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a.k.a. Zhu Hongwu
company: Foo Hwa Cinema Co. Ltd.
year: 1971
runtime: 97′
director: Chui Dai-Gwan
cast: Peter Yang Kwan, Chu Jing,
Suen Yuet, Chiang Ming,
Cho Kin, Su Chen-Ping,
Ding Keung, Ng Ho
writer: Lin Yu-Yuan
special effects director: Koichi Takano
Not available on home video
a.k.a. Zhu Hongwu
company: Foo Hwa Cinema Co. Ltd.
year: 1971
runtime: 97′
director: Chui Dai-Gwan
cast: Peter Yang Kwan, Chu Jing,
Suen Yuet, Chiang Ming,
Cho Kin, Su Chen-Ping,
Ding Keung, Ng Ho
writer: Lin Yu-Yuan
special effects director: Koichi Takano
Not available on home video
I’ve been on a seemingly unstoppable giant monster kick here as of late, but after a quadruple-helping of Gamera and an ill-advised dip in the ever-more-disappointing pool of vintage Korean efforts I decided that it was time for at least something of a change of pace. On the plate for today is the 1971 Taiwanese historical fantasy Tsu Hong Wu, whose well-produced ‘Scope effects work would later be plundered for the likes of Sea God and Ghosts and The Fairy and the Devil. The title in this case refers to the Hongwu emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (the subtitles for my copy use the older Wade-Giles romanization Chu Yuan-chang), progenitor of the Ming Dynasty.
