Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain is a 1983 Hong Kong supernatural fantasy film directed by Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:...

, who attempts to combine Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema

Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action film, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural...

 with Western special effects technology. The film was nominated for five Hong Kong Film Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards

The Hong Kong Film Awards , founded in 1982, are the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among the most respected in mainland China and Taiwan. Award ceremonies are held annually, typically in April. The Awards recognize achievement in all aspects of filmmaking, such as directing,...

 in 1984 (Best Action Choreography - Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen Kwai is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes.-Life and career:...

, Best Actress - Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong movies...

, Best Art Direction - William Chang, Best Film Editing - Peter Cheung and Best Picture).

Cast

• Sammo Hung
  Sammo Hung
  Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...
  
   as Chang Mei / Red Army soldier
• Yuen Biao
  Yuen Biao
  Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...
  
   as Di Ming Qi / Dik Ming Kei
• Adam Cheng
  Adam Cheng
  Adam Cheng Siu-chow is a Hong Kong TVB actor and Cantopop singer.-Career:Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reputation for playing the lead roles in TVB Wuxia drama series based on the works of Louis Cha and Gu Long, such as The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and Chor Lau Heung...
  
   as Ding Yin / Ding Yan
• Mang Hoi as Yi Zhen / Yat Jan
• Moon Lee
  Moon Lee
  Moon Lee is a former Hong Kong actress who frequently played roles related to the action and martial arts genre in TV serials and films. She was particularly notable in the sub-genre known as girls with guns.-Biography:...
  
   as one of the Ice Queen's guards
• Brigitte Lin
  Brigitte Lin
  Brigitte Lin or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong movies...
  
   as Ice Queen
• Damian Lau
  Damian Lau
  Damian Lau Chung-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV.-Early career:...
  
   as Xiao Ru
• Norman Chu as Heaven's Blade
• Corey Yuen
  Corey Yuen
  Corey Yuen Kwai is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and producer. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes.-Life and career:...
  
   as Devil Disciple Leader
• Chung Faat as Blue Commander
• Dick Wei
  Dick Wei
  Dick Wei is a Taiwanese actor, director and writer who specializes in martial arts and action films.-Early life & career:...
  
   as Blue Commander
• Ha Kwong-li as Ji Wu Shuang / Chi Wu Chuang
• Ka Lee as Orange Army soldier
• Fung Hak-on as Devil Disciple Leader
• Yuen Miu as Orange Army soldier
• Sai Gwa-pau as boatman
• Judy Ongg
  Judy Ongg
  Judy Ongg is an actress, singer, author and woodblock-print artist from Taiwan. Born in Taipei, she graduated from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and after that, she changed her nationality from taiwanese into Japanese. Her career has spanned more than four decades.Judy made her film debut in...
  
   as Lady Li I-Chi
• Tsui Hark
  Tsui Hark
  Tsui Hark , born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong New Wave film director and producer. He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema .-Early life:...
  
   as Blue Army soldier

DVD release

The U.K. release of the DVD by Hong Kong Legends

Hong Kong Legends

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 features an audio commentary with Tsui Hark and film critic Bey Logan

Bey Logan

Bey Logan is a respected expert on East Asian cinema, particularly Hong Kong action cinema. He is also notable as a screenwriter, film producer and as a martial artist who has had roles in a number of films, including the 2003 Dante Lam film The Twins Effect.He has written two books - Hong Kong...

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Influence

American filmmaker John Carpenter

John Carpenter

John Howard Carpenter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction.- Early life :Carpenter was born...

 has stated that Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain was an influence on his 1986 film Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China is a 1986 American martial arts comedy film directed by John Carpenter. It stars Kurt Russell as truck driver Jack Burton, who helps his friend Wang Chi rescue Wang's green-eyed fiancee from bandits in San Francisco's Chinatown...

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External links

• The Wing Kong Exhange - Big Trouble on the Magic Mountain