The Mad Monk(佛跳牆)
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Hong Kong · 1977
Director Li Han-Hsiang
Starring Yau Fung, Siu Yam-Yam, Ngaai Fei, Chan Shen
Genre Comedy
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Li's The Mad Monk consists of four stories that see the roaming monk save a mother and daughter from the brink of death and a young man from the hands of unscrupulous debtors. Ji Gong also deals mischievous justice on robbers and corrupt officials.
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