The Kung Fu Instructor

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1979

1h 40m

Action

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At the end of the Ching dynasty, the Chou clan decides to end their age-old conflict against the Meng clan. But the latter refuses and decides to prepare troops for battle.

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According to IMDB, this film is director Sun Cheng's homage to Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo," but I failed to see much of a connection outside of there being two waring clans. Ti Lung plays a kung fu instructor specializing in weapons and teachers a young protege in order to defeat their enemies. What the story lacks in originality, it makes up for with well done training and fight sequences. Also of note is that this film marked one of the first uses of Steadicam in a Shaw Brothers production, which although it's not exactly Stanley Kubrick, is still kind of fun and not something you see in many of these old school 1970s kung fu action flicks. Overall, this is a solid Shaw Brothers production that's well worth watching.

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01/31/23

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Chung Sun

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Ti Lung

Wang Yang

Wong Yu

Zhou Ping

Feng Ku

Meng Er Da

Angie Chiu

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Tao Chiang

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Synopsis

At the end of the Ching dynasty, the Chou clan decides to end their age-old conflict against the Meng clan. But the latter refuses and decides to prepare troops for battle.

Director: Chung Sun
Producer: Mona Fong
Genre: Action
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2016
Runtime: 1h 40m

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