Challenge of the Masters

Unarguably the greatest character in kung-fu film history is Huang Fei-hong Arguably the greatest director of pure kung-fu films is Liu Chia-liang Putting the two together was natural since Liu started his career working on the classic Huang and his family was trained by students of the real Huang Fei-hong So after his first film as director The Spiritual Boxer was a huge hit Liu decided to make the greatest tale of Huang and his sifu teacher ever filmed He made a star of his adoptive brother Gordon Liu Chia-hui in the leading role and filled the cast with family members friends students and the best Shaw Brothers had to offer He even played the villain himself The result was more Liu magic with an honorable message of righteousness that rings true through the decades

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