House of Traps

House of Traps
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Traditional	沖霄樓
Simplified	冲霄楼
Mandarin	Chōng Xiāo Lóu
Cantonese	Cung1 Siu1 Lau4
Directed by	Chang Cheh
Written by	Chang Cheh I Kuang
Produced by	Mona Fong
Starring	Philip Kwok Chin Siu-ho Lung Tien-hsiang Sun Chien Ngaai Fei
Cinematography	Tsao Hui-chi
Edited by	Chiang Hsing-lung Li Yen-hai
Music by	Eddie H. Wang
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

House of Traps is a 1982 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh, starring the Venom Mob. The story is based on the 19th-century novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants.

Plot[]

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When a corrupt prince arranges for the theft of a highly valuable jade antique the emperor dispatches his best men to retrieve it. The only problem is that the prince has hidden the antique in the infamous 'house of traps' from which no man has ever made it out alive. Royal investigator Sun Chien and his men mount a daring raid on the prince's birthday which results in the usual mayhem expected from a Venoms film.

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Production notes[]

House of Traps was previously considered one of the rarest Venom films, as it was only available on poor VHS and VCD formats. However, House of Traps was remastered and released on DVD 9 September 2008 by Image Entertainment [1]. The DVD includes the original Mandarin language soundtrack with subtitles, as well as an English-dubbed soundtrack. The DVD is from the Shaw Brothers Collection series, which is distributed under the Celestial Pictures banner of Image Entertainment.

Despite the DVD release, the film falls under WTO regulations for fair-use and free distribution. Celestial's release is approximately 20 minutes shorter than the VHS and VCD versions, as many of the most damaged frames were cut entirely. The Celestial version of the film, under Chinese law, is materially different enough to be classified as a new work and is copyrighted as such. Only a handful of VHS originals are known to exist.

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External links[]

• House of Traps on IMDb