MOVIE · 1980
Fists of the White Lotus
ActionAdventureDrama95 min
After the Qing emperor frees imprisoned Shaolin disciples, the White Lotus clan launches a massacre to wipe them out. Chia-Hui Liu is the one fighter left standing, forced into hiding as he trains for a reckoning with the enemies who destroyed his order. Lo Lieh and Kara Ying Hung Wai round out this 1980 Hong Kong martial-arts drama, built around clan warfare, Shaolin tradition, and long stretches of preparation between bursts of combat.
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