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| Chia-Hui Liu | ... |
Hung Wen-Ting
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Lieh Lo | ... |
Priest White Lotus
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Lung Wei Wang | ... |
Ko Chin-Chung
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| Kara Hui | ... |
Mei-Hsiao
(as Ying Hung Wei)
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Hou Hsiao | ... |
Personal Swordsman of White Lotus
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Ching-Ching Yeung | ... |
Hu Hsiao-Ching
(as Tsing Tsing Yang)
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Shao-Hung Chan |
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Wing-Hon Cheung | ... |
(as Yung-Han Chang)
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Miao Ching |
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Chi Cheng Ho |
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Pa-Ching Huang | ... |
White Lotus Abbot
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Chi-Ho Lau | ... |
Shaolin student
(as Chih-Hao Liu)
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King Chu Lee | ... |
Hu Ah-Biao
(as Ching Chu)
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Fa Yuan Li |
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Hui Huang Lin | ... |
Hu Nai-Cheng
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The monk Hung Wen-Ting fights against the evil priest White Lotus.
So yeah, I was looking forward to watching this, being a fan of old school kung fu flicks and all. But somehow this really didn't do it for me. The main problem I had with it were the action scenes: they lack ouch. You see, mostly when I watch martial arts flicks I cringe when I see people get hit, kicked or when they fall down. But in this flick it was all so... painless. These guys and girls were all dancing around beautifully, pretending to hit and kick each other but you never believe it. I know, a lot of old kung fu flicks have the same problem. But still, a lot of them don't. I mean, look at some of the stuff Jimmy Wang Yu did in the early seventies. That stuff still kicks major ass. This Clan of the White Lotus doesn't anymore. To think it was made around the same time Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung were already making a name for themselves with daring stunts and amazing fight choreography makes this seem even more dated.