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Wu Lang ba gua gun (1984)
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17 February 1984 (Hong Kong) moreAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
amazing moreCast
(Credited cast)| Chia Hui Liu | ... | Yang No. 5 | |
| Sheng Fu | ... | Yang No. 6 | |
| Lily Li | ... | Yang Matriarch | |
| Kara Hui | ... | Yang No. 8 (as Ying Hung Wai) | |
| Ching-Ching Yeung | ... | Yang No. 9 | |
| Lung Wei Wang | ... | Yeh Li-Lin | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Chan-Peng Chang | ... | Yang No. 7 | |
| Yung-cheng Chang | |||
| Tiet Wo Chu | ... | Ying Kuei | |
| Hou Hsiao | ... | Yang No. 4 | |
| Te Hu Hsiao | |||
| Ho Chiu Kei | |||
| Phillip Ko | ... | Abbot | |
| Ming Ku | ... | Pan Mei | |
| King Chu Lee | ... | Abbot | |
| Hao-ming Liao | |||
| Ke Ming Lin | |||
| Chia-Liang Liu | ... | Hunter | |
| Chia Yung Liu | ... | Yang No. 2 | |
| Chun Liu | |||
| Hsueh-hua Liu | |||
| Han-yuan Ma | |||
| Te-Lo Mai | ... | Yang No. 3 | |
| Wei-chang Mai | |||
| Yung-sheng Pan | |||
| Gong Shih | |||
| Shing-kuang Tseng | |||
| Yue Wong | ... | Yang No. 1 | |
| Chieh Kuang Wu | |||
| Hsi-guan Yang | |||
| Leng-kuang Yin | |||
| Tak Yuen | ... | Servant | |
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Also Known As:
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (Hong Kong: English title)Invincible Pole Fighter (USA)
Magnificent Pole Fighters
Ng Leung bat gwa gwun (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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98 minCountry:
Hong KongColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
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When Sheng Fu was killed in car crash during filming script was rewritten to make Yang No. 5 the hero. moreGoofs:
Continuity: 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. moreFAQ
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First of all, to the people that think that martial arts movies need a spectacular plot that doesn't quite add up, and spectacular visuals like omg the entire scene is RED or no wait now it's GREEN, that's a huge misconception. In a martial arts movie its essential to have amazing fights between characters.
Anyway, this movie is originally called 7 brothers in china, and if you remember Pai Mei, or "really good fighter of the crazy 88" from "Kill Bill" that, is Gordan Liu. The plot is actually pretty good for a action movie, he's ambushed and how to defeat his family is given away before they begin to fight, so his martial arts are now worthless. So with Gordan Liu minus his brothers he goes to find an improved method of fighting, but the shaolin monks he seeks don't take him in since he'll inevitably kill again once he learns the martial art. He actually has to change his mentality to be accepted and learn the art of pole fighting.
Fights are great in this movie, Gordan liu is amazing when he's not fighting anyone, i.e. moving his pole around at the pond, try moving with that kind of power and precision on your own and see how good Mr. Liu is. Also, I really enjoyed the final fight scene, very fluid and well choreographed, most martial arts movies now have maybe one good fight sequence at the beginning and then... well... CGI plays a larger and larger role throughout the movie and the "martial" part of "martial arts" disappears and you're left with an art show.