Clan of the White Lotus

Clan of the White Lotus is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lo Lieh, with action choreography by Lau Kar Leung, and starring Lo Lieh and Gordon Liu. It is released as Fists of the White Lotus in North America.

Clan of the White Lotus
Directed byLo Lieh
Written byHaung Tien
Produced byRun Run Shaw
StarringLo Lieh
Gordon Liu
Kara Hui
Johnny Wang
Hsiao Ho
CinematographyChih Chun Ao
Edited byHsing-lung Chiang
Yen Hae Li
Music byEddie Wang
Distributed byShaw Brothers
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
98 min.
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin

The film follows on the 1977 film Executioners from Shaolin and 1979 film Abbot of Shaolin.

Synopsis

Following the death of his brother Pai Mei, Priest White Lotus seeks revenge with one idea in mind: to kill his brother's assassins. One night, he decides to pay them a surprise visit and murders one of the two. But the survivor of that night, will withdraw from the world and, with the help of the widow of the deceased, will perfect his technique to take his revenge...

Cast
  • Lo Lieh: Priest White Lotus
  • Gordon Liu: Man Ting Hung
  • Kara Hui: Mei-Hsiao (as Ying Hung Wei)
  • Fai Wong Lam: Wu Nai Shing
  • Johnny Wang: Ko Chun Chung
  • Yeung Ching-Ching: Siu Ching
  • King Chu Lee: Wu Ah Biu
  • Hsiao Ho: Personal Swordsman of White Lotus
  • Wilson Tong: Priest White Brow (as Tang Wei-shing)

Reception

Andrew Saroch describes the film as "Another awesome Shaw Brothers film with an insane concept and some heavenly fight action choreographed by the one and only Liu Chia-Liang."[1]

The authors of The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies rate the film a maximum of four stars, praising the film's "partially evocative music" and "amazing martial arts".[2]

References
  1. "Clan of the White Lotus (1980) - Review".
  2. Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer, Richard Meyers. The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. — Rowman & Littlefield, 1995. — P. 120-121. — ISBN 978-081-083-027-1.


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