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The Five Venoms is a Hongkongais film of genre Drama directed by Chang Cheh released in USA on 12 august 1978 with Philip Kwok
The Five Venoms (1978)
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Add to a movie listFive Venoms ('五毒' – Cantonese: Mm Dook) aka Five Deadly Venoms is a cult 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh, starring the Venom Mob, and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, about five kung-fu fighters with unique animal styles: The Centipede, the Snake, the Scorpion, the Lizard, and The Toad. The film was listed at number 11 on Entertainment Weekly 's Top 50 Cult Films list.
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The dying master of the powerful Poison Clan dispatches his last pupil, Yang Tieh, on a crucial mission. Worried that the skills he has taught are being used to evil ends, he orders Yang to trace a retired colleague and warn him that the fortune he amassed from the clan's activities is under threat from five of his former pupils, each an expert in his own lethal combat style. Yang must discover the whereabouts and true identities of these masked warriors, and decide which, if any, he can trust to join him in his mission. The five pupils are Centipede, Snake, Scorpion, Lizard, and Toad. Centipede and Snake, and Lizard and Toad know each other, but none know the Scorpion, who always wears a mask. Before he dies, the master teaches Yang the weaknesses of each style.Actors
Philip Kwok
(Meng Tianxia, the Lizard / Constable He Yu)
Chiang Sheng
(Yang De)
Lo Mang
(Liang Shen, the Toad / Li Hao)
Ku Feng
(Bookkeeper Yuan)
Dick Wei
(Dying Head of Five Venoms House)
Chin Tsi-ang
(Yuan Family Member)
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