Human Lanterns
人皮燈籠
CINEMA1982-07-14
RegionHK
Runtime99 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Wuxia, revenge and body horror fuse into one of Shaw Brothers' most striking collisions of martial arts and cult grotesquerie.”
“Wuxia, revenge and body horror fuse into one of Shaw Brothers' most striking collisions of martial arts and cult grotesquerie.”
Storyline
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
DIRECTOR / Director
Sun Chung
KEYWORDS
martial arts
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