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Pursuit (1972)

Pursuit (1972)

Action Drama
Release Date: 1972, January 6
Directors: Cheng Kang
Countries: Hong Kong
Production: Shaw Brothers, Shaw Brothers
Cast: Yuen Qiu, Bruce Leung Siu-Lung, Huang Tsung-Hsun, Dean Shek Tin, Tong Ching, Elliot Ngok Wah, Mang Hoi, Paul Chun Pui, Fan Mei-Sheng, Steve Lee Ka-Ting, Law Hon, Hsiao Ho

Overview:

Instructor Lin who is home from training the imperial troops for several years. He meets his wife and runs into his brother who has become a monk at the local temple. His superior Lord Gao, strangely decides to rape Lin's wife in the temple but Lin interrupts the crime. His brother is enraged and tries to kill Gao but Lin stops him with the help of Lin's training brother and old friend Lu who works for Gao. Lin is loyal to the Commissioner and will not do anything to harm his son. Once back at the Commissioner's house, Gao and Lu hatch a plan to discredit and eventually kill Lin all with the Commissioner's approval. The plan is put into motion and Lin is unjustly arrested for trespassing on imperial property.

Keywords:

betrayal framed for a crime transport of prisoners