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To Kill With Intrigue | |
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Directed by | Lo Wei |
Written by | Gu Long |
Produced by | Lo Wei |
Starring |
Jackie Chan Hsu Feng Jeong Hee George Wang Chu Feng |
Music by | Frankie Chan |
Distributed by | Lo Wei Motion Picture Company |
Release dates | 22 July 1977 (
Hong Kong) 24 September 1977 ( South Korea) [1] |
Running time | 106 minutes |
Countries |
Hong Kong South Korea |
Languages |
Mandarin Korean |
Box office | US$254,826 ( est.) |
To Kill with Intrigue ( Chinese: 劍花煙雨江南, Korean: 신당산대형) is a 1977 historical action-drama film directed by Lo Wei. A joint Hong Kong and South Korean co-production with martial arts, revenge and romance film elements, [1] [2] the film stars Hong Kong action movie star Jackie Chan with Taiwanese actress Hsu Feng and South Korean actress Jeong Hee. [1] The movie was filmed in South Korea.
Ding Can-ren (Hsu Feng) leads a gang known as the Killer Bees on a revenge mission to kill Lei Shao-feng (Jackie Chan) and his family. However, she kills everyone but Lei Shao-feng and falls in love with him.
Jackie mentions, in his book I Am Jackie Chan, how much of the plot is confusing, and he was sure that even the director, Lo Wei, didn't even know what was going on. He has also gone on to express that tensions between himself and the director along with the generally cold weather at the time of filming made for a frustrating experience.[ citation needed]
In Hong Kong, the film grossed HK$292,664.90 [3] ( US$62,804). [4] In South Korea, it sold 103,265 tickets in Seoul, [1] equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately ₩92,938,500 [5] (US$192,022). [6] This adds up to a total estimated gross of approximately US$254,826 in Hong Kong and Seoul, equivalent to US$1.364 million adjusted for inflation.
Average Ticket Prices in Korea, 1974-1997 [...] * Source: Korea Cinema Yearbook (1997-1998) * Currency: won [...] Foreign [...] 1977 [...] 900