| New Tales of the Flying Fox | |||||||||||||
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| Director: | Lau Sze-yuk | ||||||||||||
| Producer: | Mona Fong | ||||||||||||
| Story: | Louis Cha | ||||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Wong Jing | ||||||||||||
| Starring: | Felix Wong Alex Man Bryan Leung Tai Liang-chun Kara Hui Ku Kuan-chung Tong Chun-chung | ||||||||||||
| Music: | Stephen Shing So Jan-hau | ||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Wong Chit | ||||||||||||
| Editing: | Chiang Hsing-lung | ||||||||||||
| Studio: | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 89 minutes | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese Mandarin | ||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK$1,737,417.00 | ||||||||||||
New Tales of the Flying Fox is a 1984 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Young Flying Fox. The film was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by Lau Sze-yuk.
Two main figures of a rebellion, Wu Yi Dao and Miao Ren Feng are working together to further their cause, however, there are some tensions between the two. They agree to duel each other in order to discover who is the greater fighter, and who should have more power within the rebellion. During the duel, Wu Yi Dao is killed, following this his wife commits suicide, unable to live without her husband. This leaves Miao Ren Feng as the only person left to raise their child, Wu Fei, as he is responsible for this situation he decides to raise the child.
However, Miao Ren Feng's younger brother attempts to kill the child, he is stopped by a servant who manages to save the child and escape with him. The servant then raises Wu Fei until he reaches adulthood, where he plots to seek revenge for the death of his parents.