Wu Lang ba gua gun (1984)

Director:

Chia-Liang Liu

Writers:

Chia-Liang Liu (writer)
Kuang Ni (writer)

Release Date:

17 February 1984 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Buddhist Monk | Training | Kung Fu Classic | Revenge

Awards:

1 nomination

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

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)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Shaw Brothers

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Invincible!

Invincible Pole Fighter

What can I say. This film is brilliant. I first hired it as a joke for a friend. We were looking for the worst possible film with the cheesiest title. Well, the joke was on me. I have since fallen in love with the movie and have seen it dozens of times. The martial arts are staggering in their complexity and showmanship. The plot is intriguing and moves at breakneck pace. The fights are many and varied, with all kinds of eye-popping acrobatics and stunts.

The madness of 6th Brother is one of the non-action highlights of this movie. His acting is way over the top, and the English dubbing is appalling. The poor lad has had his mind broken by treachery and despair, and peppers the film with a frenzy of random screaming outbursts. Classic.

There are many reasons to hire this film. Humour, tragedy, and of course, mind blowing Pole Fighting.

See also `Deadly Weapons of Kung Fu'.