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Lan tou He

  • 19791979
  • RR
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.2K
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Yue Wong in Lan tou He (1979)
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
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A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.

IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Chia-Liang Liu
  • Writer
    • Kuang Ni
  • Stars
    • Yue Wong
    • Chia-Hui Liu
    • Lieh Lo
  • Director
    • Chia-Liang Liu
  • Writer
    • Kuang Ni
  • Stars
    • Yue Wong
    • Chia-Hui Liu
    • Lieh Lo
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    • 13User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Yue Wong
    Yue Wong
    • 'Dirty' Ho Jen
    Chia-Hui Liu
    Chia-Hui Liu
    • Wang Tsun Hsin - 11th prince
    Lieh Lo
    Lieh Lo
    • General Liang
    Lung-Wei Wang
    Lung-Wei Wang
    • Fan Chin-Kong
    Hou Hsiao
    • Hsia Liu
    • (as Hsiao Ho)
    Wilson Tong
    Wilson Tong
    • Mr. Chu
    • (as Tang Wei Cheng)
    Lung Chan
    Lung Chan
    • Bitter Face
    Ming-Wai Chan
    Ming-Wai Chan
      Szu-Chia Chen
      Szu-Chia Chen
      Wing-Hon Cheung
      Wing-Hon Cheung
        Han Chiang
        Han Chiang
        Tien-Chu Chin
        Tien-Chu Chin
        Miao Ching
        Miao Ching
        Ming Fung
        Ming Fung
        Bao-Hsing Ho
        Chi-Chang Ho
        Chih Wei Ho
        Pa-Ching Huang
        • Director
          • Chia-Liang Liu
        • Writer
          • Kuang Ni
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        Storyline

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        • Quotes

          Wang Tsun Hsin - 11th prince: Give up crime, and do honest deeds!

          'Dirty' Ho Jen: What for?

        • Crazy credits
          The opening credits feature Dirty Ho fighting off competing robbers for loot, and Prince Wang engaging in a sparring match. The two run into each other, and the Prince forces Ho to face his own opponents. The credits end with Ho declaring the Prince as his master.
        • Connections
          Featured in Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu (2003)
        • Soundtracks
          Tension Trip
          (uncredited)

          Music by Reg Tilsley

        User reviews13

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        6/10
        Didn't love it, but it was fun in parts
        Felt like it was more concerned with comedy than action, and either the comedy didn't translate well or I'm just a bit out of it, because I didn't really understand a lot of the humour here (what I'm assuming was meant to be funny, that is).

        If anyone knows what was up with those scenes where people were sort of sparring while conversing and also trying to make it look like they weren't fighting, I'd love to know. I just didn't get what was going on, truly.

        Some of the more traditional martial arts scenes were satisfying, though. The last 20 minutes were particularly great (it even did the normal speed to slow motion back to normal speed technique decades before Zack Snyder popularised it).

        Not bad overall, but I'm a little sad I didn't completely get or appreciate what it was going for at points.
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        • Jeremy_Urquhart
        • Jan 8, 2022

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        • Release date
          • August 4, 1979 (Hong Kong)
        • Country of origin
          • Hong Kong
        • Languages
          • Cantonese
          • Mandarin
        • Also known as
          • Dirty Ho
        • Production company
          • Shaw Brothers
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        Technical specs

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        • Runtime
          1 hour 43 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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