Raiders of Yunkang Caves 云岗游侠
Chinese title (trad.):
雲崗遊俠
Chinese title (simpl.):
云岗游侠
Russian title:
Налетчики на пещеры Юнкан
Release year:
1984
Country:
Hong Kong
Genre:
martial arts
Language:
cantonese
Hong Kong release date:
Description:
A Buddhist sutra about the Yunkang Caves is stolen from the great Guashan Temple, and Lin Fei is entrusted by the abbot to track it down.
In a small town, Lin Fei happens upon Tana, a Mongolian girl who has come to sell livestock. She is in the middle of a fight with Bai Yun-Long, a homeless wanderer, and Lin Fei steps in to save him. Tana returns to the grasslands, while Bai Yun-Long insists on becoming Lin Fei's disciple. Lin Fei claims he has urgent business and refuses.
Two men from Tana's tribe served as guides for a group of Han Chinese and were found mysteriously murdered by the roadside. Show more Tana decides to go to Yunkang to find the killers, and it is there that Lin Fei also arrives. Following the abbot's directions, Lin Fei finds old Mr. Guo, the gatekeeper of the Yunkang Caves. But Mr. Guo is secretly assassinated. With Lin Fei's help, Tana captures one of the killers and takes him back to her tribe.
The annual Nadam Festival is held, and Bai Yun-Long comes along for the fun. He tricks Lin Fei into helping the locals lasso horses, unaware that this lassoing contest is in fact a contest arranged by the tribal chief to choose a husband for Tana. Without knowing it, Lin Fei becomes the top candidate. Just then a group of Han Chinese bursts into the camp, demanding that Tana release the killer she captured. Tana refuses. A brawl breaks out, the Han Chinese snatch the killer away and set fire to many tents.
Lin Fei returns to the great Guashan Temple to discuss the next move with the abbot. The abbot accidentally discovers that the one-armed monk Jing Yun has been bought off by foreigners — it was he who stole the sutra. Lin Fei and Jing Yun grew up together, and he cannot believe that the well-read, learned Jing Yun would do such a thing. Jing Yun, however, is utterly contemptuous of it all: he grew up in hardship and long ago ceased to be content with being merely a monk who chants sutras and invokes the Buddha's name. He intends to sell the Buddha statues in the caves to foreigners and make a fortune. Unfortunately, Lin Fei's martial arts are inferior to Jing Yun's; Jing Yun defeats him and leaves the temple to rendezvous with the foreigners.
Lin Fei vows that even at the cost of his life he will stop the Yunkang Caves' Buddha statues from ending up abroad, and he sets off for Yunkang on Jing Yun's heels. Though feelings for Tana have already taken root in his heart, he does not want to drag her into danger, so he asks Bai Yun-Long to return to her the token of love she gave him at the Nadam Festival.
Receiving the token from Bai Yun-Long, Tana is heartbroken, but she still decides to take her tribespeople to Yunkang to lend Lin Fei a hand. Meanwhile, the foreigners are hiring cheap laborers to carve the Buddha statues out of the caves, preparing to ship them abroad. Lin Fei arrives with Bai Yun-Long and engages the foreigner's hired killers in a desperate battle. Soon the killers are wiped out, and now it is Jing Yun's turn. Just then Tana arrives with her people, and after a chaotic melee they finally prevent the national treasure from being lost. Lin Fei and Tana join forces to defeat the greed-blinded Jing Yun, but Bai Yun-Long sacrifices his young life in this fierce battle. Before the boy dies, Lin Fei guiltily promises to take him as a disciple, and Bai Yun-Long leaves this world without regret.
Highlights:
Raiders of Yunkang Caves is a martial arts action film made by Hong Kong's Bailing Film Company in 1984, centered on the famous Chinese landmark, the Yunkang Caves. The Yunkang Caves are located in Datong, Shanxi Province, and are one of China's three most famous grotto complexes, renowned at home and abroad. Carved into the caves are countless vivid Buddha statues, large and small, all priceless artistic treasures. Setting the story in Yunkang thus gives the film great appeal: watching it is like visiting this marvelously carved treasure trove in person. For viewers who have never been to the Yunkang Caves, it is a rare chance to broaden their horizons.
