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Chinese
  
封神劫

Directed by
  
Hua Shan

Initial release
  
1983

Production company
  
Shaw Brothers Studio

Language
  
Cantonese

5.7/10
IMDb

Mandarin
  
Fēng Shén Jié

Produced by
  
Mona Fong

Director
  
Shan Hua

Cinematography
  
Man-wan Wong


Literally
  
Disaster of God's Investiture

Starring
  
Tony Liu Leanne Liu Chao Kuo Lung Tien-hsiang Max Mok

Cast
  
Tony Liu, Leanne Liu, Max Mok

Similar
  
The Emperor and His B, Shaolin and Wu Tang, Opium and the Kung‑Fu, Once Upon a Time in China V, Dirty Ho

Usurpers of Emperor's Power is a 1983 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Hua Shan. Set in the mid-970s Song dynasty, the plot revolves around a martial arts master with superb skills but questionable morals, who helped the emperor's wicked younger brother usurp the throne. While many historical characters appear in the film, the story is almost entirely fictional.

Cast and characters

  • Tony Liu as Li Lang, imperial guard
  • Lung Tien-hsiang as Chen Bo, martial arts master
  • Leanne Liu as Xiangling, Chen Bo's female student
  • Wong Yung as Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor
  • Chao Kuo as Zhao Guangyi, the emperor's brother
  • Max Mok as Zhao Dezhao, the emperor's first son
  • Lau Siu Kwan as Zhao Defang, the emperor's second son
  • Chan Shen as Zhao Pu, the chancellor
  • Chan Ga Kei as Li Yu, the marquis
  • Cheung King Yu as Li Yu's wife

    • References

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