Bandits from Shantung

Synopsis

It starts off well enough with some nice build-up in a sprawling deserted farm town (a nice backlot on a Taiwan location) as various motley characters show up at the town's only open establishment, a tavern/inn, with some evil doings in mind. When advance men for the title bandits show up to lay the groundwork for a raid, they round up all available hostages but one. That one is the film's lone hero (Chang Yi), whose motivation is simply stated—he's there to check up on family—but no one believes him. At the thirty-minute mark, he launches into an eight-minute battle with the two bandit chieftains, hand-to-hand with one (Sammo Hung) and swordplay with the other (an actor I didn't recognize). It's a well-staged brawl and it spreads all over the empty town.

Main Cast

Chang Yi

Yan Tie-Yi

Age : 80 | Popularity : 43%

Pai Ying

Bandit Chief

Age : N/A | Popularity : 58%

Hu Chin

Lotus Shi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 31%

Wilson Tong

Xi brother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Sammo Hung

5th boss

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Huang Feng
Directing	Director	Huang Feng
Department	Role	Name

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