Szu-Chia Chen

Lucky Diamond is a Hong Kong Comedy directed by Yuen Cheung-Yan and starring Alex Man and Anita Mui.

The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.

This social romantic satire delightfully reflects its era, as three doctors pursue three hard-to-get beauties in the "go-go-go" era of the 70’s. Danny Lee was just at the beginning of his extraordinarily diverse career when he led Liu Lu-hua and Liu Shang-chien on an ever-challenging, sometimes frustrating but always funny, pursuit of the lovely Hsiao Yao, sexy Niu Niu, and sweet Chen Szu-chia. This bright, entertaining film proves that the road to true love may not be smooth, but it is always worth traveling… and enjoying.

アクションスター、リュー・チャーフィの代表的作品。少林寺出身の伝説的達人・劉裕徳をモデルに描かれるカンフー映画で、三十六番目の房の創設を志す主人公の成長を描く。 17世紀の中頃の中国。明朝を倒し、中国全土を制圧しようと企んでいる清王朝の将軍ティエン・タは、横暴きわまりなく、民衆を苦しめていた。その頃、明の復興運動が盛り上がり、正義感に燃える若者リュー・ユテを中心人物とした地下組織が結成されていた。野心に燃えたリューは、仲間たちと清の暴政に対する抵抗運動に励むが、その運動が発覚し、父が殺されてしまう。悲しみに沈むリューは、武道を習得するため少林寺へと旅立つ。