Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
"Wu Lang ba gua gun" (original title)

Director:

Chia-Liang Liu

Writers:

Chia-Liang Liu, Kuang Ni

Stars:

Chia Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Chia Hui Liu	...	Yang Wu-lang
Sheng Fu	...	Yang Liu-lang
Lily Li	...	Mrs. Yang
Kara Hui	...	Yang Ba-mei (as Ying Hung Wai)
Ching-Ching Yeung	...	Yang Jiu-mei
Lung Wei Wang	...	Yelu Lin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chan-Peng Chang	...	Yang Qi-lang
Yung-cheng Chang
Tiet Wo Chu	...	Ying Kuei
Hou Hsiao	...	Yang Si-lang
Te Hu Hsiao
Ho Chiu Kei
Phillip Ko	...	Abbot
King Chu Lee	...	Master Zhihong
Hao-ming Liao

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | buddhist monk | training | kung fu classic | revenge | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese Mandarin

Release Date:

17 February 1984 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Invincible Pole Fighter

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Sheng Fu was killed in car crash during filming script was rewritten to make Yang No. 5 the hero.

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Goofs

In the Jinsha battle scene, just before the Yang patriarch faces the Tartars' army of archers, the golden blade of his staff is (inadvertently) hacked off by one of the Tartar soldiers. In the next shot of Yang, the blade is still attached to his staff.

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Connections

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

User Reviews

Even masterpieces have flaws

How should you a approach a movie like The Invincible Pole Fighters? If you wanna look for hairs in the soup, look for all-too-obvious stage setting for the Yang brothers ambush. Then you could look for some very stagy looking death scenes. Or how about the library music it shares with Dawn of the Dead? On the other hand you could look for its virtues: Strong cast, strong story, excellent choreography and fortunately the virtues of this movie far outweighs its flaws. The story is epic, the choreography is nothing short of breath taking. The equals may exist. I just haven't seen them, this is riveting stuff, utterly infectious. Show it to non-martial art movie fans if you wanna see converts, this is martial arts to the performed to the highest standard of perfection. You will want to see this movie again and again. Own it. The best available copy is Celestial's Hong Kong DVD release in original aspect ratio without dubbing. Beware of bad dubbing and choreography-ruining cropping on western VHS releases.