Lady Assassin

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The Lady Assassin
清宮啟示錄
Ching gung kai si luk
Directed byChin-Ku Lu
Written byChin-Ku Lu
Produced by Mona Fong Yat Wah
Starring Norman Chui,
Leanne Liu,
Jason Pai Piao,
Tony Liu
CinematographyChin Chiang Ma
Music byChin Yung Shing,
Chen-hou Su
Production
company
Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd. [1]
Distributed byShaw Brothers (Hong Kong) [1]
Release date
  • January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15)(Hong Kong)
Running time
1 hr 26 min (86 min)
Country Hong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box office HK$ $876,247.00 [1]

The Lady Assassin is a 1983 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chin Ku Lu, starring Norman Chui, Leanne Liu, Tony Liu, and Jason Pai Piao.

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Plot

The villainous 4th Prince plots to change a royal edict proclaiming himself as heir to the throne instead of the Emperor's favoured fourteenth prince. The Fourth prince gets the backing of Han loyalists by promising that the Manchu rule of iron will soften when he is in power however he fails to keep his promise and turns against those that helped him.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Lady Assassin (1983)". Hong Kong Movie DataBase. Retrieved 1 July 2014.