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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984)
Alt title: Invincible Pole Fighters
Alias: The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Alias: Invincible Pole Fighter
 
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin 
Genre: Martial Arts 
Theatrical Run: 02/17/1984 - 02/26/1984
Box Office: HK $3,792,852.00
 
Director
  Liu Chia-Liang
 
Script
  Ni Kuang
  Liu Chia-Liang
 
Action Directors
  Liu Chia-Liang
  Hsiao Ho (1)
  King Lee King-Chue
 
Producer
  Mona Fong Yat-Wa
 
Poster Image
 
Cast
  Gordon Liu Chia-Hui ... Yang 5th brother
  Kara Hui Ying-Hung ... Yang 8th sister
  Alexander Fu Sheng ... Yang 6th brother
  Lily Li Li-Li ... Mother Yang
  Lin Ke-Ming ... General Pan Mei, the traitor
  Phillip Ko Fei ... Temple Abbot
  Jue Tit-Woh ... Ying Kuei
  Johnny Wang Lung-Wei ... Prince Yeh Li Lin
  King Lee King-Chue ... Temple Abbot Zhihong
  Yuen Tak ... Yang loyalist with Golden Blade
  Sek Gong ... one of Ying Kuei's men
  Yeung Sai-Gwan ... one of Ying Kuei's men
  Liu Chia-Liang ... Hunter, helps Yang 5th escape
  Yeung Jing-Jing ... Yang 9th sister
  Wong Yu (1) ... Yang 1st brother
  Lau Kar-Wing (1) ... Yang 2nd brother
  Robert Mak Tak-Law ... Yang 3rd brother
  Hsiao Ho (1) ... Yang 4th brother
  Cheung Chin-Pang ... Yang Si, 7th brother
  Wong Ching-Ho ... Innkeeper
  Wan Leng-Gwong ... Abbot
  Mak Wai-Cheung ... Temple student & extra
  Baan Yun-Sang ... Temple student
  Cheung Wing-Cheung (2) ... Tartar soldier & extra
  Siu Tak-Foo ... Tartar soldier
  Liu Hok-Ming ... Tartar soldier
  Kei Ho-Chiu ... Temple monk & extra
  Ng Git-Keung ... Tartar soldier & extra
  Ma Hon-Yuen ... Temple monk & extra
  Chang Seng-Kwong ... Temple student
  Lau Cheun ... Servant
  Unknown SB-Actor(08) ... Temple monk & extra
  Jackson Ng Yuk-Sue ... Temple student
  Unknown SB-Actor(16) ... Tartar soldier & extra
  Ho Chi-Wai ... Temple student (Brother Fifth) & extra
  San Sin ... Tartar soldier
  Unknown SB-Actor(37) ... Tartar soldier
  Wong Chi-Keung (6) ... Tartar soldier
  Wong Siu-Ming (3) ... Tartar soldier
  So Hon-Sang ... Temple student & extra
  Ting Tung ... Tartar soldier
  Lam Wai (1) ... Temple monk
  Fei Gin ... Tartar soldier
  Wong Ga-Leung ... Tartar soldier
  Ho Wing-Cheung (1) ... Temple student
  Yeung Wah ... Tartar soldier
  Unknown SB-Actor(47) ... multiple roles
 
Distributor
  Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong)
 
Cinematographer
  Cho On-Sun
 
Production Manager
  Lawrence Wong Ka-Hay
  Chan Lee-Wa
 
Sound Recordist
  Tsui Ping-Kwong
 
Art Director
  Chan Ging-Sam
  Tang Kong-Yin
 
Editor
  Chiang Hsing-Lung
  Lee Yim-Hoi
 
Lighting
  Yuen Teng-Bong
  Au Kau (1)
 
Planning
  Lee Taai-Hang
 
Costume Designer
  Liu Chi-Yu
 
Presenter
  Sir Run Run Shaw
 
Assistant Director
  Chan Yau-Man
  Wong Bat-Ging
  Wong Kwok-Wai
 
Composer
  Stephen Shing Gam-Wing
  So Jan-Hau
 
 
 
Summary
 

A heroic family is double-crossed and massacred on the battlefield. Only two brothers--Gordon Liu and Alexander Fu Sheng-- survive the slaughter. Alexander Fu Sheng returns home to his mother and sisters, but has been driven insane by witnessing the slaughter of all his brothers and father. Chia-hui escapes to a monastery where his bloodlust and warlike demeanor put him at odds with the monks. The family mother (Li Li Li) sends the elder daughter (Hui Ying Hung) to look for the lost brother, but she is captured by the villains. Chia-hui eventually leaves the monastery to rescue her. [battlemonkey]