The
Final Battle in the Kung-Fu movie 'The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter'.
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter is a 1983 Hong Kong
film by Shaw Brothers, directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Gordon Liu and
Alexander Fu in his final film appearance. It was released as The Invincible
Pole Fighters outside of Hong Kong and Invincible Pole Fighter in North
America.
Plot
With help from the treacherous Song dynasty general
Pun Mei, the Khitan-ruled Liao dynasty army succeeded in trapping the loyal
Song general Yeung Yip and his seven sons at Golden Beach. Yeung Yip and his
sons were all killed or captured in the ambush, except for the 5th son and the
6th son who managed to escape. The 6th son returned home, but was severely
traumatised by the events. Meanwhile, the 5th son sought refuge in a monastery
in Mount Wutai, but the monastery leaders initially did not consider him calm
enough to be a Buddhist monk. As blades were not allowed inside a monastery, he
used his training in spears to practice with a pole, eventually developing the
unique eight diagram pole fighting technique. When he finally appeared to have
put his anger and past behind him, news broke that the Khitans had captured his
younger sister, Yeung Baat-mui, who was looking for him. Now he must break
Buddhist vows (including not kill and not be bothered by worldly affairs) to
save Baat-mui and exact his revenge.
Cast
The characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.
Cast
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Role
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Description
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Lily Li
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Se Choi-fa
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Taai-gwan, Yeung Yip's wife
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Wong Yue
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Yeung Ping
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Daai-long, Yeung Yip's 1st son
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Lau Kar-wing
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Yeung Ding
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Yi-long, Yeung Yip's 2nd son
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Mak Tak-law
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Yeung On
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Saam-long, Yeung Yip's 3rd son
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Hsiao Ho
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Yeung Fai
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Sei-long, Yeung Yip's 4th son
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Gordon Liu
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Yeung Dak
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Ng-long, Yeung Yip's 5th son
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Alexander Fu
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Yeung Chiu
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Luk-long, Yeung Yip's 6th son
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Cheung Chin-pang
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Yeung Zi
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Chat-long, Yeung Yip's 7th son
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Kara Hui
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Yeung Kei
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Baat-mui, Yeung Yip's daughter and
8th child
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Yeung Jing-jing
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Yeung Ying
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Gau-mui, Yeung Yip's daughter and
9th child
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Lam Hak-ming
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Pun Mei
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Song dynasty general
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Wang Lung-wei
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Ye-leut Lin
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Liao dynasty prince
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Chu Tiet-woh
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Gun Kwai
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Liao dynasty general
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Ko Fei
|
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abbot of the Ching-leung Monastery
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Ching Chu
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Master Ji-hung
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senior monk at the Ching-leung
Monastery
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Lau Kar-leung
|
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hunter
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