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When Taekwondo Strikes

When Taekwondo Strikes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 9, 1973

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Action

User Score

72%

Original Title

跆拳震九州

Production Companies

An Yang Films Co. Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Director

Huang Feng

Description

The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.