Zhong hua zhang fu (1979)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Chia-Liang Liu

Writer:

Kuang Ni (writer)

Release Date:

1 December 1982 (France)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A Chinese man (Liu) marries a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Fight | Ninja

Cast

Chia Hui Liu	...	Ho Tao
Yuka Mizuno	...	Yumiko Koda
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lung Chan
Kang-Yeh Cheng	...	Chow Kan
Miao Ching
Norman Chu	...	Chang
Ping Ha
Riki Harada	...	Japanese Kendo expert
Linda Lin Di Ho
Hou Hsiao
Pa-Ching Huang
Naozo Kato	...	Dojo Grandmaster
Ho Chiu Kei
Yasuaki Kurata	...	Takeno, Japanese ninjutsu expert
Hoi San Lee	...	Bald Pupil
Chia-Liang Liu	...	Drunken Master
Hung Lu
Yasutaka Nakazaki	...	Japanese Sai expert
Hitoshi Omae	...	Japanese judo expert
Sha-fei Ouyang
Helen Poon		(as Pan Ping Chang)
Hayato Ryuzaki	...	Nunchaku expert
Sin San
Yujiro Sumi	...	Karate expert
Wilson Tong
Nobuo Yana	...	Japanese spear expert
Hua Yang
Siu Tien Yuen	...	Tao's Teacher

Directed by
Chia-Liang Liu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kuang Ni		writer

Produced by
Mona Fong	....	producer

Original Music by
Yung-Yu Chen

Cinematography by
Arthur Wong

Costume Design by
Chi-Yu Liu

Makeup Department
Yen-Lien Peng	....	hair stylist
Hsu-Ching Wu	....	makeup artist

Stunts
Chia-Liang Liu	....	stunt coordinator
Wilson Tong	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Tang Wei-cheng)

Other crew
Cheng Peng	....	production assistant
Chih-ming Peng	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Shaw Brothers

Distributors

• Cinécran (1982) (France) (theatrical)
• Creswin Distribution (1984) (Canada) (dubbed)
• Fazer Musiikki Oy/Fazer Video (1991) (Finland) (video)
• World Northal (1984) (USA) (dubbed)

Also Known As:

Challenge of the Ninja
Chung wah cheung fu (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Drunk Shaolin Challenges Ninja
Heroes of the East (Hong Kong: English title) (original subtitled version)
Shaolin Challenges Ninja (International: English title) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-3 (1991) | USA:R

Company:

Shaw Brothers

An excellent but overlooked classic

If you've ever enjoyed the classic Kung-fu films of the 70's, I'm sure you remember The 5 Deadly Venoms, Master Killer, 10 Dragons from Canton, etc, etc... But this classic is almost always overlooked for the simple reason that it wasn't aired too many times in the states. And this title is impossible to find on VHS, DVD, LD or any other medium. But if you ever have the chance, see this movie!!! This movie is as good as it gets when it comes to showing off the difference between Chinese Kung-fu and various Japanese techniques. And this movie is very humorous at the same time.

You see, as the Japanese challenger comes one by one to duel, the wife of our star tells him of the exact style of fighting that the challenger will use (i.e. sword, spear, throwing stars, Ninjitsu etc...) . It is upto our hero (Gordon Liu of Master Killer) to counter each particular Japanese style with a similar Chinese technique. Chinese sword vs Japanese sword, Chinese spear vs Japanese spear. You get the idea. Now bearing in mind that this movie is Chinese made, of course the Chinese techniques prove to be superior. But really the best part of the movie is seeing how each weapon and techniques match up against each other.

And look at the ratings the people who have seen this movie gave. Check it out.