The Magic Crane

On his way to a congress of kung fu masters, an initiate falls from a high cliff, only to be rescued by lovely Tien Lam (Anita Mui), who rides a huge crane. The rest of the movie features a battle between warring martial arts factions, an equally fierce rivalry between the two daughters of the Crane Master, the accidental empowerment of an unprincipled master after having eaten half of a secret scroll, a battle with an immense tortoise whose spleeny vapors save a group of poisoned swordsmen, lots of great aerial fights against nearly invincible villains, and the usual blood spurting from assorted mouths.

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Ma Kwun-Mo

Anita Mui

Pak Wan-Fai

Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam

Butterfly Lam

Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah

So Pang Hoi

Damian Lau Chung-Yan

Yat Yeung-Tze

Norman Tsui Siu-Keung

Lam Hoi-Ping

Jay Lau Kam-Ling

Lady Jade Flute

Lau Shun

Reverend of Tai Kok Temple

Vindy Chan Wai-Yee

Chun Ngor

Zhang Tielin

General Tsao Hung