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Struggle Through Death

Original title: Chong po gong fu cheng
  • 19791979
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
81
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POPULARITY
187,010
25,843
Struggle Through Death (1979)
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Men from a rural community in China are kidnapped and forced to mine for gold as slaves. Three men desperately make several several attempts to escape.Men from a rural community in China are kidnapped and forced to mine for gold as slaves. Three men desperately make several several attempts to escape.Men from a rural community in China are kidnapped and forced to mine for gold as slaves. Three men desperately make several several attempts to escape.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
81
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
187,010
25,843
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    • Director
      • Hsin-Yi Chang
    • Writer
      • Chien-Chi Chang
    • Stars
      • John Liu
      • Fung Ling
      • Lung Chin
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    • Director
      • Hsin-Yi Chang
    • Writer
      • Chien-Chi Chang
    • Stars
      • John Liu
      • Fung Ling
      • Lung Chin
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    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    John Liu
    John Liu
    • Kang
    Fung Ling
    Lung Chin
    Lung Chin
    Ju-Feng Ma
    Ju-Feng Ma
    Chung-You Chang
    Hung-Ki Chang
    Chin-Hai Chen
    Shang Chen
    Hou-Chiang Chi
    Shao-Hua Chu
    Kao-Shan Hsiao
    Pang Hsiao
    Chun Fai Lau
    Chun Fai Lau
      Chang Ma
      Chang Ma
      Chin-Ku Ma
      Chin-Ku Ma
      Ming Min
      Ming Min
      Te-Yun Pei
      Te-Yun Pei
      Chung-Chiu Tsai
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          • Hsin-Yi Chang
        • Writer
          • Chien-Chi Chang
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        5/10
        The entertainment starts after 50 minutes of cringe
        John Liu and many other men are forced into slavery. He fights back but does not have his "Shadowless Kick" technique yet. The beatings continue.

        Beatings have no entertainment value.

        The story is about escape. Many great movies have been made with this simple story line. It is a formulaic story line and any deviation from the story line results in complete failure. This movie was made with no knowledge of the formula for the escape story. For example, there has to be two failed escape attempts first and these attempts make it worse for all the prisoners. Also, this is a "black and white" plot in that the bad guys are totally bad. In this movie the character of the doctor makes no sense at all. I could go on but why bother?

        I know there is a big cultural thing about kneeling and submission that does not translate well from East to West but even allowing for that this movie still fails as a story.

        John does not raise a leg in a kick until about the 50 minute mark. The only part of this movie that has any entertainment value begins a few minutes after that when he starts the leg training.

        This movie is only for hard core fans of the genre and really starts at about the 50 minute mark. As such a fan I can add after watching it once I doubt I will ever watch it again.
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        • Oct 12, 2016

        Details

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        • Release date
          • 1979 (Taiwan)
        • Country of origin
          • Taiwan
        • Language
          • Mandarin
        • Also known as
          • Dragon Fighter
        • Production companies
          • Hsu Hung Film
          • Yangtze Film Company Ltd.
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 32 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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