When Taekwondo Strikes (跆拳震九州) 50 years old

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.

Credits

When Taekwondo Strikes Cast

Name Character
Sammo Hung He was 21, now 72 years old as Japanese Fighter
Yuen Biao He was 16, now 66 years old as Japanese [extra]
Angela Mao She was 20, now 71 years old as Wan Ling-ching
Chin Yuet-Sang as Japanese
Ken Kazama as Yokohama
Chin Chun as Restaurant manager Zhou
Wilson Tong as Korean at restaurant
Carter Wong He was 26, now 77 years old as Jin Zheng Zhi
Andre Morgan He was 26, now 24 years old as Father Lewis
Wong Fung as Lieutenant Makibayashi
Hwang In-Shik He was 32, now 83 years old as Japanese Leader

When Taekwondo Strikes Crew

Name Department
Wong Fung as Director. Directing
Raymond Chow as Producer. He was 44 (89) years old when He died Production
Li Yu-Tang as Director of Photography. Camera
When Taekwondo Strikes poster
When Taekwondo Strikes (50 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, September 09, 1973
  • Runtime: 95 minutes