english title | Executioners From Shaolin |
original title | 洪熙官 |
french title | Les Exécuteurs de shaolin |
year | 1977 |
country | Hong-Kong |
director | LIU Chia-Liang - 劉家良 | |
actor | ||
LAM Ching-Ying - 林正英 | ||
LI Chiao | ||
LEE Hoi-San | ||
Johnny CHEUNG Yiu Wah | ||
FUNG Hak-On | ||
HSIAO Ho | ||
LIN Ke Ming | ||
SHUM Lo | ||
Billy CHAN Wui-Ngai | ||
Eric TSANG Chi-Wai - 曾志偉 | ||
WANG Chih Chiang | ||
CHIN Yuet-Sang - 錢月笙 | ||
Wilson TONG Wai-Shing | ||
Peter CHAN Lung | ||
MANG Hoi | ||
producer | Runme SHAW | |
action director | LIU Chia-Liang - 劉家良 | |
scriptwriter | NI Kuang | |
artistic director | Johnson TSAO |
genres | kung-fu |
duration | 100 minutes |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Critics praised this Liu Chia-liang (aka Lau Kar-leung) version of the Shaolin destruction and revenge epic, calling it the preeminent kung-fu director's greatest on the theme of history, martial arts, and family. Little wonder, since it also shows how Liu's own family style of kung-fu, Hung Fist, was created. There are unforgettable sequences throughout: highlighted by a honeymoon kung-fu contest and no less than three titanic confrontations with the traitorous White-Browed Hermit. The critics were right: Liu has out-done himself…as usual!