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Clan of the White Lotus
Clan of the White Lotus
Directed by	Lo Lieh
Written by	Haung Tien
Produced by	Run Run Shaw
Starring	Lo Lieh; Gordon Liu; Kara Hui; Johnny Wang; Hsiao Ho
Cinematography	Chih Chun Ao
Edited by	Hsing-lung Chiang; Yen Hae Li
Music by	Eddie Wang
Distributed by	Shaw Brothers
Release date	1980;
Running time	98 min.
Country	Hong Kong
Languages	Cantonese; Mandarin

Clan of the White Lotus is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lo Lieh, with action choreography by Lau Kar Leung, and starring Lo Lieh and Gordon Liu. It is released as Fists of the White Lotus in North America.

The film follows on the 1977 film Executioners from Shaolin and 1979 film Abbot of Shaolin.

Synopsis

Following the death of his brother Pai Mei, Priest White Lotus seeks revenge with one idea in mind: to kill his brother's assassins. One night, he decides to pay them a surprise visit and murders one of the two. But the survivor of that night, will withdraw from the world and, with the help of the widow of the deceased, will perfect his technique to take his revenge...

Cast

Lo Lieh: Priest White Lotus
Gordon Liu: Man Ting Hung
Kara Hui: Mei-Hsiao (as Ying Hung Wei)
Fai Wong Lam: Wu Nai Shing
Johnny Wang: Ko Chun Chung
Yeung Ching-Ching: Siu Ching
King Chu Lee: Wu Ah Biu
Hsiao Ho: Personal Swordsman of White Lotus
Wilson Tong: Priest White Brow (as Tang Wei-shing)

Reception

Andrew Saroch describes the film as "Another awesome Shaw Brothers film with an insane concept and some heavenly fight action choreographed by the one and only Liu Chia-Liang."^[1]

The authors of The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies rate the film a maximum of four stars, praising the film's "partially evocative music" and "amazing martial arts".^[2]

References

^ "Clan of the White Lotus (1980) - Review".
^ Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer, Richard Meyers. The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies. — Rowman & Littlefield, 1995. — P. 120-121. — ISBN 978-081-083-027-1.