Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

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Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928)

Directed by Shichuan Zhang

Action, Drama · 1h 26m

After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar to worship them... Purposely destroyed serial film whose 19 full length chapters (averaging 86 minutes each) originally ran 27 hours in length.

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Cast

Xiaoqiu Zheng Gui Wu / Yang Jixin Peizhen Xia Gan Lianzhu - Yang Jixin's wife Jie Tang Chang Deqing Xianzhai Wang Wang Qinghe Butterfly Wu Red girl Lihen Gao
Y
Youmin Gu Xiangping Dong
X
Xiuying Zhu
W
Wanxiang Wu Zhiyuan Tan
S
Saizhen Liang

Crew

Director
Shichuan Zhang
Writer
Zheng Zhengqiu, Shichuan Zhang
Novel
Xiang Kairan
Director of Photography
Keyi Dong

Details

Original title
火燒紅蓮寺
Release date
1928-05-12
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Action, Drama
Original language
ZH
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
China
Production
Star Film Company, Mingxing Film Company