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Director:
Feng Huang
Writer:
Feng Huang (writer)
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Release Date:
July 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | War | Drama more
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Wall-to-wall action! more (5 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Heuggwon (South Korea)
Kickmaster
Sting of the Dragon Masters (USA)
Taekwondo Heroes (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Toi kuen jan gau chow (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
When Taekwondo Strikes (Hong Kong: English title)
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Runtime:
South Korea:91 min | USA:95 min
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Netherlands:18 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | USA:R

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Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990) more

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Wall-to-wall action!, 25 October 2009
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Author: InjunNose from Alabama

"Sting of the Dragon Masters" features Jhoon Rhee in his only martial arts film role. Rhee, who is known as the 'Father of American Tae Kwon Do' and counts Muhammad Ali among his students, plays a humble, unassuming man living in Japanese-occupied Korea in the early twentieth century. He makes every effort to conceal his martial skill, but is eventually forced to lash out against the Japanese oppressors. (In this regard, and also because it is a Golden Harvest production, "...Dragon Masters" bears more than a passing resemblance to Bruce Lee's "The Chinese Connection".) Fighting alongside Rhee are chop-socky stalwarts Angela Mao Ying and Carter Wong, while the seemingly endless array of villains includes Whang Ing-Sik (dressed in a very loud robe) and Sammo Hung. As is the case with many martial arts films, the storyline is simple and exists primarily to link the fight scenes together. But, good god, what fight scenes they are! "Sting of the Dragon Masters" offers spectacular, jaw-dropping action, with a special focus on kicks (as you might expect from a film whose alternate title is "When Tae Kwon Do Strikes"), and you'll certainly feel that you've gotten your money's worth by the time the closing credits roll.

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