Descendant of the Sun
- Original title
- Ri jie
- Year
- 1983
- Running time
- 84 min.
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Derek Yee
- Cherie Chung
- Yeung Ching-Ching
- Cheng Miu
- Ku Kuan-chung
- Patrick Ling
- Lung Tien-Hsiang
- Yau Chui-Ling
- Yuen Wah
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Action. Fantasy | Martial Arts
- Synopsis
- Celebrated director Yuen Chor helms "Descendant Of The Sun", a Superman meets Hercules in a old style martial art film. Tung-Shing Yee is a magic solar baby sent Earthbound by a benevolent god, raised by an old carpenter, has martial art superpowers and "green kryptonite" loses them during solar eclipses. That's when the evil baby counterpart shows up. Demon-paced martial arts action by Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates Yuan Pin and Yuen Hua compliments Toho Studio style special optical effects.
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