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Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery
Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

May 12, 1928
86 minutes
Shichuan Zhang
Action Drama

Overview

After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar to worship them... Purposely destroyed serial film whose 19 full length chapters (averaging 86 minutes each) originally ran 27 hours in length.

Movie Details

Release Date

May 12, 1928

Runtime

86 minutes

Director

Shichuan Zhang

Production Companies

Star Film Company Mingxing Film Company

Cast

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