
Film
When Taekwondo Strikes
1973· R· 1h 36m· Action· Drama
The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
1973-09-09
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Key Crew
DirectorHuang Feng
ScreenplayChu Yu
ProducerRaymond Chow
Director of PhotographyDanny Lee Yau-Tong
Original Music ComposerLai Shu-Hua
EditorPeter Cheung Yiu-Chung
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 16 crew)
Details
Released1973-09-09
Runtime1h 36m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosOrange Sky Golden Harvest
LanguagesMandarin
CountriesHong Kong
Rating7.7/10 · 8 votes
Original languagezh
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