Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- CN
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In CN — subtitles on.
The story
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.
- martial arts
- kung fu
- army
- buddhism
- monk
- rebel
- fighter
- emperor
- dynasty
- adversary
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Yu Hai — Head Master
- Yuen Cheung-Yan — Taoist Priest Ling
- Lau Shun — Bao's Sifu
- Chow Gam-Kong — Rebel
- Sun Jiankui — Royal Eunuch Liu Jin
- Ho Wing-Cheung — Rascal
- Yu Yankai
- Directed
- Yuen Woo-ping
- Written
- Kim Yip Kwong-Kim
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 281 ratings
- Studio
- Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Eastern Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
