Final Fight The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter

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	Role	Description
Lily Li	Se Choi-fa	Taai-gwan, Yeung Yip's wife
Wong Yue	Yeung Ping	Daai-long, Yeung Yip's 1st son
Lau Kar-wing	Yeung Ding	Yi-long, Yeung Yip's 2nd son
Mak Tak-law	Yeung On	Saam-long, Yeung Yip's 3rd son
Hsiao Ho	Yeung Fai	Sei-long, Yeung Yip's 4th son
Gordon Liu	Yeung Dak	Ng-long, Yeung Yip's 5th son
Alexander Fu	Yeung Chiu	Luk-long, Yeung Yip's 6th son
Cheung Chin-pang	Yeung Zi	Chat-long, Yeung Yip's 7th son
Kara Hui	Yeung Kei	Baat-mui, Yeung Yip's daughter and 8th child
Yeung Jing-jing	Yeung Ying	Gau-mui, Yeung Yip's daughter and 9th child
Lam Hak-ming	Pun Mei	Song dynasty general
Wang Lung-wei	Ye-leut Lin	Liao dynasty prince
Chu Tiet-woh	Gun Kwai	Liao dynasty general
Ko Fei		abbot of the Ching-leung Monastery
Ching Chu	Master Ji-hung	senior monk at the Ching-leung Monastery
Lau Kar-leung		hunter