Taiwan
Dance of Death (1980) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
舞拳
director: Chen Chi-Hwa actor: Angela Mao Ying / Paul Chun Pui
other title: Danse de la mort / 舞拳
An orphan boy seeks revenge upon a villainous kung-fu sect that killed his friends. He chances upon two old kung fu masters who are fighting to determine who's the better fighter; one is a drunk, the other puffs constantly on a pipe. Fei Fei convinces them to teach him kung fu, and then he'll fight using both of their techniques and will discover which is superior. So Fei Fei ends up fighting his way up the ranks of the evil sect with the two old men trailing after him, evaluating the battles and counting how many of their individual moves Fei Fei uses. The final battle with the white-haired master of the sect, using new kung fu moves inspired by dancers in a brothel, is amazingly gymnastic. --Bret Fetzer
Sept. 14, 2025 watched
Angela Mao plays a beggar boy (yes) who gets a drunken master & doped master to teach her their techniques so she can get revenge on an evil kung fu school.

With Jackie Chan on action choreography, we get plenty of fun among all the fighting, and Angela is a delight!

Seen as part of #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon
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Thrilling Bloody Sword (1981) TMDB IMDb
神劍動山河
director: Chang Hsin-Yi actor: Hsu Pu-Liao / Loretta Yang Hui-shan
other title: 神劍動山河
The daughter of a queen and a comet is abandoned by her family. One day, she comes across a prince fighting a multi-headed dragon and falls in love with him. However, some wizards try everything to keep them apart.
Oct. 6, 2025 watched
Truly insane, has to be seen to be believed! (And steals all the best music of the era!)

Watched in #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after Monsterdon's showing of Fright Night (1985), on Mastodon.
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