Esteemed director Ho Meng-hua attained cult status among kung-fu film fans in the West with his wild and wacky martial arts hit The Flying Guillotine. His unique directing approach focused more on the devastating nature of the horrific weapon than the kung-fu fights.
The Flying Guillotine
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Esteemed director Ho Meng-hua attained cult status among kung-fu film fans in the West with his wild and wacky martial arts hit The Flying Guillotine. His unique directing approach focused more on the devastating nature of the horrific weapon than the kung-fu fights. One of Shaw Brothers’ biggest kung-fu stars at the time, Chen Kuan-tai plays the leader of the ‘Flying Guillotine Squad’ a group of hand picked killers, commissioned by the Ching Emperor Yung Cheng, that use a deadly, beheading weapon to carry out the emperor's assassination assignments. It's actually based on a true story. Interestingly, the weapon used in the film was a complete fabrication because in real life, no one ever survived to tell what the actual weapon really looked like.
Cast and crew
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Meng-Hua Ho
Director -
Kuan Tai Chen
Ma Teng -
Feng Ku
Xin Kang -
Hung Wei
Ah Kun / Xu Shuangkun -
Wu Chi Liu
Yu Ping -
Ti Ai
Wanzhu -
Wei-Tu Lin
Luo Peng -
Yue Wong
Xie Tianfu -
Yang Chiang
Emperor Yung Cheng -
Norman Chu
Zhou Zhizhong -
Ricky Hui
Cheng Ziping -
Sau-Kei Lee
Minister Chen Lieh -
Lung Lei
Cha Zhiliang -
Peng-Fei Li
Yan Lebu -
Wen-Wei Lin
Wang Xiaoliang -
Chi-Chin Wu
Chen Xinyi -
Pai Wei
Sun Jian -
Han-Chen Wang
Wang -
Wei Lu
Chief Eunuch Zhang -
Han Lo
Governor of Lai Yang -
Hsiu Wen
Midwife -
Shih-Ou Chang
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Ling Chiang
Mistress Yen -
Tien-Chu Chin
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Siu-Loi Chow
Executioner -
Yao-Ko Chu
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Kuang Ni
Writer
Additional information
Directors
Meng-Hua HoDirectors
Studio
Shaw Brothers CollectionStudio
Subtitles
EnglishSubtitles
Released year
1975Released year
Duration
1 h 41 minDuration
Genres
Action/AdventureGenres
Writers
Kuang NiWriters
Size
5.89 GB (1080p HD)3.07 GB (720p HD)
2.01 GB (SD)
Size
3.07 GB (720p HD)
2.01 GB (SD)
Additional terms
Terms of transactionWindows | Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or later |
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Xbox | Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X |
Mobile | Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 or later |