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Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928)

After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar to worship them... Purposely destroyed serial film whose 19 full length chapters (averaging 86 minutes each) originally ran 27 hours in length.

  • Action
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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Xiaoqiu ZhengXiaoqiu ZhengGui Wu / Yang Jixin
  • Photo of Peizhen XiaPeizhen XiaGan Lianzhu - Yang Jixin's wife
  • Photo of Jie TangJie TangChang Deqing
  • Photo of Xianzhai WangXianzhai WangWang Qinghe
  • Photo of Butterfly WuButterfly WuRed girl
  • Photo of Lihen GaoLihen Gao
  • Photo of Youmin GuYoumin Gu
  • Photo of Xiangping DongXiangping Dong
  • Photo of Xiuying ZhuXiuying Zhu
  • Photo of Wanxiang WuWanxiang Wu

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