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Ninja Checkmate
(1979)
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Title: Ninja Checkmate (1979)
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Jack Long |
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Yi-min Li | ... |
Ah Pao
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Ghost Face Killer Wan Chun-Shan
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Jeanie Chang |
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Tien-chi Cheng |
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Hou Tao Hsiao |
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Wang Hsiao | ... |
Wan's servant
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Ching-Hsien Mao |
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Li-pao Ou |
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Hsueh-kun Wang |
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Yung Sheng Wang |
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Ying Wen |
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Chi Sang Wong | ... |
Chao Yun-Lung
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Siu Tien Yuen | ... |
Master Cook (Guest star)
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If you remember anything that made watching kung fu films fun in the late 1970's and early 1980's this film has it. The crazy dubbing, the bizarre behavior of the kung fu fighters, nutty old man wigs and elaborate energetic fighting moves that make no practical sense.
I somehow missed this one completely and finally caught up to it. I can see why it remains a cult classic. The lead villain, the Ghost Face Killer, likes to verbally taunt his victims while performing kung fu moves by himself. He intersperses the moves with half a sentence here and there so it takes a while to complete his taunt. The rest of the film would be standard low budget kung fu film fare but the fighting scenes are really, really well done. These actors (well some of them could act) really could move. Not that all the moves make a lot of sense but it's entertaining.
The only problem I had is the TV print I saw is very badly transfered which made the film a chore to watch at times. It was missing an entire scene so that the young hero shows up all beaten up and we never see why. Also the cook character played by Simon Yuen is killed off-screen by the villain but it's only mentioned in passing. It seems like that scene is missing also.
Good fun.