''The Vengeful Beauty'' (血芙蓉) is a 1978
Shaw Brothers
Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...
film directed by
Meng Hua Ho
Ho Meng Hua (1 January 1923 - 19 May 2009) was a Chinese film director from Shanghai, working in the Cinema of Hong Kong and the Cinema of Taiwan.
Early life
In 1923, Ho was born in Guangdong province, China. Ho grew up in Shanghai, China.
E ...
, starring
Lo Lieh,
Chen Ping and .
Plot
As the trained
Flying Guillotine
Flying may refer to:
* Flight, the process of flying
* Aviation, the creation and operation of aircraft
Music
Albums
* ''Flying'' (Grammatrain album), 1997
* ''Flying'' (Jonathan Fagerlund album), 2008
* ''Flying'' (UFO album), 1971
* ''Fl ...
assassins secretly working for the Emperor begin their attacks, one of the assassins (
Yuen Cheung-yan
Yuen Cheung-yan is a Hong kong actor, director, stuntman, and fight choreographer who has worked for many years in the Hong Kong film industry. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he worked with his elder brother, Yuen Woo-ping, and other members ...
) is caught by local security forces. Flying Guillotine leader Jin Gang-feng (Lo Lieh) is ordered to kill every witness including the prison interrogator and his family to keep the assassins a secret. Rong Qiu-yan (Chen Ping) returns home to find her dead husband and immediately figures Gang-feng. With her superior kung fu, she nearly kills him, but retreats to protect her unborn child. Now Gang-feng is in deep trouble. He's told the Emperor under threat of execution that all witnesses are dead. In order to keep his head, Gang-feng turns to his three adult children to quickly hunt down and kill Qiu-yan who is now attempting to reach her uncle. As the hunt begins, Qiu-yan hooks up with a former Flying Guillotine member named Ma Seng (Norman Chu) and her old martial brother Wang-jun (
Yueh Hua) who both help her along the way and become rivals in their love for her.
Cast
*
Norman Chui
*
Chen Ping
*
Wang Lung Wei
Wang Lung Wei () (born 1949), also known as Johnny Wang, is Hong Kong martial artist, actor, director, producer, and action choreographer, who has starred in over 80 kung fu films, mainly for Shaw Brothers Studios.
Wang's first Shaw Brothers film ...
*
Lo Lieh
*
Yueh Hua
External links
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Kung fu films
Hong Kong martial arts films
Shaw Brothers Studio films
Films set in 18th-century Qing dynasty
1970s Hong Kong films
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