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October 1981 (USA)
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Cast
(in credits order) | Yue Wong | ... | 'Dirty' Ho Jen |
 | Chia Hui Liu | ... | Wang Tsun Hsin - 11th prince |
| Lieh Lo | ... | General Liang |
| Lung Wei Wang | ... | Fan Chin-Kong |
| Hou Hsiao | ... | Hsia Liu (as Hsiao Ho) |
| Wilson Tong | ... | Mr. Chu (as Tang Wei Cheng) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lung Chan | ... | Bitter Face |
| Ming-Wei Chen | ||
| Szu-Chia Chen | ||
| Han Chiang | ||
| Tien-chu Chin | ||
| Miao Ching | ||
| Ming Fung | ||
| Bao-hsing Ho | ||
| Chi Cheng Ho | ||
| Chih Wei Ho | ||
| Pa-Ching Huang | ||
| Kara Hui | ... | Tsui Hung |
| Ho Chiu Kei | ||
| Fai Wong Lam | ||
| King Chu Lee | (as Ching Chu) | |
| King Fan Lee | ||
| Ta Lei | ||
| Fa Yuan Li | ||
| Yun Wu Li | ||
| Shu Yi Liao | ||
| Tsun Liu | ||
| Hung Lu | ||
| Jamie Luk | (as Lu Chien Ming) | |
| Chia Chun Lun | ||
| Helen Poon | (as Pan Ping Chang) | |
| Ou Sha | ||
| Hsin Shen | ||
| Lao Shen | ||
| Gwan Tak Tai | ||
| Tung Ting | ||
| Lin Tsai | ||
| Ching Ho Wang | ||
| Han Chen Wang | ||
| Hung Wei | ||
| Chieh Kuang Wu | ||
| Hang-Sheng Wu | ||
| Chih-Ching Yang | ||
| Hsi-chun Yang | ||
| Hua Yang | ||
| Tsui Ling Yu | ||
| Tau Wan Yue | ||
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| Chia-Liang Liu | |||
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| Kuang Ni | ||
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| Chia-Hsi Huang | .... | assistant producer | |
| Run Run Shaw | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Eddie Wang | (as Eddie H. Wang) | ||
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| Chih Chun Ao | |||
| Arthur Wong | |||
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| Hsing-lung Chiang | |||
| Yen Hai Li | (as Yen-Hai Li) | ||
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| Johnson Tsao | |||
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| Chi-Yu Liu | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Yen-Lien Peng | .... | hair stylist | |
| Hsu-Ching Wu | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Mona Fong | .... | production manager | |
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| Pa-Ching Huang | .... | assistant director | |
| Tai-ting Li | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Kuo-wei Huang | .... | props | |
| Yu Lai | .... | props | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ping Kuang Hsu | .... | sound recordist | |
| Yi-chi Li | .... | sound effects editor | |
Stunts | |||
| King Chu Lee | .... | assistant stunt coordinator | |
| Chia-Liang Liu | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Hsin Shen | .... | assistant stunt coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Fen Chen | .... | lighting technician | |
| Ting Bong Yuen | .... | lighting technician | |
Other crew | |||
| Chen-yung Chou | .... | script supervisor | |
| Cheng Peng | .... | production assistant | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- World Northal (1981) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
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"Lan tou He" - Hong Kong (original title)
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USA:103 min | Hong Kong:97 min
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If anyone thinks that martial arts films are unsubtle escapism, with violence and little else, then Dirty Ho is a shining example of what they can be. Even from the point of view of the fight sequences, the two 'disguised' fights whilst drinking wine and admiring antiques are as well choreographed as any fights before and since.
However, the nature of the relationship between the Prince and Ho is very deliberate and complex. The Prince, a Manchu, and thus regarded with a great deal of suspicion (if not outright hostility) by southern Chinese, is throughout the film the model of a good Confucian, knowledgeable about all manner of fine art, wine and antiques. Ho is uncouth, rude and violent towards him, yet the superior (and distinctly Chinese) virtue of the Prince ultimately convinces him to serve him.
This is not only a obvious difference from a majority of Hong Kong films, in which the Manchu dynasty tends to be portrayed in a very negative light, as foreign, barbaric invaders, Dirty Ho provides a balance, indeed in some ways in represents the way the Manchu (Qing) dynasty, initially a foreign and, to the Chinese, barbaric people, soon was assimilated to become more Chinese than the Chinese.
And besides that, it is a fantasticly crafted martial arts film, with all the usual training sequences and an absolutely brilliant stylised fight sequence during the opening credits.