The Flying Guillotine

The Flying Guillotine

Part of Flying Guillotine Collection

1975•1h 45m•6.7/10

Action

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(51)

The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from long distance. As the paranoid Emperor begins decapitating anyone he fears might be a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned with the excesses of his master. He leaves his post and takes up the quiet life of farming and raising a family. Eventually, though, his past catches up with him, and he must find a way to fight the flying guillotine if he is to save his head.

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Production

Shaw Brothers

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Chen Kuan-Tai

Chen Kuan-Tai

Ma Teng

Ku Feng

Ku Feng

Xin Kang

Wai Wang

Wai Wang

Ah Kun / Xu Shuangkun

Chiang Yang

Chiang Yang

Emperor Yung Cheng

Liu Wu-Chi

Liu Wu-Chi

Mrs. Ma Yu-Ping

Ai Ti

Ai Ti

Wanzhu

Wong Yu

Wong Yu

Xie Tianfu

Lam Wai-Tiu

Lam Wai-Tiu

Luo Peng

Norman Tsui Siu-Keung

Norman Tsui Siu-Keung

Zhou Zhizhong F.G. sqad member

Ricky Hui Koon-Ying

Ricky Hui Koon-Ying

Cheng Ziping F.G. sqad member

Wu Chi-Chin

Wu Chi-Chin

Chen Xinyi F.G. sqad member

Lei Lung

Lei Lung

Cha Zhiliang F.G. sqad member

Lin Wen-Wei

Lin Wen-Wei

Wang Xiaoliang F.G. sqad member

Wai Pak

Wai Pak

Sun Jian F.G. sqad member

Lu Wei

Lu Wei

Chief Eunuch Zhang

Lee Sau-Kei

Lee Sau-Kei

Chen Lie

Lee Pang-Fei

Lee Pang-Fei

Yan Lebu

Wang Han-Chen

Wang Han-Chen

Wang

Law Hon

Governor of Lai Yang

Kong Ling

Kong Ling

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