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The Lady Assassin (1983)

Directed by Tony Liu Chun-Ku

Action | Eastern

Overview

Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua is the title character caught between battling princes. Then there’s award-winning actor Ku Feng, “Bastard Swordsman” Hsu Shao-chiang, “King of Shaw Brothers’ Screen Villains” Wang Lung-wei, “Venom” Sun Chien, and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.

Length 86 minutes

Actors

Tony Liu | Leanne Liu | Max Mok Siu-Chung | Jason Pai Piao | Norman Chu | Ku Feng | Cheung King-Yu | Yuen Tak | Kwan Fung | Wong Mei-Mei | Johnny Wang Lung-Wei | Sun Chien | Chih-Ching Yang | Cheng Miu | Tony Liu Chun-Ku | Yeung Ching-Ching | Yiu Man-Kei | Dang Wai-Ho | Sek Gong | Chung Wing | Chan Lau | Cheung Chok-Chow | Ngai Tim-Choi | Lam Wai | Ming Fung | Lau Cheun | Gam Tin-Chue | Tang Yuk-Wing | Stephen Chan Yung | Lui Hung

Viewing History (seen 4 times)

Viewing Notes

Clearing out DVR. Recorded this thinking I hadn’t seen it but only a few minutes into it and knew I had seen it before… last year in fact for my 100 Kung Fu project. So many action sequences in this with great female roles too between Jade, Pearl and Si Niang. Norman Chu is the real star here as a super badass bodyguard. The cast is pretty loaded with Ku Feng and Sun Chien (a Venom) making appearances. And of course Johnny Wang is here as well.

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