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Clan of the White Lotus is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Lo Lieh, with action choreographybyLau Kar Leung, and starring Lo Lieh and Gordon Liu. It is released as Fists of the White LotusinNorth America.
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| Directed by | Lo Lieh |
| Written by | Haung Tien |
| Produced by | Run Run Shaw |
| Starring | Lo Lieh Gordon Liu Kara Hui Johnny Wang Hsiao Ho |
| Cinematography | Chih Chun Ao |
| Edited by | Hsing-lung Chiang Yen Hae Li |
| Music by | Eddie Wang |
| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers |
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Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Languages | Cantonese Mandarin |
The film follows on the 1977 film Executioners from Shaolin and 1979 film Abbot of Shaolin.
Following the death of his brother Pai Mei, Priest White Lotus seeks revenge with one idea in mind: to kill his brother's assassins. One night, he decides to pay them a surprise visit and murders one of the two. But the survivor of that night, will withdraw from the world and, with the help of the widow of the deceased, will perfect his technique to take his revenge...
Andrew Saroch describes the film as "Another awesome Shaw Brothers film with an insane concept and some heavenly fight action choreographed by the one and only Liu Chia-Liang."[1]
The authors of The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies rate the film a maximum of four stars, praising the film's "partially evocative music" and "amazing martial arts".[2]
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