Hit Man in the Hand of Buddha (1981)
Directed by Jang-Lee Hwang
Genres - Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Martial Arts |
Run Time - 76 min. |
Countries - Hong Kong |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
In this martial arts action classic, Wang Cheng (Hwang Jang Lee) is a young man from the country who arrives in the city in search of his sister and her husband. However, Wang Cheng soon makes an enemy of a powerful local merchant, who sends two of his strong-arm men to eliminate him. After Wang Cheng is attacked, the Beggar King (Fan Mui Sang) comes to his rescue and spirits him away to a Buddhist temple, where he learns the secrets of the martial arts. Wang Cheng leaves the temple a nearly invincible fighter, and when he learns that the merchant's underlings have violated his sister and murdered her husband, he decides he must take justice into his own hands. Hit Man In the Hand of Buddha is one of the few films where Hwang Jang Lee, a veteran martial arts performer, gets to play a good guy after a long career as a screen villain.
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fighter, merchant, justice, Buddhism, temple