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Heroes of the East (1978)

Directed by Liu Chia-Liang

Eastern | Action | Drama

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Overview

Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he’s forced to take on seven of Japan’s most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.

Rated NR | Length 105 minutes

Actors

Gordon Liu Chia-Hui | Yuka Mizuno | Cheng Kang-Yeh | Cheng Miu | Yasuaki Kurata | Naozo Kato | Riki Harada | Tetsu Sumi | Manabu Shirai | Nobuo Yana | Yasutaka Nakazaki | Hitoshi Omae | Liu Chia-Liang | Norman Chu | Huang Pa-Ching | Ou-Yang Sha-Fei | Yuen Siu-Tien | Chow Siu-Loi | Lee Hoi-Sang | Wilson Tong | Peter Chan Lung | Yeung Wah | Hsiao Ho | King Lee King-Chue | San Sin | Kei Ho-Chiu | Ho Bo-Sing | Cheung Chok-Chow | Lau Cheun | Linda Hoh | Teresa Ha Ping | Helen Poon Bing-Seung | Hui Ying-Ying | Hung Ling-Ling | Lui Hung | Fong Yue | Tam Ying | Tsi-Ang Chin | Kwan Yan | Gam Tin-Chue | To Wing-Leung | Chan Ming-Wai | Nam Wai | Man Ngai-Tik | Chu Kai | Lam Wah | Got Ping | Tai Kwan-Tak | Ho Chi-Wai | Ho Kei-Cheong | Cheung Hei | Lau Ga-Yung

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
05/22/2015TVDVDRented7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

What starts as a romantic comedy turns into a damn good fighting flick by the second half. Really fun movie about the cultural differences between China and Japan centered around martial arts and which country has the better fighting techniques. Covers a lot of ground with a variety of styles. Really good movie and one to revisit. Listened to most of the Bey Logan commentary which is also very good.

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