Heroes of the East (1978)
Zhong hua zhang fu
There is nothing more terrifying than the ninja... except death!
105 min
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.
- Release date
- December 30, 1978
- Country of origin
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Music
- Yung-Yu Chen
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Cast
- Chia-Hui Liu as Ho Tao
- Yuka Mizuno as Yumiko Koda
- Kang-Yeh Cheng as Shou Kwan
- Miao Ching as Ho To's Father
- Yasuaki Kurata as Takeno, Japanese ninjutsu expert
- Naozo Kato as Dojo Grandmaster
- Tsutomu Harada as Japanese Kendo expert
- Nobuo Yana as Japanese spear expert
- Hitoshi Ōmae as Japanese judo expert
- Chia-Liang Liu as Master So
- Norman Chu as Wang Chun Keung
- Pa-Ching Huang as Third Uncle
- Sha-Fei Ouyang as Third Aunt
- Siu-Tin Yuen as Ho To's Sifu
- Chow Siu-Loi as Ho To's Sifu
- Hoi-Sang Lee as Martial Art Student (uncredited)
- Wilson Tong as Martial Art Student (uncredited)
- Lung Chan as Martial Art Student (uncredited)
- Hou Hsiao as Martial Art Student (uncredited)
- King-Chu Lee as Martial Art Student (uncredited)
- Ming-Wai Chan as Martial Art Student (uncredited)
- Hsin Shen as Martial Art Student (uncredited)
- Yujiro Sumi as Karate expert
- Hayato Ryuzaki as Nunchaku expert
- Yasutaka Nakazaki as Japanese Sai expert
Crew
- Chia-Liang Liu · Director
- Kuang Ni · Writer
- Mona Fong · Producer
- Run Run Shaw · Producer
- Yung-Yu Chen · Composer
- Arthur Wong · Cinematographer
- Hsing-Lung Chiang · Editor
- Yen-Hai Li · Editor