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Ninja In The Claws Of The CIA ( A John Liu Joint)
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Ninja in the Claws of the CIA | aka Kung Fu Emanuelle (1981) Review Posted on December 17, 2021 by Paul Bramhall “Ninja in the Claws of the CIA” Theatrical Poster AKA: Made in China Director: John Liu Cast: John Liu, Casanova Wong, Danny Lee, John Ladalski, Roger Paschy, Mirta Miller, Cheng Bik-Lin, Gam Biu, Raquel Evans, Jose Maria Blanco Running Time: 77 min. By Paul Bramhall It’s always interesting when kung fu stars decide to step into the director’s chair and helm their own starring vehicles, from the globe-trotting adventures of Bruce Le in the likes of Challenge of the Tiger and Bruce Strikes Back , to the self-proclaimed cool of Donnie Yen’s Legend of the Wolf and Ballistic Kiss . One kung fu star who decided to start taking control of his career in a relatively short period of time was super kicker John Liu. After his breakthrough role in 1976’s Secret Rivals , just 3 years later he’d created his own martial art – called Zen Kwun Do – and decided to showcase it by directing, writing, producing, choreographing, and starring in Zen Kwun Do Strikes in Paris . Playing a Hong Kong movie star who heads to Paris to rescue his kidnapped father, a “well known American aerospace sci…
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Ninja In The Claws Of The CIA ( A John Liu Joint)