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Burning of the Red Lotus Temple ()

Huo shao hong lian si (original title)
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This movie was adapted from a newspaper serial (Strange Tales of the Adventurer in the Wild Country) and released in 18 feature-length parts over a period of 3 years (1928-31). In its entirety it would be 27 hours long.

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Xiaoqiu Zheng ...
Gui Wu / Yang Jixin
Peizhen Xia ...
Gan Lianzhu - Yang Jixin's wife (as Pei-Zhen Xia)
Lihen Gao
Jiting Wang
Youmin Gu ...
Prefect
Xiangpin Dong ...
Patriarch Hongyun
Xiuying Zhu ...
Prefect's wife (as Zhu Xiuying)
Xianzhai Wang ...
Wang Qinghe
Wanxiang Wu ...
Big monkey
Zhiyuan Tan
Butterfly Wu ...
Red girl
Saizhen Liang
Jie Tang ...
Chang Deqing
Ying Xiao
Jingxia Zhao
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Meng-Shi Wang

Directed by

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Shichuan Zhang

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Xiang Kairan ... (newspaper serial Strange Tales of the Adventurer in the Wild Country)
 
Xiang Kairan ... (novel)
 
Shichuan Zhang ... (writer)
 
Zhengqiu Zheng ... (part one)
 
Jianghu Jixia Znuan ... (story)

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Keyi Dong

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Tianya Dong

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jiting Wang ... assistant director

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Also Known As
  • 火烧红莲寺 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Burning Paradise in Hell (Asia, English title)
  • Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (United States)
  • Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (World-wide, English title)
  • Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (World-wide, English title)
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  • 1620 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Originally produced with a mammoth running time of 27 hours, making it possibly the longest film ever produced. It was never exhibited in its entirety. Instead, it was split up and released as 18 features between 1928 and 1931, of which Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery is one. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Chop Socky: Cinema Hong Kong (2003). See more »

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