Shaolin Mantis(螳螂)
✭ ✭ ✭
Hong Kong · 1978
1h 36m
Director Lau Kar-leung
Starring David Chiang, Cecilia Wong Hang-Sau, Lau Kar-Wing, Lily Li Li-Li
Genre Action, Drama, History
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Skilled martial arts director Lau Ka Leung offers you another Kung Fu treat! this Asian classic introduces viewers to the Shaolin Mantis way of fighting! The tale takes you back to the Qing dynasty & Wei Feng, the son of a Qing official who tries to unveil facts about a revolt. The grand daughter of the farmer community where his investigation takes him, sacrifices her life to save him in the end. Managing to escape unscathed, he promises to hunt down the girl's killer and therefore creates the effective technique of Shaolin Mantis.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
(Un genio, due compari, un pollo)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, West Germany • 1975
- Director Damiano Damiani
- Cast Terence Hill, Miou-Miou, Robert Charlebois, Patrick McGoohan, Raimund Harmstorf, Piero Vida
- Genre Comedy, Western
- Available on Plex, Plex Channel
Mr. Arkadin
Discovering the past can be murder...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Spain, Switzerland • 1955
- Director Orson Welles
- Cast Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Akim Tamiroff, Mischa Auer, Paola Mori
- Genre Crime, Mystery, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel