A monk is expelled from a monastery because he was found with a dirty magazine under his pillow. He falls in with a gang of villains, who hire him because of his martial arts skills. He later returns to the monastery where (for reasons unexplained), he fights his former buddy-monk.
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Cast
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Yen Shi-Kwan
Ta Chi
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Dean Shek Tin
Si Hung
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Fung Hak-on
Foon Ying
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Eddy Ko Hung
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Shirley Huang
Foon Ying's girl
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Huang Pei-Chih
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Gordon Liu Chia-hui
Foon Ying's thug/Monk
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
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Ho Kei-Cheong
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Known for
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
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Wong Shu-tong
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Anna Ho Na-Na
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Black List
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Monk
Known for
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Dean Shek Tin Director · Tony Chow Kwok-Chung Editor
First release December 12, 1975 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 色慾和尚
Production
Brother Film
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
色慾和尚
Original language
Cantonese
Spoken on screen
Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · December 12, 1975
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No release date listed for United States.
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