Zhong guo chao ren (1975)

Director:

Shan Hua

Writer:

Kuang Ni (writer)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Man Behind Bionics (USA)

Plot:

Princess Dragon Mom and her mutant army have arisen, and only Inframan can stop them!

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Dragon | Monster | Mutant | Demon

Cast

Danny Lee	...	Rayma / Inframan (as Li Hsui-Hsien)
Terry Liu	...	Princess Dragon Mom
Hsieh Wang	...	Professor (as Wang Hsieh)
Man-Tzu Yuan	...	Chan's Daughter
Wen-wei Lin	...	Chu Ming
Dana		(as Shu-Yi Tsen)
Chien-Lung Huang
Lu Sheng
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yang Chiang
Chun Chin
Tien-chu Chin
Jen Kwan
Bruce Le	...	Xiaolong (as Kin Lung Hung)
Fanny Leung		(as Man-yi Liang)
Wai Lo
Shun-Yee Yuen

Also Known As:

Chinese Superman (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Chung kwok chiu yan (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Infra-Man (USA)
The Infra Superman
The Super Inframan (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:80 min | USA:90 min | Hong Kong:88 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Infrasound)

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:PG | Germany:12 | USA:PG | Hong Kong:I | Norway:(Banned) (1977-2003) (cinema release)

Company:

Shaw Brothers

Trivia:

The Japanese TV shows "Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu" (1966) and "Kamen Raidâ" (1971) (which were extremely successful in Hong Kong) are the bases for this film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When fighting the plant monster in the woods, Inframan grabs the monster to toss him. At this point, the hide on the monster's back splits open, revealing a striped shirt underneath.

Quotes:

Professor: There are other weapons I haven't given you as yet. For success it's essential you have thunderball fists.
Rayma: I can have such a thing?
Professor: That's right, thunderball fists!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

Music

"Get Mutant Drill and Plant Monster out."

I really don't know quite what to say (or think) about this now that I've seen it. Princess Elzebub (it's never revealed if her first name might be "Bea") has taken over the earth and has a bevy of monsters to help her. Of course, earth has a secret weapon in Inframan, a young man who has been scientifically engineered to fight such threats. There's nothing quite like a vigorous martial arts fight with a man in a red suit and some poor guy in a fat red spider suit doing battle. And Mutant Drill, one of the Princess's other minions, is a wonder to behold too, kind of like a cross between the Tasmanian Devil and a turd, with a drill on one arm and what appears to be a can opener on the other. This is cheesy jaw-dropping fun, and while it's all rather silly it's rarely boring due to the hyper-kinetic pacing. I watched this in Mandarin but the DVD can also be watched in English dialog, and kids may actually enjoy this if they're of a certain age, and there's nothing unsuitable for them either. A very fun and weird Hong Kong action flick courtesy of The Shaw Brothers, not at all made to be taken seriously. I think. 7 out of 10.