Sifang
Known for
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Chen Kuan-tai
Golden Rod Gu Feitian
Known for
Crippled Avengers
The Boxer from Shantung
Lam Sau-Kwan
Shui Xian Hua
Known for
Human Lanterns
Tang Ching
Master Huo
Also in
Killers Five
The Magic Blade
Chen Szu-Chia
Courtesan Sisi
Known for
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Dirty Ho
Lau Wai-Ling
2nd Sister
Known for
The Golden Lotus
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Jamie Luk Kim-ming
Black Lunatic Shen Shan
Known for
Crippled Avengers
Sword Master
Yuen Wah
Poison Scholar Jin Ju
Known for
Kung Fu Hustle
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Restaurant attacker with chopper
Known for
Twin Dragons
The Boxer's Omen
Sun Chung Director · Ni Kuang Writer Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren Composer
First release October 17, 1980 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 請帖
Production
Shaw Brothers
Production
Hong Kong SAR China
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Languages
Original title
請帖
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · October 17, 1980
Theatrical · Source: IMDB
No release date listed for United States.
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