Hong Kong filmmaker Lau Kar-Leung directed this excellent period-action film, one of the most highly acclaimed productions of the Shaw Brothers studio’s later years. Its success is rather remarkable considering its troubled production. Young martial arts star Alexander Fu-Sheng — who plays the sixth son of the Yang family — died tragically in the middle of production, causing a hasty rewrite which shifted the film’s heroics to the fifth son (Gordon Lau). The flow of the story doesn’t suffer much, if at all, but it tends to veer from accepted legend as it tells the supposedly true story of a Sung dynasty-era massacre perpetrated on the Yang family by General Pan Mai (Ku Ming) and his Mongol allies which leaves only two of the large family’s males alive. The sixth son manages to get home to tell the horrifying tale, but has been driven mad by his experiences (the plot device used to write out Fu Sheng). The fifth son has been aimlessly traveling the countryside, where he has another encounter with General Pan’s troops and barely escapes with his life. Hungry for revenge, he decides to wait and become a Buddhist monk at the Ching Ling Temple in the meantime. As might be expected, his burning fury and lust for blood don’t sit very well with Buddhist philosophy, and he is quickly asked to leave the temple. Yang number five is not so willing to do so, and promptly shaves his head and insists that he is staying, much to the monks’ chagrin. It isn’t long before word of her son’s survival reaches Lady Yang (Lily Li), who orders her daughter (Kara Hui), the eighth Yang, to disguise herself as a man and bring the fifth Yang home. Yang number eight does as she is told, but is captured by General Pan’s troops on her way to the temple, causing Yang number five to leave his hiding place and try to save her. The family’s legendary pole-fighting technique is amply demonstrated throughout in superbly choreographed martial arts scenes orchestrated by the director, Ching Chu, and Hsiao Hou. Johnny Wang co-stars with Phillip Ko and Lau Kar-wing., A treacherous general seeks to silence the surviving sons of the Yang family, whom he betrayed to the opposing Mongol army., General Pun Mei, the Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty army succeeds in trapping the loyal Song general and his seven sons. Somehow the fifth and sixth son manages to escape. The fifth son seeks shelter in a monastery and soon he develops the unique eight diagram pole fighting technique with the help of his martial arts skills. He gets to know that his sister has been kidnapped. He sets out to resuce his sister.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter ” ?
A: The main cast includes Lily Li,Wong Yue,Lau Kar Wing,Mak Tak-law,Hsiao Ho,Kara Hui,Gordon Liu,Alexander Fu,Lung Wei Wang,Phillip Ko,Chang Chan-Peng,Chiang Hsing-lung,Tsao An-Shun,Li Yen-Hai,Ni Kuang,Stephen Shing,Lau Kar-leung,An-Sung Tsao.
Q: When Did the “The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter” Released?
A: The movie “The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter” originally aired on 1984-02-17 and released in the year of 1984.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
