Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928)

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928)

1928-05-12 China 86 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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

Jie Tang is Chang Deqing
Chang Deqing
Xianzhai Wang is Wang Qinghe
Wang Qinghe
Butterfly Wu is Red girl
Red girl
Peizhen Xia is Gan Lianzhu - Yang Jixin's wife
Gan Lianzhu - Yang Jixin's wife
Xiaoqiu Zheng is Gui Wu / Yang Jixin
Gui Wu / Yang Jixin