Shanghai 13 (1984)

Original title

上海灘十三太保

Directed by

Chang Cheh

Genre

action film, martial arts film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of martial arts masters come together in 1930s Shanghai to protect a key witness. They must fight off waves of assassins who try to stop them.

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What happens

Shanghai 13, also known as The Shanghai Thirteen, is a 1984 martial arts film written and directed by Chang Cheh and starring an ensemble cast of notable film stars such as Andy Lau, Jimmy Wang Yu, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai, Danny Lee, Bryan Leung, David Chiang, Chiang Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, Chan Sing, Lu Feng and more. The film is co-produced by Hong Kong and Taiwan. Despite not being a Shaw Brothers production, most of the cast and the crew are Shaw alumni. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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