Clan of the White Lotus

Last updated

Clan of the White Lotus
Clan of the White Lotus FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed by Lo Lieh
Written by Haung Tien
Produced by Run Run Shaw
Starring Lo Lieh
Gordon Liu
Kara Hui
Johnny Wang
Hsiao Ho
Cinematography Chih Chun Ao
Edited by Hsing-lung Chiang
Yen Hae Li
Music by Eddie Wang
Distributed by Shaw Brothers
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
98 min.
Country Hong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin

Clan of the White Lotus is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lo Lieh, with action choreography by Lau Kar Leung, and starring Lo Lieh and Gordon Liu. It is released as Fists of the White Lotus in North America.

Contents

The film follows on the 1977 film Executioners from Shaolin and 1979 film Abbot of Shaolin.

Synopsis

Following the death of his brother Pai Mei, Priest White Lotus seeks revenge with one idea in mind: to kill his brother's assassins. One night, he decides to pay them a surprise visit and murders one of the two. But the survivor of that night, will withdraw from the world and, with the help of the widow of the deceased, will perfect his technique to take his revenge...

Cast

Reception

Andrew Saroch describes the film as "Another awesome Shaw Brothers film with an insane concept and some heavenly fight action choreographed by the one and only Liu Chia-Liang." [1]

The authors of The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies rate the film a maximum of four stars, praising the film's "partially evocative music" and "amazing martial arts". [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Clan of the White Lotus (1980) – Review".
  2. ↑ Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer, Richard Meyers. The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. – Rowman & Littlefield, 1995. – pp. 120–121. – ISBN   978-081-083-027-1.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.