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The Phantom Lute (1975)

Chia Ling aka Judy Lee (SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES, QUEEN BOXER) stars as a woman summoned by a retired general to sing and play the lute for him, but as she performs, he attempts to assault her and in the process murders her. The general and his assistant throw her body and lute into a fire, but Master Ku, a scholar who was watching her father, finds the burnt shell of the lute which now contains her ghost. Together they will now try and bring the general and his henchmen to justice.

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Top billed cast

Chia LingYang Hsiao Feng
Shih FengMaster Ku Wei Hui
Tien FengGeneral Chao
Go MingAdviser Chow
Lee YingHsiao Feng's father
Chiang Kuang-ChaoTaoist Wei
Ma ChiJudge Pao Lun To
Wei Ping-aoHsin Kwei
Wong Hoi
Shao Lo-HuiMagistrate Hu

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