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Hitman in the Hand of Buddha(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-04-14
53%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. Angered, the rivals hire a martial arts expert to fight the hero, only to get beaten up himself. The expert send his teacher to hurt the hero and succeeds. The hero is sent to a temple where he learns a new style of kung fu. Now with the skills, our hero is ready to get even.
Languages: Korean, Cantonese.
Countries:
Hong Kong,
South Korea
ProductionCompanies: 
Dae Yang Films
Movie: Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Top 10 Billed Cast
Hwang Jang-Lee
Wong Chin (Wang Cheng)
樊梅生
Beggar Fan (Feng)
高雄
Uncle 33
Tino Wong
Shan Hao (Uncle Hsian Ha)
元奎
Robber
Yeung Wai
Shen Tin, snake killer (Uncle Hsien Ten)
Bruce Jang Il-Sik
Abbot
To Siu-Ming
Ah Chu
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Overview
A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. Angered, the rivals hire a martial arts expert to fight the hero, only to get beaten up himself. The expert send his teacher to hurt the hero and succeeds. The hero is sent to a temple where he learns a new style of kung fu. Now with the skills, our hero is ready to get even.
Release Date
1981-04-14
Average
5.3
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
Genres
Languages:
한국어/조선말广州话 / 廣州話Keywords
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