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The Dragon, the Young Master
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Wikipedia article
'The Dragon, The Young Master' is a 1978 kung fu comedy directed by Kim Si Hyun and starring Dragon Lee and Yuen Qiu. It was distributed in America in 1982 and is also known by other English titles, including 'The Deadly Silver Ninja'.
Plot
Pai Wu Lang, disguised as the "Silver Ninja", arrives in a Manchurian mining town seeking his father's killer. His search is complicated by a cache of jewels, the reward of a spy for Japan, buried somewhere on the mountain. He saves a flower seller, Xue Hua, and her blind father from government thugs, then discovers that the old man caused his father's deathaccidentally. When Xue's father is himself murdered, she and Pai join forces to clean up the town.
Cast
*Dragon Lee as Pai Wu Lang
*Yuen Qiu as Xue Hua
*Kim Ki Joo
*Lee Ye Min as blind old man
*Choi Min Kyu
*Baek Hwang Gi
*Chiang Tao
*Liu Jun Kuk
*Han Ying Chieh
*Han Quo Yen
*Lee Suk Koo
* Li Chun (extra)
Production
The movie was produced by the Hong Kong "Jia's Motion Picture Company". Besides Joseph Lai and Tomas Tang, Godfrey Ho (uncredited in the movie) was also involved in the low-budget production.
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