When Taekwondo Strikes (1973)

overview : The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.

Release Date : Sep 09, 1973

Runtime : 1h 35m

Genre : Action  

Companies : An Yang Films Co. Ltd., Orange Sky Golden Harvest

Countries : Hong Kong, South Korea

Keywords : martial arts, resistance, japanese occupation of korea