Sunday, February 4, 2018

Philip Kwok


AKA Kuo Tsui, Gwok Jan Fung, Jun Kwok.
Member of the Venom Mob, and in fact seems to have been something of an unofficial leader of the group, in that he often played the hero in their movies.

Crippled Avengers (1978):
Plays Chen Shuen, the hawker of trinkets who is blinded by the iron-fisted Du Chang (Lu Feng) and later becomes the leader of the Avengers.
Life Gamble (1979):
Plays Qiu Zi-Yu, the blacksmith and retired martial arts master who is as close as anyone to being the main character in what is very much an ensemble piece.

The Flag Of Iron (1980):
Plays Luo Xin the Iron Leopard, the main hero. Member of the Iron Flag Clan. Accepts blame for the battle that killed both his own master (Liang Yao-Wen) and the master of the Eagle Clan (Chan Shen), to save his clan from legal trouble. Runs to the countryside, where he is pursued by ten assassins. Kills nine and partners with the last (Lung Tien-Hsiang) to get revenge for the death of his master.
The Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1981):
Plays Yuan Cheng-Chih, the orphan of the prince killed before the opening credits. He finds the Golden Snake’s (Lung Tien-Hsiang’s) weapons and manual, along with the treasure map which he tries to return to Wen Yi (Ching Li), and then has to defeat the Wen family and their Five Elements Array. Which, now that I think about it, is the entire plot of the movie.

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