Black Magic (1975 film)
| Black Magic | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Traditional | 降頭 |
| Simplified | 降头 |
| Mandarin | Jiàng Tóu |
| Cantonese | Gong3 Tau4 |
| Directed by | Ho Meng Hua |
| Produced by | Runme Shaw |
| Screenplay by | Ni Kuang |
| Starring |
Ti Lung Lo Lieh Tanny Tien Lily Li Ku Feng |
| Music by | Frankie Chan |
| Cinematography | Cho Wai-kei |
| Edited by | Chiang Hsing-lung |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shaw Brothers Studio |
Release date | 2 October 1975 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Mandarin |
Black Magic is a 1975 Hong Kong horror film directed by Ho Meng Hua and starring Ti Lung, Lo Lieh, Tanny Tien, Lily Li and Ku Feng. A sequel to the film was released in 1976.
Plot
This film is about a black magic from the area near South Seas which is named Tame Head.
There is an evil magician who named Shan Chien-mi. He lives in a forest and people who want to wreak vengeance on their enemy come here and ask him to kill their enemy. Then, Shan Chien-mi will get a great amont of gold from them as reward. At the same time, Master Fu Yong, a kind magician, notices that Shan Chien-mi is doing something unmoral so he plans to destroy this evil magician.
Xu Nuo and his fiancée Chu-ying are really in love with each other and finally they decide to get married. However, on the wedding day, Xu Nuo breaks up with the fiancée unexpectedly and starts a new romantic relationship with a rich widow named Luo Yin.
In fact, Luo Yin has always carried a torch for Xu Nuo so she asks Shan Jianmi using Tame Head of love to let Xu Nuo unconsciously in love with her. Then obviously, Luo Yin’s nasty objective is attained；but this woman is still not satisfied. She wants the innocent fiancée die. So Shan Jianmi uses Tame Head of death to make Quying suffering from an incurable disease.
Fortunately, the friend of Chu-ying asks Master Fu Yong for help. The kind magician successfully saves Chu-ying.
Then, Master Fu Yong finds Xu Nuo in the widow’s house and breaks Tame Head of love. After that, he fights with Shan Jianmi and finally kills him and the widow.
Cast
- Ti Lung as Xu Nuo
- Lo Lieh as Liang Chia-chieh
- Tanny Tien as Mrs. Zhou / Luo Yin
- Lily Li as Wang Chu-ying
- Ku Feng as Shan Chien-mi
- Ku Wen-chung as Master Fu Yong
- Lee Sau-kei as Uncle Feng
- Elliot Ngok as Mr. Wang
- Chen Ping as Mrs. Wang
- Lam Wai-tiu as Wei Te-chin
- Lam Fung as Nuo's colleague
- Norman Chu as Nuo's colleague
- Ng Hong-sang as Nuo's colleague
- Helen Ko as Shan's patron #1
- Dana as Mistress cured by Shan's patron #1
- Ofelia Yau as Bridesmaid
- Lam Siu as Doctor
- Koo Chim-hung as Doctor
- Chin Chun as Party guest
- Fung King-man as Wedding guest
- Tam Ying as Wedding guest
- Cheung Siu-lun as Party guest
External links
- Black Magic on IMDb
- Black Magic at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase