A briefcase swap, three golden Buddhas, and a femme fatale who knows exactly what she's doing — 1966 Shaw Brothers chaos ensues.
Paul (Zhang Chong) is a businessman who gets caught up in an international espionage plot when he accidentally switches briefcases with a friend aboard a Singapore-bound plane. The friend turns up dead, and Paul discovers a small Golden Buddha inside the briefcase that contains a set of instructions. The instructions are only one of three parts, the other two being held in similar Golden Buddhas by Lo Wei (doing double duty as actor and director) and Lin Cui. When combined, the three Buddhas will lead the bearers to a buried treasure. But the nefarious Skeleton Gang is after the Buddhas, along with a buxom femme fatale (Fannie Fan) who isn't above showing a little skin to get her way. Luckily, Paul knows kung-fu, so the bad guys had better watch out!
Stunts
Pre-wirework martial arts with genuine athleticism
Production
Glitzy 1960s Singapore location shooting
Costume
Fannie Fan's wardrobe doing heavy narrative lifting
Director
Lo Wei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lo Wei directed AND played two separate Buddha-holders, essentially competing against himself for screen time.
This epitomizes Shaw Brothers' 'Yellow Peril inverted' phase — Asian heroes navigating globetrotting spy tropes previously reserved for white actors.
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