When Taekwondo Strikes

When Taekwondo Strikes
Directed byFeng Huang
Ng Sek
Sammo Hung (action)
Written byFeng Huang
Produced byRaymond Chow
StarringJhoon Rhee
Angela Mao
Anne Winton
Sammo Hung
Wong In Sik
Kenji Kazama
Carter Wong
CinematographyDanny Lee
Edited byPeter Cheung
Distributed byGolden Harvest
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
91 minutes (South Korea)
95 minutes (U.S.)
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin
Box officeHK$1.1 million[1]

When Taekwondo Strikes (Chinese: 跆拳震九州, also known as Sting of the Dragon Masters and Taekwondo Heroes) is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts film directed and written by Feng Huang, and produced by Raymond Chow.[2] The film is known for the collective martial arts experience of its cast and the high-quality fight choreography. The film stars an international cast of martial arts film actors, including Angela Mao, Jhoon Rhee (the father of American Taekwondo), Anne Winton, Wong In Sik (Ing-Sik Whang), Carter Wong, Kenji Kazama, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, and Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan. This was Jhoon Rhee's only film, and Anne Winton's debut film.

  1. ^ "When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ Alex Gillis (20 November 2008). A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do. ISBN 9781554906741. Retrieved 27 February 2016.