Hitman in the Hand of Buddha (1981)
借刀殺人
A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. Angered, the rivals hire a martial arts expert to fight the hero, only to get beaten up himself. The expert send his teacher to hurt the hero and succeeds. The hero is sent to a temple where he learns a new style of kung fu. Now with the skills, our hero is ready to get even.
- Date of release
- 1981-04-14
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Action
- Director
- Park Yun-kyo, Hwang Jang-Lee
Casting
- Hwang Jang-Lee — Wong Chin (Wang Cheng)
- Fan Mei-Sheng — Beggar Fan (Feng)
- Eddy Ko Hung — Uncle 33
- Tino Wong — Shan Hao (Uncle Hsian Ha)
- Gwok Yin-Yin — Ah Chuan
- Corey Yuen — Robber
- Yeung Wai — Shen Tin, snake killer (Uncle Hsien Ten)
- Bruce Jang Il-Sik — Abbot
- To Siu-ning — Ah Chu
- Au-Yeung Yiu-Yam — Hsuan Chi
- Kim Yu-haeng — High Monk
- Kwak Eun-Kyeong — Lien
Interesting facts
Hitman in the Hand of Buddha is a 1981 martial arts film directed and produced by Hwang Jang-lee in his directorial debut, who also starred in the lead role, and co-directed by Park Yun-kyo. The film is co-produced by Hong Kong and South Korea.
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