Heroes of the East (1978)
1978 film by Lau Kar-leung
- Released
- 1978
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Mandarin
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Lau Kar-leung
- Producer
- Run Run Shaw
- Starring
- Gordon Liu
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Production company
- Shaw Brothers Studio
- Distributor
- Shaw Brothers Studio
Heroes of the East (Chinese: 中華丈夫), also known as Challenge of the Ninja, Shaolin vs. Ninja, and Shaolin Challenges Ninja, is a martial arts film produced in 1978. It starred Gordon Liu and was directed by Lau Kar-Leung. Lau Kar-Leung has a cameo role as So Chan, a master of drunken boxing. The film is notable for portraying Japanese martial arts alongside the more typical kung fu used in most Hong Kong martial arts films.
More films directed by Lau Kar-leung
- Deadly Strike 1973
- Challenge of the Masters 1976
- Executioners from Shaolin 1977
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 1978
- Shaolin Mantis 1978
- Dirty Ho 1979
- Mad Monkey Kung Fu 1979
- Return to the 36th Chamber 1980
- Martial Club 1981
- My Young Auntie 1981
- Cat vs. Rat 1982
- Legendary Weapons of China 1982
- The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984
- Martial Arts of Shaolin 1986
- Tiger on Beat 1988
- Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit 1989
- Drunken Master II 1994
- Drunken Master III 1994
- Drunken Monkey 2003
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q2896245 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.