Hitman in the Hand of Buddha

Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Directed by	Hwang Jang-lee
Starring	Hwang Jang-lee; Eddy Ko; Fan Mei Sheng; Tino Wong Cheung
Distributed by	Hwang Jang Lee Production Company
Running time	93 minutes
Languages	Korean, Cantonese

Hitman in the Hand of Buddha (Korean title: 인무가인) is 1981 Korean and Hong Kong co-production movie directed by Hwang Jang-lee himself and co-directed by Yeung Wai and Park Yun Gyo. This was the first and only Hwang Jang-lee's film to produce in his own production company. Hwang Jang Lee produced, directed and starring himself as a hero role without the moustache which perhaps few occasion where Hwang appears as a good guy. The action sequence was choreographed by Chin Yuet Sang, Corey Yuen and Mang Hoi.

Plot

Wong Chin (Hwang Jang Lee) arrives in small town for the work, along with her sister and his step brother. Immediately he encounter with bad guys who tries to take over the rice market and trying to get the debt from Wong Chin's step brother. This leads Wong Chin to fight against the bad guys which boils "Uncle 33" (Eddy Ko) for ruining his business deal. Uncle 33 decides to kick Wong Chin out of the town, meanwhile Beggar Fan suggests Wong Chin to go to the Shaolin temple. In Shaolin temple Wong Chin would cause trouble and having no patience he managed to get learn the Buddhist fist technique from the abbot. Later Wong Chin learns about inter strength and patient and thanks the abbot for everything. Meanwhile, Uncle 33 and his gang harassed and killed Wong Chin's sister and murdered step brother. Wong Chin later takes revenge on them.

Cast

Hwang Jang-lee as Wong Chin
Fan Mei Sheng as Beggar Fan
Eddy Ko as Uncle 33
To Siu Ming as Wong Chin's Step brother
Gwok Yin Yin as Wong Chin's sister
Tino Wong Cheung as Shan Hao (student of Uncle 33, villain.)
Chang Il Shik as the shaolin abbot
Corey Yuen as robber (cameo)
Eagle Han-ying as shaolin monk (cameo)
Baek Hwang Ki as Uncle 33's thug (extra)
Kim Yu Haeng as shaolin monk
Ah Yeung Yiu Yam as Ah Chi (shaolin monk)
Mang Hoi (stunts)

Reception

The movie got fairly a good reception. The imdb.com ^[1] gave the film 6.5 out of 10. The website Kung Fu Kingdom ^[2] quoted "This is the one to own for every classic kung fu enthusiast's collection!".