Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928) is a action, drama film directed by Shichuan Zhang rated 8.0/10.

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.

Cast

Xiaoqiu Zheng

Gui Wu / Yang Jixin

Peizhen Xia

Gan Lianzhu - Yang Jixin's wife

Jie Tang

Chang Deqing

Xianzhai Wang

Wang Qinghe

Butterfly Wu

Red girl

Lihen Gao

Youmin Gu

Xiangping Dong

Xiuying Zhu

Wanxiang Wu

Zhiyuan Tan

Saizhen Liang