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| Who's Who from the film The Five Deadly Venoms | ||
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Centipede | Lu Feng |
| #2 | Snake | Wei Pai |
| #3 | Scorpion | Sun Chien |
| #4 | Lizard | Kuo Chui |
| #5 | Toad | Lo Meng |
| Teacher's Last Student | Hybrid-Venom | Chiang Sheng |
. . . . . VENOM ROLL CALL . . . . . Sun Chien -- the best kicker; sometimes he's a hero, and sometimes he's not one Kuo Chui -- usually the main hero; he often pretends to be a beggar or criminal Lu Feng -- usually plays the insidious traitor who lures the other four to doom Lo Meng -- a thick-headed but often kind muscleman; he tends not to use weapons Chiang Sheng -- a comedic, nimble stylist; nicknamed "Cutie-Pie" by his HK fans . . . . . THE "VENOMS FILMS" . . . . . (NOTE: entries preceded by a "o" denote alternate film titles entries preceded by a "6" denote films with 6 Venoms: all 5 plus Wei Pai entries preceded by a "5" denote a proto-Venoms film [with all 5 Venoms] entries preceded by a "5" denote films with 5 Venoms entries preceded by a "4" denote films with 4 Venoms entries preceded by a "3" denote films with 3 Venoms) 3 DEATH CHAMBER (1976) [Dir, Writer]-- Fu Sheng, David Chiang, Ti Lung, Chi Kuan Chun, Kuo Chui, Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng; Debut: Ku Feng (aka SHAOLIN TEMPLE) 3 INVINCIBLE KUNG FU BROTHERS (1976) [Dir w/ Wu Ma]-- Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, Tang Yen-tsan, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Kuo Chui (aka SHAOLIN AVENGERS) ? THE NAVAL COMMANDOES (1976) [Made in Taiwan]-- Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Kuo Chui, Chiang Sheng (and maybe Lu Feng) o SHAOLIN AVENGERS: see INVINCIBLE KUNG FU BROTHERS (1976) o SHAOLIN TEMPLE: see DEATH CHAMBER (1976) 4 BRAVE ARCHER (1977)-- Fu Sheng, Ku Kuan-chun, Danny Lee, Dick Wei, Ti Lung, Ku Feng, Kuo Chui [aka Philip Kwok], Lo Meng, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng (US: KUNG FU WARLORDS) 5 THE CHINATOWN KID (1977)-- Fu Sheng, Kuo Chui [aka Philip Kwok], Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng; Debut: Sun Chien and Lo Meng [a Proto-Venoms Film] 5 HEAVEN AND HELL (1977, released in HK in 1980)-- David Chiang, Maggie Li Lin-lin, Li Yi-min, Kuo Chui, Lo Meng, Sun Chien, Tang Yen-tsan, Fu Sheng, Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng (aka SHAOLIN HELLGATE) [a Proto-Venoms Film] o KUNG FU WARLORDS: American title for THE BRAVE ARCHER (1977) o SHAOLIN HELLGATE: see HEAVEN AND HELL (1977, released in HK in 1980) 5 AVENGING WARRIORS OF SHAOLIN (1978)-- Lo Meng, Kuo Chui, Lu Feng, Jason Pai Piao, Sun Chien, Chiang Sheng, Ku Kuan-chung (aka SHAOLIN RESCUERS) 5 BRAVE ARCHER, PART II (1978)-- Fu Sheng, Chang Cheh, Wang Lung Wei, Ku Feng, Kuo Chui, Ti Lung, Sun Chien, Lu Feng, Lo Meng, Chiang Sheng (US: KUNG FU WARLORDS, PART II) [a Proto-Venoms Film] 5 CRIPPLED AVENGERS (1978)-- Chen Kuan-tai, Wang Lung-wei, Lo Meng, Lu Feng, Kuo Chui [aka Philip Kwok], Sun Chien, Chiang Sheng, Dick Wei [aka Tu Lung] (US: MORTAL COMBAT) (aka CRIPPLED HEROES, aka RETURN OF THE 5 DEADLY VENOMS) o CRIPPLED HEROES: see CRIPPLED AVENGERS (1978) o THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS: American title for FIVE VENOMS (1978) 6 THE FIVE VENOMS (1978)-- Sun Chien, Kuo Chui, Chiang Sheng, Ku Feng, Lo Meng, Wei Pai, Wang Lung-wei, Tu Lung [aka Dick Wei], Lu Feng (US: THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS) 6 THE KID WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1978)-- Sun Chien, Lo Meng, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Kuo Chui, Pau Ping-chang, Wang Lung-wei, Wei Pai, Dick Wei. o KUNG FU WARLORDS, PART II: Amer. title for THE BRAVE ARCHER, PART II (1978) 5 LIFE GAMBLE (1978)-- Kuo Chui, Fu Sheng, Lo Meng, Lu Feng, Wang Lung Wei, Hui Ying Hung, Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien (aka LIFE COMBAT) o LIFE COMBAT: see LIFE GAMBLE (1978) o MORTAL COMBAT: American title for CRIPPLED AVENGERS (1978) o RETURN OF THE 5 DEADLY VENOMS: 1998 retitling of CRIPPLED AVENGERS (1978) 5 DESTROYERS (1979)-- Lu Feng, Lo Meng, Wang Li, Chiang Sheng, Kuo Chui, Sun Chien, Wang Lai, Liu An Li (aka DESTROYERS OF THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS, aka MAGNIFICIENT RUFFIANS) o DESTROYERS OF THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS: see THE DESTROYERS (1979) o INVINCIBLE SHAOLIN: see THE UNBEATABLE DRAGON (1979) 3 LEGEND OF THE FOX (1979)-- Kuo Chui, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Chien Hsiao-hao o MAGNIFICENT RUFFIANS: see THE DESTROYERS (1979) 6 THE UNBEATABLE DRAGON (1979)-- Wang Lung-wei, Chiang Sheng, Adam Cheng, Sun Chien, Lu Feng, Lo Meng, Kuo Chui, Hui Ying-hung, Tu Lung [aka Dick Wei], Wei Pai (aka INVINCIBLE SHAOLIN, aka NORTH SHAOLIN VS. SOUTH SHAOLIN) 5 THE DAREDEVILS (1980)-- Lo Meng, Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng, Kuo Chui, Sun Chien, Wang Li (aka DAREDEVILS OF KUNG FU, aka SHAOLIN DAREDEVILS, aka VENOM WARRIORS) o DAREDEVILS OF KUNG FU: see THE DAREDEVILS (1980) o THE GUERRILLAS: see KILLER ARMY (1980) 5 KILLER ARMY (1980)-- Kuo Chui, Lo Meng, Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien, Lu Feng, Wang Li (aka THE GUERRILLAS, aka REBEL INTRUDERS) o REBEL INTRUDERS: see KILLER ARMY (1980) o SHAOLIN DAREDEVILS: see THE DAREDEVILS (1980) 3 SWORD STAINED WITH ROYAL BLOOD (1980)-- Kuo Chui, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Ching Li, Shan Shen, Lung Tien Sheng, Wang Li 6 TEN TIGERS OF KUANGTUNG (1978-80) [Dir w/ Chiang Sheng and Chen Yu-wen]-- Ti Lung, Fu Sheng, Wang Lung-wei, Ku Feng, Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng, Lo Meng, Kuo Chui, Sun Chien, Lung Tien Sheng, Hsiao Ho, Wei Pai, Wang Li 4 TWO CHAMPIONS OF DEATH (1980)-- Lo Meng, Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien, Yang Tsing- tsing, Lu Feng, Wang Li, Wen Hsueh Erh Intro: Chien Hsiao-hao (aka TWO CHAMPIONS OF SHAOLIN) o TWO CHAMPIONS OF SHAOLIN: see TWO CHAMPIONS OF DEATH) o VENOM WARRIORS: see THE DAREDEVILS (1980) o BLAST OF THE IRON PALM: American title for BRAVE ARCHER, PART III (1981) 5 BRAVE ARCHER, PART III (1981)-- Fu Sheng, Lo Meng, Ti Lung, Kuo Chui, Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien, Lu Feng, Li Li-li, Chu Ko (US: BLAST OF THE IRON PALM) (aka KUNG FU WARLORDS, PART III) o BRAVE ARCHER, PART IV: see BRAVE ARCHER AND HIS MATE (1981) 3 BRAVE ARCHER AND HIS MATE (1981)-- Kuo Chui, Fu Sheng, Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng, Andy Lau [Lau is only according to the IMDb] (aka BRAVE ARCHER, PART IV, aka MYSTERIOUS ISLAND [1982]) o THE FLAG OF IRON: see SPEARMEN OF DEATH (1981) 4 HOUSE OF TRAPS (1981)-- Lu Feng, Wang Li, Sun Chien, Kuo Chui, Hsiao Ho, Chiang Sheng, Lung Tien Sheng, Chu Ko o KUNG FU WARLORDS, PART III: Amer. title for THE BRAVE ARCHER, PART III (1981) o KUNG FU WARLORDS, PART IV: Amer. title for BRAVE ARCHER AND HIS MATE (1981) 3 MASKED AVENGERS (1981)-- Chiang Sheng, Hsiao Ho, Kuo Chui, Wang Li, Lu Feng, Lhien Siu Hao, Chu Ko 3 ODE TO GALLANTRY (1981)-- Kuo Chui in 2 roles, Sun Chien, Wang Li, Chiang Sheng, Chu Ko and Cheng Tien-chi. o THE SPEARMAN: see THE SPEARMEN OF DEATH (1981) 3 THE SPEARMEN OF DEATH (1981)-- Kuo Chiu, Chiang Sheng, Lung Tien Sheng, Lu Feng, Wang Li (aka THE FLAG OF IRON, aka THE SPEARMAN) o MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1982)-- see BRAVE ARCHER AND HIS MATE (1981) o THE HERO DEFEATING JAPS: see NINJA IN THE DEADLY TRAP (1983) 3 NINJA IN THE DEADLY TRAP (1983) [Dir Kuo Chui, not Chang Cheh]-- Ti Lung, Kuo Chui, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Yasuaki Kurata [aka Shoji Kurata] (aka THE HERO DEFEATING JAPS, aka NINJA KUNG FU) o NINJA KUNG FU: see NINJA IN THE DEADLY TRAP (1983) |