Legend of the Fox
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| Legend of the Fox | |
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| Traditional | 飛狐外傳 |
| Simplified | 飞狐外传 |
| Mandarin | Fēi Hú Wài Zhuàn |
| Directed by | Chang Cheh |
| Screenplay by | Ni Kuang |
| Story by | Louis Cha |
| Produced by | Run Run Shaw |
| Starring | Chin Siu-ho Philip Kwok Lu Feng Chiang Sheng Wang Li |
| Cinematography | Cho Wai-kei |
| Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung Lee Yim-hoi |
| Music by | Eddie H. Wang |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Celestial Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
Legend of the Fox, also known as Legend of a Fox, is a 1980 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Young Flying Fox. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, directed by Chang Cheh and starred the Venom Mob. The film used to be one of the most rare Venom Mob martial arts film available, but has been digitally remastered and released by Celestial Pictures.
Plot[]
It tells the story of a young man named Hu Fei, as he escapes the rain with his uncle. Whilst they're undercover and Fei is looking after his sick uncle, a group of men walk in that Fei's uncle recognizes. He then tells Fei the story of how is father was killed. So, Hu Fei decides to seek revenge on those people.
Cast[]
- Chin Siu-ho as Hu Fei/Flying fox
- Lu Feng as Hu Yidao
- Philip Kwok as Miao Renfeng/Golden face Buddha
- Wong Man-yee as Cheng Lingsu
- Chiang Sheng as Tian Guinong
- Helen Poon Bing-seung as Hu Yidao's wife
- Choh Seung-wan as Nan Lan
- Wang Li as Shi Wancheng
- Yu Tai-ping as Dr. Yan Chi
- Wang Han-chen as Innkeeper
- Lai Yau-hing as Ping Ah Shi/Fei's 4th uncle
- Leung Chi-hung as Xue Que
- Chow Kin-ping as Murong Jingyue
- Tony Tam Chun-to as Jiang Tieshan
- Hung Fung as Shang Jianming
- Siao Yuk as Shang Baozhen
- Lui Hung as Baozhen's mother
- Leung Cheuk-kwan as Zhang Feixiong
- Chan Shu-kei as Zhong Zhaoying
- Chan Hon-kwong as Zhong Zhaowen
- Wan Seung-lam as Guinong's man
- Lam Wai as Guinong's man
- Lam Chi-tai as Guinong's bodyguard
- Chan Hung as Guinong's bodyguard
- Ha Kwok-wing as Guinong's thug
- Wong Wa as Yan Chi's thug
- Wong Siu-ming as Baozhen's servant
- Ngai Tim-choi as Baozhen's man
- Hung San-nam as Guinong's blade carrier
- Choi Kwok-keung as Yan Chi's thug
- Tam Wai-man as Yan Chi's thug
- Stephen Chan Yung as Guinong's thug
- Fung Ming as inn waiter
External links[]
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- 1980 films
- Mandarin-language films
- Films based on works by Jin Yong
- Hong Kong films
- Shaw Brothers Studio films
- Films set in the Qing dynasty
- Wuxia films
- Works based on Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain
- Films directed by Chang Cheh
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