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The Black Tavern

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Original title

Hei Dian

Year

1972

Running time

87 min.

Country

Hong Kong

Director

Teddy Yip

Screenwriter

Yip Yat-Fong

Cast

Music

Frankie Chan

Cinematography

Chi Yu

Producer

Shaw Brothers

Genre

Action | Martial Arts

Synopsis

On a cold winter's day an old beggar steps into a tavern and tells the story of the official Hai Gangfeng, who just received a big bribe and is now said to travel the country with his incredible wealth. This calls for some thieves and murderers, who are now hot on Hai's trails. Of some of them Hai is saved by swordfighter Cha Xiaoyu (Tung Li). Hai, his servants and Zha eventually find shelter at an odd tavern, whose owners seem to be cannibals. They also have heard of the money Hai is supposed to carry with him, but it shows that Hai is actually the formidable and fearsome Whipmaster Cheng Shoushan (Ku Feng), so that the tavern inhabitants lose their lives, in the end. Aside from some other dubious characters, who heard the story about the gold, there is also the real Hai Gangfeng arriving at the inn. It seems that Cha has chosen the wrong side, as Cheng is like everyone else just a killer who is interested in the money of Hai. However, the information about Hai has been leaked by someone, who hopes to gather all villians of the martial world, in order to take them out once and for all. And thus, a last bloody battle commences.

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The Black Tavern

1972

Teddy Yip