One Armed Magic Nun (1969) Rare Martial Arts Fantasy
3574DVD
An
Obscure Martial Arts Fantasy from Chan Lit-Ban
Original
Chinese Title: DU BEI SHEN NI
also known as: THE SINGLE-ARMED HOLY NUN
director: Chan Lit-Ban
starring: Suet Nei · Lee Kui-On · Lui Kei · Sammo
Hung · Sek Kin · Kien Shih
At the end of the
Ming Dynasty, during the Chongzhen era, national security was crumbling
as General Xiong feared he was on the verge of utter destruction at his
outpost near the border. Wanting to save the life of his his niece, the
General asks a loyal officer named Yuan Biao to escort Wen Feng back to
the homeland. But enroute, their convoy is attacked by monsters and the
niece gets kidnapped. The leader of the 'zombies' is a bandit named
Jin Diao and she takes the girl back to Skull Mountain for a series of
deadly martial arts ceremonies. Meanwhile, Yuan Biao is rescued by a magic,
one-armed Buddhist nun named Yi Ye but her motives are less than honorable.
Veteran HK director
Chan Lit-Ban helmed 20+ films between 1964-74, concentrating mostly on
Martial Arts but he would occasionallymix that genre with horror elements
(i.e.,The Green-Eyed Demoness, 1967)
but none of his other movies would embrace the supernatural/fantasy mayhem
that this project embellished.He retired from filmmaking in 1974 to enter
the garment industry; however Chan returned as an actor in 1995 (usually
playing the villain) for TVB television. In November 2009, while waiting
to shoot an episode of Off Peddler, Chan Ban-Lit complained
of chest pains and fell into a coma in the dressing room. He was transported
to the emergency ward of Tseung Kwan Hospital, where he died at the age
of 66.
A Hong
Kong film with English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), uncut (92
minutes)
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extra include selected trailers.
Graphic
Violence/Cannibalism/Sexual Brutality
Recommended for Mature Audiences
