He qi dao

Grandmaster gave me a copy of "Hapkido" to watch. Unfortunately, it was the only copy he had, and it was kinda in poor condition. But what I saw of it was extraordinary. He could kick like nobody could. The throws, joint locks, simply incredible. To be honest, he still looks just as good today.

I cannot understand why this film is really rare and not widely available. The copy I have seen has burnt in English subtitles that is almost impossible to read as it often goes under the screen and since it was in white color it disappeared in their white clothes.

Apart from that the movie is really good. Although I have never been a fan of Carter Wong or Sammo Hung Kam Bo, I have enjoyed the scenes with Hwang In Sik. He is such a good high kicker.

One thing that bothered me about this movie is that it looks way too similar to Fist of Fury. They even used the same guy that played the annoying Chinese man siding with the Japanese in Fist of Fury too.

Definitely not as good as Fist of Fury but much better than most of the martial arts movies. Recommended...

A good martial arts film in the mold of Fist of Fury that presents the art of Hapkido and has some great action scenes and features smaller roles for the likes of Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and Jackie Chan. Angela Mao is awesome!

Recommended for fans of kung fu cinema.

This film takes place during the Japanese occupation of Korea with three young Chinese adults by the names of "Kao Yu Ying" (Angelo Mao), "Kao Chang" (Carter Wong) and "Fan Wei" (Sammo Kam-Bo Hung) having a picnic and enjoying nature. All of a sudden some Japanese men arrive and begin harassing them. What these Japanese men do not realize, however, is that all three of these people have come to Korea to study the martial art known as hapkido and happen to be among the best students in the school. As a result, the Japanese are thoroughly beaten and depart quite humiliated. Not long afterward, cognizant of the political situation, their teacher "Shih Kung-chan" (Han Jae Ji) instructs them to go back to China to start a new school there. Unfortunately, there just happens to be a Japanese martial arts school already in the city they set up in and this creates all kinds of problems for them. Now, rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a good "old-style" kung fu film which covered the familiar "Chinese vs. Japanese" theme quite well. It also featured several actors who had previously performed with Bruce Lee in other films most notably Ping-Ou Wei (as the Japanese thug "Chang Pu-tse"), the affable Ti Chin ("Hsiao Lao-fu") and Ing-Sik Whang (as the elder student "Whang In Sik"). Be that as it may, while certainly not a great martial arts film by any means, I still enjoyed it for the most part and I have rated it accordingly.

Jackie can be seen briefly in at least two scenes. I first noticed him near the end of the film in the scene where Angela visits the Japanese school and is prevented from leaving. Jackie, dressed in black, stands in the doorway and gets flipped to the floor by Angela. In another scene, he's also standing on the left side of a doorway, but he's wearing white.

I THINK I also saw Yuen Biao (in white) a couple of times, but unfortunately, I can't tell you where to look for him.

What surprised me was how prominently featured Lam Ching-Ying is in this movie. He's all over the fight scene that takes place in the street market, ultimately taking punches from Sammo Hung, who probably has more screen time than anyone else in the film.. certainly screen time spent fighting.

Finally, I was surprised to discover that the attractive young woman who gets ogled and nearly groped near the start is none other than Nancy Sit!