Beach of the War Gods (Zhan shen tan) 51 years old

Beach of the War Gods

A sort of re-telling of Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”. This time the protagonists are a group of Chinese villagers who must band together to recruit outside help to defend themselves against marauding Japanese pirates demanding protection money. Set in year 1556, it’s supposedly based on true events occurring during the twilight of the Ming Dynasty.

Credits

Beach of the War Gods Cast

Name Character
Lung Fei He was 30, now 81 years old as Shinobu Hashimoto
Jimmy Wang Yu He was 29, now 80 years old as Hsiao Feng
Tsai Hung He was 30, now 81 years old as Japanese Soldier
Tien Yeh as Leng Ping
Shan Mao as Japanese Soldier
Hsieh Han as Chao, the Iron Bull

Beach of the War Gods Crew

Name Department
Peter Cheung as Editor. He was 1 (now 53) years old Editing
Raymond Chow as Producer. He was 44 (89) years old when He died Production
Jimmy Wang Yu as Director. He was 29 (now 80) years old Directing
Jimmy Wang Yu as Writer. He was 29 (now 80) years old Writing
Beach of the War Gods poster
Beach of the War Gods (51 years)

  • Release day: Friday, July 13, 1973
  • Runtime: 100 minutes