Legend of the Fox
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Legend of the Fox, also known as Legend of a Fox, is a 1980 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel Other Tales of the Flying Fox
. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio
, directed by Chang Cheh
and starred the Venom Mob
. The film used to be one of the most rare Venom Mob martial arts film available, but has been digitally remastered and released by Celestial Pictures
.
Other Tales of the Flying Fox
Other Tales of the Flying Fox is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong. Its title is also translated as Young Flying Fox in English. The novel was first serialized between 1960-1 in the magazine Wuxia and History...
. It was 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...
, directed by Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100...
and starred the Venom Mob
Venom Mob
The Venom Mob is a group of actors from the Shaw Brothers Studio, popular creators of martial arts films in the 1970s and 1980s. Most were friends since childhood and attended the Peking Opera School in Taiwan before meeting director Chang Cheh and moving on to the Shaw Brothers studio in Hong...
. The film used to be one of the most rare Venom Mob martial arts film available, but has been digitally remastered and released by Celestial Pictures
Celestial Pictures
Celestial Pictures is a diversified entertainment company focusing on Asian-language film and television content including production, aggregation, distribution and the operation of TV channels....
.
Cast
- Chin Siu-ho as Hu FeiHu FeiHu Fei is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novels Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox by Jin Yong.-Biography:...
- Lu Feng as Hu Yidao
- Philip KwokPhilip Kwok-Filmography:*The Eye 2 - Monk*The Sunshine Cops *Tomorrow Never Dies - General Chang non speaking appearance*The Phantom Lover *American Shaolin - Cab Driver*Hard Boiled - Mad Dog...
as Miao Renfeng - Wong Man-yee as Cheng Lingsu
- Chiang ShengChiang ShengChiang Sheng was a martial art actor, one of the Venom Mob, renowned for their acrobatic and martial arts skills. He joined the Chang Cheh's Cohorts as an actor, and also worked with Chang Cheh as an assistant director and choreographer. Along with Alexander Fu Sheng, Chiang Sheng was one of the...
as Tian Guinong - Helen Poon as Hu Yidao's wife
- Choh Seung-wan as Nan Lan
- Wang Li as Shi Wanshen
- Yu Tai-ping as Yan Ji
- Wang Han-chen as Innkeeper
- Lai Yau-hing as Ping A'si
- Leung Chi-hung as Xue Que
- Chow Kin-ping as Murong Jingyue
- Tony Tam as Jiang Tieshan
- Hung Fung as Shang Jianming
- Siao Yuk as Shang Baozhen
- Lui Hung as Shang's mother
- Leung Cheuk-kwan as Zhang Feixiong
- Chan Shu-kei as Zhong Zhaoying
- Chan Hon-kwong as Zhong Zhaowen
- Wan Seung-lam
- Lam Wai
- Lam Chi-tai
- Chan Hung
- Ha Kwok-wing
- Wong Wa
- Wong Siu-ming
- Ngai Tim-choi
- Hung San-nam
- Choi Kwok-keung
- Tam Wai-man
- Stephen Chan
- Fung Ming
External links
Legend of the Fox on Baidu BaikeBaidu Baike
Baidu Encyclopedia is a Chinese language collaborative Web-based encyclopedia provided by the Chinese search engine Baidu. Like Baidu itself, the encyclopedia is heavily self-censored in line with government regulations....