ActionComedy
Heroes of the East
“There is nothing more terrifying than the ninja... except death!”
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.
Directed by Lau Kar-leung
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User score
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Status
Released
Released
December 30, 1978
Runtime
1h 41m
Language
Mandarin
Top cast
Gordon Liu
Ho To
Yuka Mizuno
Kung Zi
Cheng Kang-Yeh
Shou Kwan
Ching Miao
Ho To's Father
Yasuaki Kurata
Takeno
Naozo Kato
Senior Master Kato
Riki Harada
Japanese Kendo Master
Tetsu Sumi
Japanese Karate Master
Manabu Shirai
Japanese Nunchaku Master
Nobuo Yana
Japanese Spear Master
Yasutaka Nakazaki
Japanese Sai Master
Hitoshi Ōmae
Japanese Judo Master
Lau Kar-leung
Master So
Norman Tsui Siu-Keung
Wang Chun Keung
Huang Pa-Ching
Third Uncle
Ou-Yang Sha-Fei
Third Aunt
Simon Yuen Siu-Tien
Ho To's Sifu
Chow Siu-Loi
Ho To's Sifu
Lee Hoi-Sang
Martial Art Student (uncredited)
Wilson Tong Wai-Shing
Martial Art Student (uncredited)
