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My DVD has subtitles, but either they said $500 or I misread them.


* WantedPoster: The government prints one offering ¥500 (or $500 in the English language dub), more than most people make in a year, for information on Li's resistance group. [[spoiler:One follower gives in to greed and snitches.]]

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* WantedPoster: The government prints one offering ¥500 (or $500 in the some English language dub), versions), more than most people make in a year, for information on Li's resistance group. [[spoiler:One follower gives in to greed and snitches.]]
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In Japanese-occupied Korea, Li Jundong (Jhoon Rhee) is the leader of a Korean resistance movement. He is living in the guise of a gardener working for the French priest Father Louis (Andre E. Morgan) and his niece Mary (Anne Winton). When follower Zhengzhi (Carter Wong) inadvertently blows Li's cover, Louis is taken prisoner by the villainous Bansan Karate School. Li, Zhengzhi, and Mary evade capture and try to rescue Louis, with the help of Huang Li Chen (Creator/AngelaMao), a Chinese woman trained in hapkido.

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In Japanese-occupied Korea, Li Jundong (Jhoon Rhee) is the leader of a Korean resistance movement. He is living in the guise of a gardener working for the French priest Father Louis (Andre E. Morgan) and his niece Mary (Anne Winton). When follower Zhengzhi (Carter Wong) inadvertently blows Li's cover, Louis is taken prisoner by the villainous Bansan Karate School.School (known as the Yokoyama dojo in some versions of the film; its members include a character played by Creator/SammoHung). Li, Zhengzhi, and Mary evade capture and try to rescue Louis, with the help of Huang Li Chen (Creator/AngelaMao), a Chinese woman trained in hapkido.
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The subtitles on the Eureka Blu-ray say the sum is 500 yen.


* WantedPoster: The government prints one offering $500, more than most people make in a year, for information on Li's resistance group. [[spoiler:One follower gives in to greed and snitches.]]

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* WantedPoster: The government prints one offering $500, ¥500 (or $500 in the English language dub), more than most people make in a year, for information on Li's resistance group. [[spoiler:One follower gives in to greed and snitches.]]
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* SlowMotion: Used in one shot of Huang beating SammoHung's villain chaarcter.

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* SlowMotion: Used in one shot of Huang beating SammoHung's Creator/SammoHung's villain chaarcter.

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Not bullet-time as there's no normal speed camera movement. It's just plain old slow-mo!


* BulletTime: Used in one shot of Huang beating one of the villains.


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* SlowMotion: Used in one shot of Huang beating SammoHung's villain chaarcter.
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* NoNameGiven: With the exception of Lieutenant Makibayashi (Wong Fung), none of the Japanese characters are named. The actors have credits like "Japanese" and "Japanese leader."

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* NoNameGiven: With the exception of Lieutenant Makibayashi (Wong Fung), Fung) and Yokohama (Ken Kazama), none of the Japanese characters are named. The actors have credits like "Japanese" and "Japanese leader."
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In Japan-occupied Korea, Li Jundong (Jhoon Rhee) is the leader of a Korean resistance movement. He is living in the guise of a gardener working for the French priest Father Louis (Andre E. Morgan) and his niece Mary (Anne Winton). When follower Zhengzhi (Carter Wong) inadvertently blows Li's cover, Louis is taken prisoner by the villainous Bansan Karate School. Li, Zhengzhi, and Mary evade capture and try to rescue Louis, with the help of Huang Li Chen (Creator/AngelaMao), a Chinese woman trained in hapkido.

