
The Battle Wizard (1977)
Tian long ba bu (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 17min
- Action, Fantasy
- 09 Sep 1977 (Hong Kong)
- Movie
A bookish young man and his sword-loving sister find themselves battling a trio of villains, one of them a beautiful but masked woman who has promised to either marry or murder the first man to see her unmasked.
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Cast
Danny Lee | ... |
Prince Tuan Yu
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Ni Tien | ... |
Mu Wan-Ching / Hsiang Yao-cha
(as Tanny)
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Chen-Chi Lin | ... |
Chung Ling-erh
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Chuen Chiang |
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Han Chiang | ... |
Sze-Kung Hsuan
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Tao Chiang | ... |
Yueh Chang-lung
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Lu Chin | ... |
Chin Hung-Mien
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Norman Chu | ... |
(as Shao-Chiang Hsu)
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Ping Ha | ... |
Madam Chung
(as Teresa Hsia Ping)
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Shu-Hua Hsin | ... |
Chief Chung
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Chih-Kuang Huang |
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Ling-Ling Hung | ... |
Shu Baifeng
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Hsiung Kao |
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Chan-Hsiung Ku |
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Tsan-Hsiung Ku |
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Ta Lei |
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Ho Li-Jen | ... |
(as Li-Jen Ho)
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Shang-Yun Liang |
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Feng Lin |
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Tze Lin | ... |
(as Lin Tsai)
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Chiang Lo |
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Jack Long | ... |
(as Chiang Wang)
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Sha-Fei Ouyang | ... |
Shuang Ching
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Huang Pei-Chi | ... |
(as Pei-Chi Huang)
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Kwai Shan |
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Chung-Tien Shih | ... |
Huang Pao-ren (Guest star)
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Chan Siu-Kai | ... |
(as Shao-Chia Chen)
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Wei Szu | ... |
Tuan Cheng-Chun (Guest star)
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Tung Ting |
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Fat Tsui |
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Hung Wei | ... |
Tuan Cheng-Ming (Guest star)
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Hang-Sheng Wu | ... |
Tso Chi-Mu
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Tse Lin Yang |
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Brandy Yuen |
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Cheung-Yan Yuen | ... |
Revenger After Xiang Yaocha / Bandit
(as Hsiang-Jen Yuan)
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Corey Yuen |
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Shun-Yee Yuen |
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Wah Yuen |
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Directed by
Hsueh-Li Pao | ... | (as Pao Xueh-Li) |
Written by
Louis Cha | ... | (story) (as Yung Chin) |
Kuang Ni | ... | () |
Produced by
Run Run Shaw | ... | producer |
Music by
Yung-Yu Chen |
Cinematography by
Ting-Bang Yuan |
Editing by
Hsing-Lung Chiang |
Art Direction by
Johnson Tsao |
Makeup Department
Yen-Lien Peng | ... | hair stylist |
Hsu-Ching Wu | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Tien Wu | ... | production manager |
Art Department
Hsiang Yuan | ... | props |
Sound Department
Yung-Hua Wang | ... | sound recordist |
Stunts
Tang Chia | ... | stunt coordinator (as Chia Tang) |
Huang Pei-Chi | ... | stunt coordinator (as Pei-Chi Huang) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Fen Chen | ... | lighting technician |
Ting-Bang Yuan | ... | assistant camera |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chi-Yu Liu | ... | costume supervisor |
Script and Continuity Department
Chen-Chin Li | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Jing Fang | ... | production assistant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Shaw Brothers (1977) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Peiper (1978) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Celestial Pictures (2005) (World-wide) (international sales agent)
- FilmArt (2024) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- ITT Contrast (West Germany) (VHS)
- Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2005) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (region 3)
- Joy Home Video (1991) (Germany) (VHS)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2011) (Germany) (DVD) (Edition Asien)
- Shock Entertainment (2018) (Austria) (Blu-ray)
- Video Medien Pool (VMP) (West Germany) (VHS)
- WMM (Germany) (DVD) (unknown) (limited)
- Well Go USA Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD)
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Did You Know?
Trivia | The sound that the antagonist (Yellow Robe Man in the English subtitles) makes when breathing fire in the final fight scene was created using the call of the Chinese crested tern, a critically endangered species of bird at the time of production. See more » |
Goofs | Chung Ling-erh makes a deal with the Prince to teach him kung-fu if he will teach her to read. This never takes place in the film, but towards the end she adeptly scribes a message onto one of her snakes to send to the Chief, showing that she already knew how to read and write. See more » |