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The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 五郎八卦棍 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 五郎八卦棍 | ||||||||||
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Directed by | Lau Kar-leung | ||||||||||
Written by | Lau Kar-leung Kuang Ni | ||||||||||
Produced by | Mona Fong Run Me Shaw Run Run Shaw | ||||||||||
Starring | Gordon Liu Alexander Fu Kara Hui Ko Fei | ||||||||||
Music by | Stephen Shing | ||||||||||
Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||
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Running time | 98 minutes | ||||||||||
Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Language | Cantonese |
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter is a 1984 Hong Kong film by Shaw Brothers, directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Gordon Liu, Kara Hui and Alexander Fu (in his final film appearance). It was released as The Invincible Pole Fighters outside of Hong Kong and Invincible Pole Fighter in North America.
Alexander Fu died in a car accident before the filming of The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter was finished. The script was partly re-written after his death and Fu's character does not appear in the final showdown as originally written in the script.[1]
The film is based on the Generals of the Yang Family (Yeung family in Cantonese) legends.