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Traditional | 飛狐外傳 |
Simplified | 飞狐外传 |
Mandarin | Fēi Hú Wài Zhuàn |
Directed by | Chang Cheh |
Produced by | Run Run Shaw |
Screenplay by | Ni Kuang |
Story by | Louis Cha |
Starring |
Chin Siu-ho Philip Kwok Lu Feng Chiang Sheng Wang Li |
Music by | Eddie H. Wang |
Cinematography | Cho Wai-kei |
Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung Lee Yim-hoi |
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Distributed by | Celestial Pictures |
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Running time
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122 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Mandarin |
Legend of the Fox, also known as Legend of a Fox, is a 1980 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Young Flying Fox. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, directed by Chang Cheh and starred the Venom Mob. The film used to be one of the most rare Venom Mob martial arts film available, but has been digitally remastered and released by Celestial Pictures.
It tells the story of a young man named Hu Fei, as he escapes the rain with his uncle. Whilst they’re undercover and Fei is looking after his sick uncle, a group of men walk in that Fei’s uncle recognizes. He then tells Fei the story of how is father was killed. So, Hu Fei decides to seek revenge on those people.