''The Korean Connection'' is 1974 Korean martial art movie starring
Han Yong Cheol (Credited as Billy Chan) and
Kwan Young Moon.
Plot
In 1930 in China the Korean professional kicker Tiger (Park Young Cheol) fell in love with Hyang Souk however at the same time he made an agreement with Yamamoto (As a suggestion from the Wang Herim) to steal the carriage with full of gold and Tiger steal it. After Tiger realized that the carriage was belongs to Hyang Souk's brother he felt himself guilty, break himself his leg and spent his time with alcoholic. Meanwhile, Yamamoto killed Herim, kidnapped Hyang Souk and take over the territory Tiger is now in rage and alongside
Korean independent army Kim Sung, he defeat the Yamamoto save Hyang Souk, take the gold and went back to Korea.
Cast
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Charles Han Yong Cheol as Tiger
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Kwan Young Moon as Kim Sung
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Bae Su Cheon as Yamamoto
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Jeong Ae-Jeong as Hyang Souk
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Kim Moon Ju
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Hwang Jang-lee
Hwang Jung-lee (Korean: 황정리; born December 21, 1944), known to many with the spelling of Hwang Jang-lee is a Japanese-born Korean martial artist and actor. Hwang is perhaps best known for his role as "Thunderleg" in 1978's ''Drunken Maste ...
as Kazio (uncredited)
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Mang Hoi
Mang Hoi (born 1 May 1958) is an actor from Hong Kong. He won the Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Selected filmography
*''The Price of Love'' (1970)
*'' Pursuit'' (1972) - Little Helper
*'' The Young Avenger'' (1972)
*'' ...
as beggar kid (cameo, uncredited)
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Bae Su Cheol
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Kim Wang Kuk
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Park Dong Yong
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Chiu Chun
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Kim Young In
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Choe Jae Ho
Choi is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized ''Choi'', an ...
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Hwang In Cheol
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Nam Seoung Guk
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Han Myeong Hwan
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Kwon Il Soo
Gwon also written as Kwon () is a Korean family name. Some sources list as many 56 clans, but most of them were merged with the Andong Gwon clan under the Sijeung-gong faction soon after the establishment of the Goryeo Kingdom.
Andong Gwon cla ...
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Elton Chong
Elton Chong (real name Jeong Jin Hwa) was born in 1955 and is a Korean martial artist, action director, and actor. Elton Chong has mostly worked in South Korea with actors such as Eagle Han-ying, Casanova Wong, Michael Wong and Dragon Lee. Whi ...
extra (uncredited)
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Huang Hwa Huang or Hwang may refer to:
Location
* Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City
* Yellow River, or Huang River, in China
* Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China
* Huang (state), state in ancient China.
* Hwang Riv ...
extra (uncredited)
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Kim Young Suk
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese fo ...
extra (uncredited)
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Phillip Leung
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
extra (uncredited)
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Lee Hing Yue
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...
extra (uncredited)
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Han Tae Il
Han may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
extra (uncredited)
Media release
The film was released by company Hong Kong Connection under the name ''Deadly fist in Korea'' and for VHS tape it was released as ''He Who Returned with One Leg''.
Sequel
The film later receive the sequel as ''Returned Single-Legged Man 2'' which was only released in Korea and outside Europe released as ''Korean Connection 2'' the sequel was not released in U.S.
External links
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1974 films
South Korean action films
Films directed by Lee Doo-yong
1970s Korean-language films
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