Long Road to Gallantry
Nov 29 1984
•1h 28m
•Action
Newly crowned queen of kung-fu films Hui Ying-hung, stars in Long Road To Gallantry, a rivetting swordswoman spectacle. Shaw Brothers' actress Lily Li teams up with one time kung-fu wonder boy Chen Kuan-tai in a quest to find a missing martial arts manual. It's new wave heroic bloodshed with new wave talent such as the upcoming Rosamund Kwan who went on to star in six Jet Li films.
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Kenny Ho Kar-King
Du Mengfei
Kara Wai Ying-Hung
Li Sai Nan
Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam
Mu Wan Er
Lung Tien-Hsiang
Chief Leng Tian Lei
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