Shaolin Mantis (1978)
- Original title
- 螳螂
- Directed by
- Lau Kar-leung
- Genre
- kung fu film
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man learns a unique praying mantis style of kung fu to avenge his grandfather's death. He infiltrates the clan responsible and faces both physical and emotional tests.
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What happens
Shaolin Mantis (Chinese: 螳螂; Jyutping: tong4 long4; lit. 'praying mantis'), also released as The Deadly Mantis, is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar-leung, starring David Chiang and Liu Chia Hui. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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