Legend of the Bat, also known as Bat Island Adventure or Clans of Intrigue 2, is a 1978 Hong Kong film adapted from Bianfu Chuanqi of Gu Long

Gu Long

Xiong Yaohua , better known by his pen name Gu Long , was a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. Xiong is best known for writing wuxia novels and novel series, which include: Juedai Shuangjiao, Xiaoli Feidao Series, Chu Liuxiang Series, Lu Xiaofeng Series and Xiao Shiyilang...

's Chu Liuxiang

Chu Liuxiang

Chu Liuxiang is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel series Chu Liuxiang Series by Gu Long.Just like the Anglo-Saxon legend of Robin Hood, Chu Liuxiang is a thief who robs from the rich to help the poor and one who upholds justice in the jianghu. He is nicknamed "Daoshuai" or more...

novel series. The film was directed and written by Chor Yuen

Chor Yuen

Zhang Baojian , better known as Chor Yuen, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor.-As director:*Cold Blade *The House of 72 Tenants *The Jade Tiger...

, produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio

Shaw Brothers Studio

The Shaw Brothers Studio , owned by Shaw Brothers Ltd., was the foremost and the largest movie production company of Hong Kong movies.From their distribution base in Singapore where they founded parent company Shaw Organization in 1924, and as a strategic development of their movie distribution...

, and starred Ti Lung

Ti Lung

Tommy Tam Fu-Wing, also known as Ti Lung , or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong actor.-Background:He studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Chu Wan. In 1969, Ti was found by the Shaw Brothers and cast in Return of the One-Armed Swordsman opposite Jimmy Wang Yu, a role which would launch his career...

 as the lead character. It was preceded by Clans of Intrigue

Clans of Intrigue

Clans of Intrigue is a 1977 Hong Kong film adapted from Fragrance in the Sea of Blood of Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series. The film was directed by Chor Yuen, produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, and starred Ti Lung as the lead character...

(1977) and followed by Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman

Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman

Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman is a 1982 Hong Kong film adapted from Youling Shanzhuang of Gu Long's Lu Xiaofeng novel series. In the film, the original protagonist, Lu Xiaofeng, was replaced by Chu Liuxiang, the lead character of another novel series by Gu Long. The film was directed by Chor...

(1982).

Plot

Chu Liuxiang and Zhongyuan Yidianhong pass by a shipwreck and meet Master Kumei. They also discover that a group of highly-skilled pugilists have been murdered at a gathering in Siming Mountain Manor. The only survivor is a man called Yuan Suifeng, who has become insane after being severely injured. They hear of Bat Island, a mysterious place where anyone can buy anything he desires, as long as he has money. Chu and his friends travel to the island to seek answers. However, they are not the only ones going there: Li Yuhan and his wife, Liu Wuming, are there in search of an extraordinary drug; Jin Lingzhi is there to find her father; a group of imperial guards are there to arrest the Bat Prince.

Cast

• Ti Lung
  Ti Lung
  Tommy Tam Fu-Wing, also known as Ti Lung , or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong actor.-Background:He studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Chu Wan. In 1969, Ti was found by the Shaw Brothers and cast in Return of the One-Armed Swordsman opposite Jimmy Wang Yu, a role which would launch his career...
  
   as Chu Liuxiang
  Chu Liuxiang
  Chu Liuxiang is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel series Chu Liuxiang Series by Gu Long.Just like the Anglo-Saxon legend of Robin Hood, Chu Liuxiang is a thief who robs from the rich to help the poor and one who upholds justice in the jianghu. He is nicknamed "Daoshuai" or more...
  
  
• Ling Yun as Zhongyuan Yidianhong
• Derek Yee
  Derek Yee
  Derek Yee Tung-sing , born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity...
  
   as Bat Prince Yuan Suiyun
• Yueh Hua
  Elliot Ngok
  Elliot Ngok Wah, better known as Yueh Hua, is a former Shaw Brothers actor and veteran TVB actor.-Career:Elly was born Leung Lok Wah in Shanghai, with native Cantonese roots. He immigrated to Hong Kong in 1962. He joined Shaw Brothers and started his acting career in 1965. His breakout film role...
  
   as Li Yuhan
• Ching Li as Liu Wuming
• Wong Chung as Gou Zichang
• Candice Yu
  Candice Yu
  Candice Yu born Yu De Ying on 22 October 1959) is a Hong Kong film actress and occasional singer, best known for her films with Shaw Studio of the 1970s and 1980s...
  
   as Jin Lingzhi
• Tony Liu
  Tony Liu
  Tony Liu Yung is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He often appeared in martial arts films. He debuted in Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and later appeared in Lee's next three films.-Early life:...
  
   as Yuan Suifeng
• Chan Si-gai as Li Hongxiu
• Chong Lee as Song Tian'er
• Norman Chu as Xiang Feitian
• Wang Lai as Master Kumei
• Lau Wai-ling as Gao Yanan
• Ku Kuan-chung as Ding Feng
• Cheng Miu as Priest Tieshan
• Ngai Fei as Long Wu
• Yeung Chi-hing as Gongsun Jieming
• Tang Tak-cheung as Monk Wugen
• Yuen Wah
  Yuen Wah
  Yuen Wah is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films and over 20 television series.-Early life:...
  
  
• Lam Ching-ying
• Yuen Bun
• Shum Lo
• Alan Chui
• Wong Pau-gei
• Chan Shen
• Keung Hon
• Wang Han-chen
• Lo Wai
• Chung Fat
• Tam Bo
• Lee Hang
• Yuen Yat-choh
• Chui Fat
• Yuen Shun-yee
• Wong Chi-keung
• Wan Fat
• Ng Yuen-fan
• Fong Yue