Rendezvous with Death
1980Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
Acted in
Wong Yu
as Xinshuan (Miserable) / Gu Jian
Lo Lieh
as Beggar Yang Feng
Ku Feng
as Prince Yan Yikang
Chan Shen
as Chi Sifang
Chen Kuan-Tai
as Golden Rod Gu Feitian
Lam Sau-Kwan
as Shui Xian Hua
Tang Ching
as Master Huo
Chen Szu-Chia
as Courtesan Sisi
Lau Wai-Ling
as 2nd Sister
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
as Black Lunatic Shen Shan
Yuen Wah
as Poison Scholar Jin Ju
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
as Restaurant attacker with chopper
Sek Gong
as Tao Yao
Ng Hong-Sang
as Panda (One of the Four Killers)
Yuen Bun
as One of the Four Killers
Stephan Yip Tin-Hang
as One of the Four Killers
Chin Chun
as Adviser Wang
Wan Seung-Lam
as Soldier
Ngai Tim-Choi
as Sifang's thug
Huang Pei-Chih
as Gu's man