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House of Traps is a Hongkongais film of genre Martial arts directed by Chang Cheh with Philip Kwok
House of Traps (1982)
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Add to a movie listHouse of Traps is a 1982 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh, starring the Venom Mob. The story is based on the 19th-century novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants.
Synopsis
When a corrupt prince arranges for the theft of a highly valuable jade antique the emperor dispatches his best men to retrieve it. The only problem is that the prince has hidden the antique in the infamous 'house of traps' from which no man has ever made it out alive. Royal investigator Sun Chien and his men mount a daring raid on the prince's birthday which results in the usual mayhem expected from a Venoms film.Actors
Philip Kwok
(Zhi Hua - the Black Fox)
Chin Siu-ho (錢小豪)
(Bai Yu Tang - the Rat)
Chiang Sheng
(Jiang Ping - the River Rat)
Chin Tsi-ang
(Townsfolk)
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