While not the first film to depict such a situation, the Angela Mao-led, Huang Feng-directed “Hapkido” is certainly one of the more enjoyable efforts to depict the time in the early 1930s, when Japan occupied Korea. Filled with fun action scenes and combined with a stellar period setting and a fun, breezy story that recalls the earlier Bruce Lee effort “Fist of Fury,” that makes this one of the best Golden Harvest efforts.
Set in 1934 Korea, Chinese students Kao Yu Ying (Angela Mao), Kao Chang (Carter Wong) and Fan Wei (Sammo Hung) are sent back to their homeland after their training is completed. Attempting to establish a Hapkido school in their hometown, they quickly run into opposition from a Japanese run school led by Toyoda Yaguma (Goro Kumon) who directly opposes their practices and tries to run them out of the town. Trying to apply their training,...
Set in 1934 Korea, Chinese students Kao Yu Ying (Angela Mao), Kao Chang (Carter Wong) and Fan Wei (Sammo Hung) are sent back to their homeland after their training is completed. Attempting to establish a Hapkido school in their hometown, they quickly run into opposition from a Japanese run school led by Toyoda Yaguma (Goro Kumon) who directly opposes their practices and tries to run them out of the town. Trying to apply their training,...
- 3/4/2020
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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