War of God (1976 film)

War of God
War of God
Directed by	Chen Hung-min
Screenplay by	Lin Ching-Chieh
Produced by	Fu Ching-Hua
Starring	Yu Ming Lun; Tse Ling-Ling; Cindy Tang Hsin; Yu-Hsin Chen
Cinematography	Shen Chung; Jui-Chang Huang; Wen Hsiung Lai; Tzu-Jung Lin
Edited by	Fang-Jen Nan
Music by	Mou-Shan Huang
Production; companies	Hsing Hua Film Production Company; Tai Ji Film Company
Distributed by	Cathay Organisation (USA, Singafore)
Release dates	July 24, 1976 (Taiwan); October 23, 1978 (United States);
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Taiwanese

War of God or Gwan Gung Vs Aliens is a 1976 Taiwanese-Hong Kong science fantasy film directed by Chen Hung-min and produced by Hsing Hua Film Production Company. Special effects coordinator Koichi Takano provided effects for the film.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Mr. Chao is an elderly blind sculptor who is building a statue depicting the mythological deity Guan Yu. When the statue is completed, a gigantic version of Guan Yu appears to fight giant Martians, who attacked Hong Kong, before he destroys them with his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Yu Ming Lun as Chao Chun
Tse Ling-Ling as Li Yu
Cindy Tang Hsin as Chun Lan
Yu-Hsin Chen as Mr. Chao
Fei Lung as Guan Yu

References

^ "Gwan Gung Vs Aliens Remastered". Golden Horse.
^ ^a ^b "金馬影展重現亞倫帕克七部傑作奇片《關公大戰外星人》修復登台". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2020-10-18.
^ ^a ^b "彭浩翔數碼復修Cult片王千嬅、樂仔聲演關公大戰外星人". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2020-10-18.

External links

War God at IMDb

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[1] "Gwan Gung Vs Aliens Remastered". Golden Horse.

[:0-2] "金馬影展重現亞倫帕克七部傑作奇片《關公大戰外星人》修復登台". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2020-10-18.

[:1-3] "彭浩翔數碼復修Cult片王千嬅、樂仔聲演關公大戰外星人". Apple Daily 蘋果日報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2020-10-18.

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