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In Japan-occupied Japanese-occupied Korea, Li Jundong (Jhoon Rhee) is the leader of a Korean resistance movement. He is living in the guise of a gardener working for the French priest Father Louis (Andre E. Morgan) and his niece Mary (Anne Winton). When follower Zhengzhi (Carter Wong) inadvertently blows Li's cover, Louis is taken prisoner by the villainous Bansan Karate School. Li, Zhengzhi, and Mary evade capture and try to rescue Louis, with the help of Huang Li Chen (Creator/AngelaMao), a Chinese woman trained in hapkido.
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* WithMyHandsTied: Li wipes the floor with the Japanese mooks, even while his wrists are chained.
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* TeamHandStack: Li tells Huang, "I hope you will join us." Huang puts her hand on his and says, "We share a common enemy!" They stack all four of their hands.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Zhengzhi blames himself for [[spoiler:Huang's mother's death]], as his attempts at investigating the disappearance of Korean women drew the attention of the Bansan Karate School. Huang tells him, "I don't blame you. The Japanese have always been a menace to society. I will seek their comeuppance."
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* WhipPan: Used to transition from Li realizing that Mary has suddenly gone missing, to Mary at the Bansan Karate School.
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* StaircaseTumble: Huang flips a goon over her shoulder and hurls him downstairs.
* TaeKwonDoor: Huang pushes one villain behind a door and hits him with it.
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* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: When one of the villains draws a sword on Huang, she disarms him, then throws his sword away so it sticks in a tree. Then she backs him against the tree and uses his sword to kill him. Later, a room full of men with swords attacks her, and she effortlessly beats up most of them.
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* WantedPoster: The government prints one offering $500, more than most people make in a year, for information on Li's resistance group. [[spoiler:One follower gives in to greed and snitches.]]
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* BulletTime: Used in one shot of Huang beating one of the villains.
* ChainPain: Li is chained to a beam. After he saws through the wood with the chain, he uses it as a whip against his captors, and at one point almost strangles one of them with it.
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* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:After Li is taken prisoner by the Bansan Karate School, his students must rescue him.]]
* ManlyTears: Li dabs at his eyes at [[spoiler:Huang's mother's funeral]].

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* BitchSlap: The Japanese villains are very fond of doing this to Koreans.



* NoNameGiven: With the exception of Lieutenant Makibayashi (Wong Fung), none of the Japanese villains are named. The actors have credits like "Japanese" and "Japanese leader."

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* {{Nephewism}}: It's never stated why Mary lives with her uncle, only that she's his last remaining relative.
* NoNameGiven: With the exception of Lieutenant Makibayashi (Wong Fung), none of the Japanese villains characters are named. The actors have credits like "Japanese" and "Japanese leader.""
* PrisonerExchange: [[spoiler:Li offers himself in exchange for Louis. Naturally, the Japanese kill Louis as soon as Li is in their grasp.]]
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''When Taekwondo Strikes'', also known as ''Sting of the Dragon Masters'' and ''Taekwondo Heroes'', is a 1973 martial arts movie written and directed by Feng Huang.

In Japan-occupied Korea, Li Jundong (Jhoon Rhee) is the leader of a Korean resistance movement. He is living in the guise of a gardener working for the French priest Father Louis (Andre E. Morgan) and his niece Mary (Anne Winton). When follower Zhengzhi (Carter Wong) inadvertently blows Li's cover, Louis is taken prisoner by the villainous Bansan Karate School. Li, Zhengzhi, and Mary evade capture and try to rescue Louis, with the help of Huang Li Chen (Creator/AngelaMao), a Chinese woman trained in hapkido.
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!!''When Taekwondo Strikes'' contains examples of:
* {{Blackmail}}: Mary threatened to tell Louis about Li's secret identity if he didn't teach her Taekwondo.
* NoNameGiven: With the exception of Lieutenant Makibayashi (Wong Fung), none of the Japanese villains are named. The actors have credits like "Japanese" and "Japanese leader."
* LaResistance: Li's followers live in a group of huts in the countryside, where he trains them in Taekwondo.
* ATasteOfTheLash: In the basement of the Bansan Karate School, Japanese spies whip their captives on the chest and stomach.
* ThugDojo: The Bansan Karate School is a more extreme example than most - they're a front of the Japanese Secret Service, and they kidnap Korean women for use as [[SexSlave comfort women]].
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