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A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.

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Yun Fei (as Dorian Tan)
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Shih Shao-Feng
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Tan Feng (as Chan Yuan Lung)
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Autumn Moon
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The Wanderer
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Officer Tu Ching
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Kien
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chun Chao
Feng-Chen Chen
In-han Jang
Jeong-Kuk Jang
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(as Chi-Chu Chin)
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Soldier
Chi-Ming Lam
Ting-Gou Meng ...
(as Ting Gou Meng)
Szu-Cheng Mu
Jan-il Shin
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Shaolin student
Wei-Ho Tu
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Scholar Cheng
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Arrow Guard
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Bodyguard

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John Woo ... (as Wu Yu Sheng)

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John Woo ... ()

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Raymond Chow ... producer
Chien Peng ... executive producer

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Joseph Koo

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Yung-Chi Liang

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Peter Cheung ... (as Yao-Chung Chang)
Tung-Chun Yuan

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Yi-Ming Yeh ... makeup artist (as Ming Yip)

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Chung-Yung Kim ... assistant director

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Ping Wong ... sound (as Ping Wang)

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Sammo Kam-Bo Hung ... stunt coordinator (as Chu Yuan Lung)
Biao Yuen ... stunt double

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Kuang-chao Chao ... still photographer
Hsu Chen ... still photographer
Chang-Hao Pu ... lighting technician

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Chai-Ching Chin ... script supervisor

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Crystal Decker Orren ... localization: us - Well Go USA Entertainment
Hsiang-Chang Wang ... production assistant

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Plot Summary

Superkicker Dorian Tan Tao-liang plays a Shaolin student who must find a Manchu traitor responsible for the murder of the abbot. Jackie Chan is a spear fighting expert who decides to help Tan because the traitor killed his brother. Part of their mission is to help a scholar make it safely across the river without getting killed from the Manchus. Written by Albert Valentin

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Also Known As
  • The Hand of Death (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Countdown in Kung Fu (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Hand of Death (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Countdown to Kung Fu (Hong Kong, English title)
  • The Hand of Death (United States)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia This was the first movie in which Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, and Biao Yuen ("the Three Brothers") appeared together. They all attended the same opera school in Hong Kong and worked on several more movies, including the highly successful "Lucky Stars" film franchise. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990). See more »
Quotes Yun Fei: Men who beg are not heroes. They're cowards.
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