
Dance of Death
1980-07-04 · 90 min · ★ 6.4
An orphan boy seeks revenge upon a villainous kung-fu sect that killed his friends. He chances upon two old kung fu masters who are fighting to determine who's the better fighter; one is a drunk, the other puffs constantly on a pipe. Fei Fei convinces them to teach him kung fu, and then he'll fight using both of their techniques and will discover which is superior. So Fei Fei ends up fighting his way up the ranks of the evil sect with the two old men trailing after him, evaluating the battles and counting how many of their individual moves Fei Fei uses. The final battle with the white-haired master of the sect, using new kung fu moves inspired by dancers in a brothel, is amazingly gymnastic. --Bret Fetzer
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- Directors
- Chen Chi-Hwa
- Production companies
- Fortuna Film Company
- Countries
- Taiwan, Hong Kong
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Angela Mao YingFei Fei
Paul Chun PuiKu Cheng-Yuan
Dean Shek TinBird Egg
Hsu Pu-LiaoMadman Lu
Sun Jung-Chi
Yu Sung-Chao
Chi Fu-Chiang
Lui Wan-Biu
Wang Tai-LangHu
Ko Pao
Wang Yao
Chen Chi-Hwa
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