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Eight Diagram Cudgel

Eight Diagram Cudgel

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1990

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Action, Fantasy

Original Title

五郎八卦棍

Production Companies

Hop Chung Film (H.K.) Ltd.

Director

To Lo Po

Description

Fifth brother is separated from his kin whilst fighting the marauding Lao, and is nursed back to health in a monastery. He is befriended by Grinder, a monk whose job is to mill wheat. Fifth brother assumes the name of Ming Sau, and works on improving his fu. He is alternately helped and distracted by pretty Yue Lan. Meanwhile, the treacherous Lao continue their plans for conquest.