english title | Shaolin Prince |
original title | 少林傳人 |
aka | Iron Fingers of Death / Death Mask of the Ninja |
year | 1983 |
country | Hong-Kong |
genres | kung-fu |
production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
distributor | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Tang Chia is one of martial art movies' most respected names, but it is less known because the veteran kung-fu choreographer only directed three movies of his own. Of course, that makes this, his first effort, perhaps the most special of the trio. His tale of two fugitive princes trying to recover the throne is an eye-filling, mind-bending wonder, which used no less than five other choreographer friends to create kung-fu configurations not only never seen before, but never even attempted!