Fang Shiyu yu Hong Xiguan (1974)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Cheh Chang

Writers:

Cheh Chang (screenplay)
Kuang Ni (screenplay)

Release Date:

19 January 1974 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Shaolin | Fighting

Cast

Kuan Tai Chen	...	Hung Hsi-kuan
Sheng Fu	...	Fang Shih-yu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kwok Kuen Chan
Chuan Chen	...	Tibetan Lama fighter
Kent Cheng
Nan Chiang	...	Ho
Ngai Hung Chik
Yun Kin Chow
Hsin Fang	...	Restaurant owner
Hak On Fung	...	Hsiang
Ngai Fung	...	Mai Hsin
Hsia Hsu
Pei Chi Huang	...	Tibetan Lama fighter
Fai Wong Lam
Chiu Lee
Hoi San Lee	...	Tibetan Lama fighter (as Li Hai Sheng)
Chia Yung Liu	...	Tibetan Lama fighter
Chen Tien Loong	...	Extra
Wai Lo
Jamie Luk
Yan Tsan Tang	...	Nien Shui-ching
Kwong-Chin Tsang
Fat Tsui
Fat Wan
Chiang Wang
Ching Wong	...	Teh
Ha Wong
Shu Tong Wong
Chi Chin Wu
Stephan Yip
Brandy Yuen
Shun-Yee Yuen
Mu Zhu	...	General Che Kang (as Chu Mu)

Also Known As:

Heroes Two (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (Philippines: English title)
Bloody Fists
Heroes 2 (USA)
Kung Fu Invaders (USA)
Temple of the Dragon

Runtime:

West Germany:86 min | USA:93 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:(Banned) (1973) | West Germany:18 (nf) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1986) | UK:R (original rating) | UK:X (re-rating) (1976)

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Chang's Film Company

The flick that started it all...

I have to disagree with the above poster. This is the first of the Hung Gar movies, the flick was a big hit, and helped change how fight scenes were directed in Hong Kong. Before this film, with the exception of Bruce Lee, who was very athletic, most action films were either wanna be Bruce Lee clones- Bruce Liang, Li, Le, etc, with some occasional guys with good kicks etc, or clumsy Gang style knife fights- "Duel" "Vengeance" "Boxer from Shantung". The stars would throw flailing punches and kicks, and some how, with out any kind of skill, defeat an army of guys. Instead of trying to get a guy to look like a JKD stylist (i.e. combining boxing and Karate, not kung fu) they scrapped it for this much more classical style of fighting. Highly choreographed and unrealistic, at least it looked good. It's a movie, it's supposed to look good. As far as the "5 venoms" movies go, that was actually more of a Western Cult movie. At the time that came out, Jackie Chan was starting to break box office records, and the Shaw Brothers were getting beaten out by Golden Harvest and the TV serials.