The Killer (Da sha shou) 52 years old

The Killer

Chiao Tzu Wei hires a killer under the premise that the local government (run by the local kung fu school) is corrupt and extorting the people of the town. The killer happens to be Hsieh Chun (aka Hsiao Hu) who left town ten years ago. (When Hsieh Chun opens up a suitcase full of knives, you know that there is going to be tons of killing!). Thinking that the local kung fu school is bad, he goes over there to fight them. There is some reuniting of lost friends and some love between two of them. The bad guys are constantly double crossing everyone and this leads to total mayhem and carnage. The final fight scene (which is actually several fight scenes going from one to the next) is incredible, especially the blood soaked finale between the evil Japanese leader of the opium ring and the two brothers.

Credits

The Killer Cast

Name Character
Yuen Woo-ping He was 27, now 79 years old as Thug
Cheng Kang-Yeh as Kung fu school student
Ku Feng He was 42, now 94 years old as Samurai Boss
Yeung Chi-Hing He was 53, 65 years old when he died as Teacher Chao
Sai Gwa-Pau He was 53, 82 years old when he died as Carries luggage in hotel
Cheng Lui He was 27, now 80 years old as Gao Hu Kung Fu teacher
Chung Wah as Hsieh Chun/Hsiao Hu
Chin Han He was 2, now 55 years old as Inspector Ma
Cheng Miu as Master Wang Hsin-Tien
Huang Ha as Karate fighter
Wang Ping She was 1771, 47 years old when she died as Yu Chiao/Xiao Mei
Mama Hung She was 63, 98 years old when she died as Teacher's mother
Chiang Nan as Chiao Tzu-Fei
Wang Kuang-Yu as Kung fu school student

The Killer Crew

Name Department
Chiang Hsing-Lung as Editor. He was 44 (now 96) years old Editing
Chor Yuen as Director. He was 37 (now 90) years old Directing
The Killer poster
The Killer (52 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, August 01, 1972
  • Runtime: 94 minutes