Trailer of Heroes of the East (1978)

Heroes of the East (aka Shaolin Challenges Ninja), released in Hong Kong on 30 December 1978, was directed by Lau Kar Leung and produced by Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited. The film won the Best International Martial Arts Film at the 25th Asian Film Festival. The contests between butterfly sabres and twin sai (a melee weapon used in Okinawa) as well as short tonfa and sansetsukon can be found in the trailer.

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Date	1978
People	Gordon Liu \| Kurata, Yasuaki \| Mizuno, Yuka \| Nakazaki, Yasutaka
Language	Mandarin
Duration	1m (approx.)
Material Type	Video
Collection	Multifarious Arrays of Weaponry in Hong Kong Cinema
Source	Trailer video supplied by Celestial Pictures Limited
Repository	Celestial Pictures Limited
Note to Copyright	Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Celestial Pictures Limited
Accession No.	lcs-weapon-0093