Shaolin Mantis (1978)
of Liu Chia Liang
88 Movies - March 21, 2022
Original title : The Deadly Mantis / Tang lang / 螳螂
Audio : Cantonese
Subtitles : English SDH
Duration : 96' (1h36)
Format : Blu-ray 2K / UK import
Area : B
Genre : Martial Arts, Action, Romance, Drama
Synopsis
A rare collaboration between legendary Shaw Brothers director Chia-Liang Liu and equally legendary Shaw leading man David Chiang, Shaolin Mantis has Chiang playing a young noble forced by the Ching government to infiltrate a family suspected of being Ming loyalists, and if he doesn't get the evidence they want, his entire family will be killed. Things become further complicated when the scholar falls in love with the family's granddaughter.
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