Before he became one of Shaw Brothers’ foremost fight choreographers, Lau Kar Leung used to work as an extra besides choreographing the old black and white Wong Fei Hung series. Together with fellow choreographer Tang Chia, he would spend many years working for director Chang Cheh until they had a fallout while doing “Marco Polo”. So it was only natural that he would eventually evolve into a director during the early 70s when the martial arts films were in full swing. Furthermore, after Shaw Brothers Studio stopped making films, he would continue to choreograph, direct and even act in films like “Drunken Master II” with Jackie Chan and Tsui Hark’s “Seven Swords” in 2005.
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Filmed during the time when Chang Cheh was in Taiwan making films under his own Long Bow studio, “The Spiritual Boxer”, a comedy with kung...
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Filmed during the time when Chang Cheh was in Taiwan making films under his own Long Bow studio, “The Spiritual Boxer”, a comedy with kung...
- 10/12/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
If you are into martial arts films, especially those produced by Shaw Brothers Studios in the late 70s, the Flying Guillotine would probably be your favorite weapon from the Qing Dynasty. It looks very much like a hat with a netting full of razor sharp blades in the rim and there is a long chain attached to it. The skillful wielder or assassin throws it from a distance onto someone's head and with a pull of the chain, the blades circle in and cut the poor victim's head clean off. It is a very effective way to kill and besides it is quiet and almost impossible to defend against.
Though associated with Emperor Yung Cheng and his elite squad of assassins during the Qing Dynasty, no one really knows if such a device actually existed. But this deadly legendary Chinese killing machine sure looks great flying across the silver screens...
Though associated with Emperor Yung Cheng and his elite squad of assassins during the Qing Dynasty, no one really knows if such a device actually existed. But this deadly legendary Chinese killing machine sure looks great flying across the silver screens...
- 4/20/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Although this gruesome action drama with a touch of horror was a huge success after its premiere, “Flying Guillotine 2” the problematic official sequel directed by Cheng Kang and Hua Shan and starring Ti Lung didn’t get released till 1978. In the meantime, Jimmy Wang Yu was quick to follow up with his action packed but outrageous “Master of the Flying Guillotine” in 1976.
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Set in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yung Cheng (Chiang Yang) uses military force and fear to maintain peace and order as well as make sure that no one dares to oppose him. Meanwhile, after being inspired by a diabolo, a sort of Chinese yo-yo gadget operated by using a rope, his trusted royal servant Xin Kang (Ku Feng) eventually develops the flying guillotine, a killing machine which can chop anyone’s head clean off even from a hundred yards away. Furthermore, twelve men...
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Set in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yung Cheng (Chiang Yang) uses military force and fear to maintain peace and order as well as make sure that no one dares to oppose him. Meanwhile, after being inspired by a diabolo, a sort of Chinese yo-yo gadget operated by using a rope, his trusted royal servant Xin Kang (Ku Feng) eventually develops the flying guillotine, a killing machine which can chop anyone’s head clean off even from a hundred yards away. Furthermore, twelve men...
- 7/25/2022
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
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