Rendezvous with Death (1980)
Overview
Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
Cast
Wong Yu
Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian
Lo Lieh
Beggar Yang Feng
Ku Feng
Prince Yan Yikang
Chan Shen
Chi Sifang
Chen Kuan-tai
Golden Rod Gu Feitian
Lam Sau-Kwan
Shui Xian Hua
Tang Ching
Master Huo
Chen Szu-Chia
Courtesan Sisi
Lau Wai-Ling
2nd Sister
Jamie Luk Kim-ming
Black Lunatic Shen Shan
Yuen Wah
Poison Scholar Jin Ju
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Restaurant attacker with chopper
Ng Hong-Sang
Panda (One of the Four Killers)
Yuen Bun
One of the Four Killers
Stephan Yip Tin-Hang
One of the Four Killers
Chin Chun
Adviser Wang
Wan Seung-Lam
Soldier
Ngai Tim-Choi
Sifang's thug
Huang Pei-Chih
Gu's manRecommendations
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