Summaries

A goofy student is taught a lost martial art style by five ghosts.

Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers the dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.—Andrew Stollak <[email protected]>

Yi-Lang is a smart-alec martial arts student at a Shaolin Temple. An anonymous thief steals a book from the library which teaches a potentially fatal style of Kung Fu. Yi-Lang, along with a group of five other monks, is punished for not stopping the thief, but his bravery leads to him signing up to defend a supposedly haunted portion of the school. Upon discovering the ghosts, who are masters of a supposedly lost style of fighting known as The "Five Style Fists", Yi-Lang offers himself as a student, masters the form and uses it to progress quickly through the ranks of the school. In order to defend the school against the very thief who stole the book from its library, Yi-Lang demonstrates his new style and defeats the invading troup, with a little help from his five spiritual masters.—Moh X

Details

Keywords
  • kung fu
  • ghost
  • candy cinema
  • kung fu action
  • fake wig
Genres
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Mystery
Release date Nov 22, 1978
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin Hong Kong Taiwan
Language Mandarin Cantonese
Filming locations Hong Kong, China
Production companies Lo Wei Motion Picture Company

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 39m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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