Hong Kong, 1979
87m
35mm film, colour, 2.35:1
mono, English
A Hong Kong fantasy film directed by Mark King. It is a re-edit of the Korean film Mulim 18 yeogeol (1979).
Plot Summary
An old Manchurian warlord lives in a cave with a small army of 18 young women, highly skilled in the martial arts and possessing strange powers, including the ability to fly, and extraordinary weapons. So far they’ve killed over 700 men who have tried to assassinate the old man. A young man seeking revenge for the death of his father enters the cave and faces many trials until he finally defeats the warlord.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Mark King
Co-director: Shin Wee Kyun
© [not given on screen]
An Asso Asia film
Producers: Joseph Lai, Tomas Tang
Screenplay: Lim Wing Ho
Photography: Million Chong
Editor: Leung Wing Chan
Music: Ricky Chan; Jerry Goldsmith [from Alien (1979)] *
English Version: Vaughan Savidge
Make-up: Danny Yip
Action Instructor: Richard Nam
Cast
Bruce Lei [real name: Dragon Lee]
Philip Cheung
Pearl Lin
Cliff Kim
John Kwok
Joseph Chan
Don Fu
Chui Mu Hung
Chau Ta Sing
May Yiu
Linda Yeung
Betty Fong
Alternative Titles
The 18 Amazones – Europe (advertising), Norway
O asimenios drakos tou karate – Greece
Bravado of a Lady Fight – Hong Kong
Los caminos de Bruce Lee – Spain (video)
Dragon Lee’s Ways of Kung Fu – USA
Dragon’s Inferno – USA
Eighteen Women Fighters of Martial Arts – South Korea
Eighteen Women Fighters of Murim – South Korea
Five Warriors – Hong Kong
Měng lóng dàpò zhī lóng zhèn – Hong Kong (Cantonese)
La secte infernale du kung fu – France
Ustam Bruce, Kemik Kiran – Turkey
Wu lin shi ba nu jie – Taiwan
武林十八女傑 – Hong Kong (Cantonese)
猛龍大破脂龍陣 – Hong Kong (Cantonese)
Links
Includes
Mulim 18 yeogeol (1979)
