Flag of Iron (Spearman of Death) Kung Fu Theater! #flagofiron #spearmanofdeath #shawbrothers

Another edition of the Kung Fu Theater review series and this episode covers the Shaw Brothers Classic: "FLAG OF IRON" aka "SPEARMAN OF DEATH"

The Flag of Iron is another Shawbrothers film from 1980 starring the Venoms (the same guys, minus a couple from the Five Deadly Venoms).

This movie tells the story of a Kung Fu school that loses their respected master and teacher in a battle, but the question is by who’s hand?

Two members of the Iron Flag Clan, Luo (Philip Kwok) and Yuan (Chiang Sheng) are introduced to us as they stumble upon the immoral activities behind a brothel owned by the Eagle Hill clan. The then step in and start pushing around the guys behind the action and discover a kidnapped girl, being used for prostitution. They then cause trouble by bagging up the man in charge and ‘betting’ on him at a local gambling house – also owned by Eagle Hill.

But things eventually break out into a fight and rivalries start to grow. That’s when Eagle Hill plan a dinner to apologize with the true intention of starting a fight. During that fight the master of the Iron Flag clan, a powerful fighter, is killed.

Directed by Chang Cheh
Produced by Run Run Shaw
Starring Kuo Chui
Lu Feng
Chiang Sheng
Wang Li
Lung Tung Sheng
Yui Tai Ping
Distributed by Shaw Brothers Studio
Release date
August 14, 1980
Running time 108 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Mandarin

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