In a small town, Lin Fei happens upon Tana, a Mongolian girl who has come to sell livestock. She is in the middle of a fight with Bai Yun-Long, a homeless wanderer, and Lin Fei steps in to save him. Tana returns to the grasslands, while Bai Yun-Long insists on becoming Lin Fei's disciple. Lin Fei claims he has urgent business and refuses.
Two men from Tana's tribe served as guides for a group of Han Chinese and were found mysteriously murdered by the roadside. Show more Tana decides to go to Yunkang to find the killers, and it is there that Lin Fei also arrives. Following the abbot's directions, Lin Fei finds old Mr. Guo, the gatekeeper of the Yunkang Caves. But Mr. Guo is secretly assassinated. With Lin Fei's help, Tana captures one of the killers and takes him back to her tribe.
The annual Nadam Festival is held, and Bai Yun-Long comes along for the fun. He tricks Lin Fei into helping the locals lasso horses, unaware that this lassoing contest is in fact a contest arranged by the tribal chief to choose a husband for Tana. Without knowing it, Lin Fei becomes the top candidate. Just then a group of Han Chinese bursts into the camp, demanding that Tana release the killer she captured. Tana refuses. A brawl breaks out, the Han Chinese snatch the killer away and set fire to many tents.
Lin Fei returns to the great Guashan Temple to discuss the next move with the abbot. The abbot accidentally discovers that the one-armed monk Jing Yun has been bought off by foreigners — it was he who stole the sutra. Lin Fei and Jing Yun grew up together, and he cannot believe that the well-read, learned Jing Yun would do such a thing. Jing Yun, however, is utterly contemptuous of it all: he grew up in hardship and long ago ceased to be content with being merely a monk who chants sutras and invokes the Buddha's name. He intends to sell the Buddha statues in the caves to foreigners and make a fortune. Unfortunately, Lin Fei's martial arts are inferior to Jing Yun's; Jing Yun defeats him and leaves the temple to rendezvous with the foreigners.
Lin Fei vows that even at the cost of his life he will stop the Yunkang Caves' Buddha statues from ending up abroad, and he sets off for Yunkang on Jing Yun's heels. Though feelings for Tana have already taken root in his heart, he does not want to drag her into danger, so he asks Bai Yun-Long to return to her the token of love she gave him at the Nadam Festival.
Receiving the token from Bai Yun-Long, Tana is heartbroken, but she still decides to take her tribespeople to Yunkang to lend Lin Fei a hand. Meanwhile, the foreigners are hiring cheap laborers to carve the Buddha statues out of the caves, preparing to ship them abroad. Lin Fei arrives with Bai Yun-Long and engages the foreigner's hired killers in a desperate battle. Soon the killers are wiped out, and now it is Jing Yun's turn. Just then Tana arrives with her people, and after a chaotic melee they finally prevent the national treasure from being lost. Lin Fei and Tana join forces to defeat the greed-blinded Jing Yun, but Bai Yun-Long sacrifices his young life in this fierce battle. Before the boy dies, Lin Fei guiltily promises to take him as a disciple, and Bai Yun-Long leaves this world without regret.
Highlights:
Raiders of Yunkang Caves is a martial arts action film made by Hong Kong's Bailing Film Company in 1984, centered on the famous Chinese landmark, the Yunkang Caves. The Yunkang Caves are located in Datong, Shanxi Province, and are one of China's three most famous grotto complexes, renowned at home and abroad. Carved into the caves are countless vivid Buddha statues, large and small, all priceless artistic treasures. Setting the story in Yunkang thus gives the film great appeal: watching it is like visiting this marvelously carved treasure trove in person. For viewers who have never been to the Yunkang Caves, it is a rare chance to broaden their horizons.
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action director:
Cheung Kwok-Wah, Ho Kei-Cheong, Choi Hung-Cheung
89 m.
Cheung Kwok-Wah
89 m.
Ho Kei-Cheong
6 m.
Choi Hung-Cheung
89 m.
89 m.
6 m.
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