Hitchcock's Subtextual Coding in 'Rope'
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Five Fighters from Shaolin (1998)
When a monk decides to leave his temple in order to defeat the Chinese Imperial Guards who brutally murdered is fellow monk, he collects five men and trains them to help him fight the guards and an old friend of his - a white-haired wizard.
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When a monk decides to leave his temple in order to defeat the Chinese Imperial Guards who brutally murdered is fellow monk, he collects five men and trains them to help him fight the guards and an old friend of his - a white-haired wizard.
Rating:NR
Genre:Action, Comedy
Written By:Fu Cheng-Huei
In Theaters:1/1/1998
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:The Saint Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Kuo Ren Co. Ltd., Sheng Hsien Film Company, K.R.K. Films Inc.
Cast
Ko Pao
Director
Mark Lung Kuan-wu
Lau Tan, Crazy Monk
Chen Shan
2nd Brother
Chiang Sheng
3rd Brother
William Yen Ming-Chang
4th Brother
Jack Long Shi-Chia
Abbot White
Alan Chui Chung-San
Kum Dat Jin
Wang Chi-sheng
Abbot White's fighter
Ching Kuo-Chung
Ko Pulak, 5th Brother
Ma Chang
Abbot White's fighter
Tseng Chao
Abbot White's fighter
Lin Yu-Zhen
1st Brother's partner
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