Hung cheuk wong ji (1988)

Hung cheuk wong ji: Directed by Ngai Choi Lam, Biao Yuen. With Biao Yuen, Hiroshi Mikami, Narumi Yasuda, Gloria Yip. Two magically powerful monks are sent on a quest to fight the King of Hell.

“A lot of people seem to misunderstand this type of film. It is fantasy, based on a famous Japanese Manga and various Japanese legends. It was very popular in Japan (making a huge star of Gloria Yip in this her first film), average in HK and poorly received in the rest of the world. Glad as I am to see it in such a good print I was surprised HK Legends released this film above others (like Pedicab Driver, still not released). It is not a straight kung fu film and to expect protracted one on one human fight scenes is to miss the point of such a film. Enjoy it for what it is, fantasy with reasonable (for the time) special effects and Yuen Biao as an actor.”