A Story of Lou Po-Wen

A Story of Lou Po-Wen

111 mins | Adventure, Fantasy | Feb. 18, 1971

Tsu Hong Wu is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life that was obviously geared toward younger audiences. The tale actually begins in Heaven, where the various gods are busy paving the way for a new emperor. The very basic facts of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life are ostensibly correct, but it takes a rather unexpected turn into traditional giant monster territory, with a Taoist priest summoning a gigantic red-haired ogre (amusingly referred to as ‘superman’ in the subtitles) to destroy our heroes, who are in turn rescued when a golden dragon (the animal manifestation of one of the deities from earlier in the film) rises from the ocean to do battle with said ogre

A Story of Lou Po-Wen

111 mins | Adventure, Fantasy | Feb. 18, 1971

A Story of Lou Po-Wen
Tsu Hong Wu is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life that was obviously geared toward younger audiences. The tale actually begins in Heaven, where the various gods are busy paving the way for a new emperor. The very basic facts of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life are ostensibly correct, but it takes a rather unexpected turn into traditional giant monster territory, with a Taoist priest summoning a gigantic red-haired ogre (amusingly referred to as ‘superman’ in the subtitles) to destroy our heroes, who are in turn rescued when a golden dragon (the animal manifestation of one of the deities from earlier in the film) rises from the ocean to do battle with said ogre
Producers Foo Hwa Cinema Co., Ltd.
Original title 朱洪武
Directors Hsu Ta-Chun, Ben-chuan Tang, shih hu, Wu Yi-Chiang, Chen Kin-Shan, Nie Chin, Tang Ben-Kuan, Lam Yee Hung
Writers lin yu-yuan, Tyrone Hsu

Cast

Wu Ho

as

Lan Yun

as

Fai Wan

as