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Fong Sai Yuk
This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true
love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of
the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a
mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile,
Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful
daughter of a rich merchant, recently moved to Canton. Her father, in an
attempt to gain influence in the region and thus improve his business, offers
his daughter in marriage to the winner of a kung-fu contest. Some interesting
gender role-reversals take place during a 'comedy of errors.'
Fong Sai Yuk II
The Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret
brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian
emperor and re-establishing the Ming dynasty. The social upheaval is
combined with Sai Yuk's personal moral conflict about how to conform to the
rigid regime of the brotherhood and on top of that sort out his difficult love life,
saddled with two presumptive wives.