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Life Gamble is a film of genre Drama directed by Chang Cheh with Philip Kwok
Life Gamble (1978)
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Add to a movie listLife Gamble, also known as Life Combat, is a 1979 Hong Kong Wuxia film directed by Chang Cheh and starring the Venoms, Kara Hui and Alexander Fu Sheng. It was written by Chang Cheh and I Kuang and produced by the Shaw Brothers.
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A complex story, about a stolen piece of jade which falls into the hands of a habitual gambler (Wang Lung Wei) and his arrogant anti-hero body guard (Fu Sheng), a knife throwing expert. Various individuals want the jade from Lung Wei for their own purposes (to get rich or to return it to its owner), particularly a con-woman played by Shirley Yu and her hired help to get it played by Lo Mang who hide in a small hotel, Xiao Qiang (played by Lin Chen-Chi) and her hired help played by Chiang Sheng, and a handless off and on villain played by Lu Feng. Previously Xiao Qiang and Chiang Sheng offered a duel to Lu Feng to defeat his new sword technique and if he lost he would lose his hand. The sword was made by a blacksmith played by Kuo Chui who formerly made weapons for kung fu experts with his only payment being for the experts to teach him their kung fu style, therefore Kuo himself is an expert at various forms of kung fu. However, he retired from making weapons after Lu Feng used his new sword to try to kill Kuo.Actors
Philip Kwok
(Qiu Zi-Yu)
Alexander Fu Sheng
(Yun Xiang)
Kara Hui
(Xiao Hong)
Lo Mang
(Mo Jun-Feng)
Chiang Sheng
(Xiao Tang)
Dick Wei
(Jin Ba)
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