Five Deadly Venoms
Five Deadly Venoms (Chinese: 五毒), also known as The Five Venoms, is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh. It was produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. It stars Chiang Shieng as a martial arts pupil who faces five kung fu fighters, each of whom practices a unique animal-themed style: the Centipede, the Snake, the Scorpion, the Lizard, and the Toad (the Five Poisonous Creatures of Chinese folklore).
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| Traditional Chinese | 五毒 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 五毒 | ||||||||||
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| Directed by | Chang Cheh | ||||||||||
| Written by | Ni Kuang Chang Cheh | ||||||||||
| Produced by | Runme Shaw | ||||||||||
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| Cinematography | Cho Wai Kei Kung Mu To | ||||||||||
| Edited by | Chiang Hsing Lung | ||||||||||
| Music by | Frankie Chan | ||||||||||
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| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio | ||||||||||
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Running time | 98 minutes | ||||||||||
| Country | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Languages | Mandarin Cantonese | ||||||||||
| Box office | HK$1,814,610 | ||||||||||
Five Deadly Venoms is considered one of the most popular martial arts films of its era, and has gone on to be considered a cult film. For their roles, Shieng, along with Lu Feng, Sun Chien, Philip Kwok, Wai Pak, and Lo Mang (who portrayed the five fighters), would become collectively dubbed by international audiences as the Venom Mob.