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Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell

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1967 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Adventure, Mystery

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

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Who'll love it
Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
The mood
Tense, gritty.
The pace
Fast-moving, at 1 hr 45 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in Cantonese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1967: an older pace and style.

Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found missing from another dead body. Lan-fa’s sister Sau-chen follows the leads on a business card To left behind to a dental clinic which suddenly bursts into flame. The news of her sister’s abduction by the infamous Japanese criminal Katsu Saburo soon reaches Lan-fa. Working together with her police friend Ko Cheung to crack the case, Lan-fa analyses photo evidences in minute detail. The duo order the retrieval of a pole that has survived the explosion intact while lying in wait at the clinic. Sau-chen, who has escaped, saves the duo from the chiller where they are detained. Inspector Yeung retrieves the operation plan concealed in the pole and the secret codes in the set of teeth, but the spook is shot dead by Katsu before he could reach the Hell’s Gate and the treasure buried there. Constable Kwan, and others and wipes out the gang at the Hell’s Gate.

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Cast & crew

Directed by Law Chi

  • Suet NeiMuk Lan-Fa
  • Kenneth TsangKo Cheung
  • Law Oi-seungMuk Sau-Jan
  • Herman Kwan Hoi-sanPoliceman
  • Lydia Shum Tin-HaNurse
  • Sze-Ma Wah-lungPoliceman
  • Fung NgaiSing Sam Long
  • David Chow Wing-KwongDentist's assistant
  • Cheng Kwun-MinDo Gwai Lim
  • Lee Hak