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The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss (1974)

The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss poster
Original title
鐵金剛大破紫陽觀
Directed by
Huang Feng
Genre
action film, martial arts film
Country
Hong Kong
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A martial arts expert gets mixed up with a dangerous criminal syndicate. He uses his fighting skills to take on thugs and protect innocent people.

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What happens

The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss, also known as Stoner, A Man Called Stoner, and Hong Kong Hitman (Chinese: 鐵金剛大破紫陽觀) is a 1974 Hong Kong action film which was produced by Raymond Chow and directed by Huang Feng. The film was originally scheduled to be Bruce Lee's next film after Game of Death. However Lee died while filming Game of Death in 1973 and that film's release date was delayed by five years. It was the first of three films George Lazenby made for Golden Harvest, the others being The Man from Hong Kong (1975) and A Queen's Ransom (1976). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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