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Release Date:
January 1, 1979
Original Title:
五爪十八翻
Alternate Titles:
Dragon's Claws
Garras de Dragão
Las Garras Del Dragón
Ng chau sap bat fan
Wu zhao shi ba fan
Genres:
Action
Production Companies:
Hong Hwa International Films (H.K.) Ltd.
Production Countries:
Hong Kong
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 92
A "Dragon Claw" master returns from Manchuria where he became a traitor to China. He's after the coveted Dragon Claw Golden Tablet that will force people to bow down to him. He challenges the Grand-master who has a checkered past of his own. The Grand-master happens to suffers from a terminal chronic injury related to his evil past. The traitor kills the grand-master, causing his wife and son the go into hiding. The wife seems to really be the Dragon Claw master in the family and she vows to train her son the kung fu secrets. The son finds that one of his friends has learned a strange style of kung fu from a filthy medicine man. The son seeks him out to improve his kung fu and defeat the traitor.
Costume Design:
Poon An-Ying
Director:
Joseph Kuo
Director of Photography:
Ma Koon-Wah
Editor:
Vincent Leung Wing-Chan
Hair Designer:
Chui So
Makeup Artist:
Lai Suet-Fei
Music:
Frankie Chan Fan-Kei
Producer:
Joseph Kuo
Sound:
Chow Shao-Lung
Writer:
Joseph Kuo
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