Heroes of the East
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When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife is forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1978-12-30
Runtime: 101 mins
Director: Lau Kar-Leung
Spoken language: 普通话
Genres: Action, Comedy
Original title: Heroes of the East
Production Companies: Shaw Brothers
Production Countries: Hong Kong
Cast
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Yuka Mizuno
Cheng Kang-Yeh
Ching Miao
Yasuaki Kurata
Naozo Kato
Riki Harada
Tetsu Sumi
Manabu Shirai
Nobuo Yana
Yasutaka Nakazaki
Hitoshi Ōmae
Lau Kar-Leung
Norman Tsui Siu-Keung
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