The Dwarf Sorcerer (Yi cun fa shi) 50 years old

After seeing his father murdered and his mother abducted by a caveman-like martial arts cult, a small boy is taken in by a wizened old kung fu master, who rigorously trains him until he is endowed with almost supernatural fighting skills. This training, however, takes much less time than it would in most martial arts films, in which the kid would attain mastery at about the same time he reaches adulthood. Instead what we get is a sword-wielding 5 year old waging a bloody war of revenge against an assortment of adult-sized demons and people in heartbreakingly threadbare monster costumes.

Credits

The Dwarf Sorcerer Cast

Name Character
Liu Ping She was 9, now 60 years old
Ma Cheung
Chang Ping-Yu She was 47, 88 years old when she died

The Dwarf Sorcerer Crew

Name Department
Yen-liang Tung as Screenplay. Writing
The Dwarf Sorcerer poster
The Dwarf Sorcerer (50 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, January 01, 1974
  • Runtime: 90 minutes