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Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

1928-05-12 zh 86m
ActionDrama
After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar to worship them... Purposely destroyed serial film whose 19 full length chapters (averaging 86 minutes each) originally ran 27 hours in length.

Writer

Zheng Zhengqiu

Writer

Shichuan Zhang

Director of Photography

Keyi Dong

Novel

Xiang Kairan

Director

Shichuan Zhang

martial arts based on novel or book silent film movie serial lost film

Status

Released

Countries

  • China

Companies

  • Star Film Company
  • Mingxing Film Company