When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)
The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
Rated
R
Year
1973
Country
HK
Language
Mandarin
Release date
9 September 1973
TMDB
7.6 (9)
CineVerse
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Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
Angela Mao Ying
Wan Ling Ching/Huang Li Chen
Jhoon Rhee
Lee Chung Tung/Li Jun Dong
Carter Huang Chia-Ta
Jin Zheng Zhi
Hwang In-shik
Japanese Leader
Ken Kazama
Yokohama
Sammo Hung
Japanese
A
Anne Winton
Mary
Andre Morgan
Father Lu Yi (Lewis)
K
Kam Shan
Korean Traitor
Chin Yuet-Sang
Japanese
Chan Chuen
Japanese
K
Kim Ki-joo
Japanese
Chai Lam
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Peter Chan Lung
Japanese (uncredited)
Chan Ming-Wai
Japanese (uncredited)
Billy Chan Wui-Ngai
Japanese (uncredited)
Cheung Sek-Aau
Korean Townsfolk (uncredited)
Cheung Wing-Hon
Japanese (uncredited)
Chin Chun
Restaurant Manager Zhou (uncredited)
Martin Choe Min-Kyu
Japanese
Alan Chui Chung-San
Japanese (uncredited)
Hsu Hsia
Japanese (uncredited)
Huang Feng
Lieutenant Makibayashi (uncredited)
Hung Mei
Huang's Mother (uncredited)
Lam Ching-Ying
Japanese (uncredited)
Lau Chun
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
King Lee King-Chu
Japanese (uncredited)
Pan Yung-Sheng
Japanese (uncredited)
Tam Bo
Japanese (uncredited)
Wilson Tong Wai-Shing
Korean at Restaurant (uncredited)
Tsang Choh-Lam
Restaurant Waiter (uncredited)
Yeung Sai-Gwan
Japanese (uncredited)
Yue Man-Wah
Korean Resistant (uncredited)
Yuen Biao
Japanese (uncredited)
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