The Five Venoms (1978)
The Five Venoms (1978)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Chiang Sheng
Yang De / Assistant Director
Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Meng Tianxia, the Lizard / Constable He Yu
Sun Chien
Gao Ji, the Scorpion / Chief Constable Ma
Lu Feng
Zhang Yiaotian, the Centipede / Tan Shanhu / Martial Arts Choreographer
Lo Meng
Liang Shen, the Toad / Li Hao
Wai Pak
Qi Dong, the Snake / Hong Wentong
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Justice Wang
Dick Wei
Dying Head of Five Venoms House
Ku Feng
Bookkeeper Yuan
Lau Fong-Sai
Menfa
Shum Lo
Fruit Vendor
Lam Fai-Wong
Prison Officer
Suen Shu-Pei
Constable Lin Guang
Wong Ching-Ho
Constable
Siu Yuk-Lung
Constable
Tony Tam Chun-To
Constable
Yang Hsiung
Constable
Chow Kin-Ping
Constable
Yu Tai-Ping
Constable
Yung-Yu Chen
Composer
Ha Kwok-Wing
Constable / Yuan Family Member
Chan Hung
Yuan Family Member
Lai Yau-Hing
Yuan Family Member
Wang Han-Chen
Coroner
Lau Chun
Prison Guard
Fong Yue
Yuan Family Member
Chin Tsi-Ang
Yuan Family Member
Lui Hung
Yuan Family Member
Ting Tung
Waiter / Servant
Fung Ming
Waiter
To Wing-Leung
Townsfolk
Gam Tin-Chue
Townsfolk
Man Ngai-Tik
Townsfolk
Got Ping
Yuan Family Member
Wong Kung-Miu
Townsfolk
Chang Cheh
Director / Writer
Ni Kuang
Writer
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Editor
Runme Shaw
Producer
Leung Ting
Martial Arts Choreographer
Robert Tai
Martial Arts Choreographer
Chan Yau-Man
Assistant Director
Chan Fen
Lighting Technician
Kuan Ying-Chuen
Lighting Technician
Wu Hsu-Ching
Makeup Artist
Peng Yen-Lien
Hairdresser
Lai Yu
Props
Lau Bing-Wai
Props
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1978
Original Name五毒
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Five Deadly Venoms (Chinese: 五毒), also known as The Five Venoms, is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts mystery film directed and co-written by Chang Cheh and produced by Runme Shaw for the Shaw Brothers Studio. It stars Chiang Shieng as Yang Tieh, a martial arts pupil who aims to follow his master's dying wish: to find the new identities of the master's five previous pupils, and kill them if they have turned towards evil. While doing so, Yang stumbles onto a web of murders and investigations involving all five pupils. Each of the master's previous pupils (the titular "Five Deadly Venoms") practices a unique animal-themed style, with the animals being based on the Five Poisonous Creatures of Chinese folklore.
Five Deadly Venoms is considered one of the most popular martial arts films of its era, and has gone on to be considered a cult film. For their roles, Shieng, along with Lu Feng, Sun Chien, Philip Kwok, Wai Pak, and Lo Mang (who portrayed the five fighters), would become collectively dubbed by international audiences as the Venom Mob.