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Release Date: 13 Thu, Aug 1987
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret society. Chen, a learned scholar, thought he could get his brother turn his back on the Manchu and restore the Han Chinese reign. But the story was ended by brutal clearence of the society members. It reflects one of the dark pages in Chinese culture, that ethics and humanity always become impotent when countered with power.
as Emperor Qian Long
as Chen Jia-Luo
as Huo Jing-Tong
as Xin Yan
as Wen Tai-Lai
as Luo Bing
as Zhang Shao-Zhong
as Zhao Ban-Shan
as Shi Shuang-Ying
as Wu Chen
as Chen's Mother
as Yu Wan-Ting
as Qing Hua
as Su Qin-Wang
as Li Ke-Qiu
as Zhang Jin
as Yu Yu-Tong
as Zhang Jin
as Xu Tian-Hong
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