Movie · 1973
When Taekwondo Strikes
Released 9 September 1973 96 min Action / Drama More from 1973 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
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How old were they?
Jhoon Rhee
as Lee Chung Tung/Li Jun Dong
Hwang In-shik
as Japanese Leader
Kim Ki-joo
as Japanese
Ken Kazama
as Yokohama
Carter Huang Chia-Ta
as Jin Zheng Zhi
Anne Winton
as Mary
Angela Mao Ying
as Wan Ling Ching/Huang Li Chen
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
as Japanese
Lam Ching-Ying
as Japanese (uncredited)
Yuen Biao
as Japanese (uncredited)
Andre Morgan
as Father Lu Yi (Lewis)
Kam Shan
as Korean Traitor
Chin Yuet-Sang
as Japanese
Chan Chuen
as Japanese
Chai Lam
as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Peter Chan Lung
as Japanese (uncredited)
Chan Ming-Wai
as Japanese (uncredited)
Hsu Hsia
as Japanese (uncredited)
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The numbers
25years between the oldest and youngest billed
41Jhoon Rhee — oldest on the call sheet
16Yuen Biao — youngest billed
26average age of the credited cast