Burning Paradise (1994) on Netflix
NR19941h 44mActionAdventureFantasy
The Yongzheng emperor orders the Shaolin Monastery destroyed. Disciple Fong Sai-yuk and his teacher Chi Nun flee the Manchu agents hunting them, and a prostitute named Tou Tou hides the pair.
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Plot summary
Manchu forces destroy the Shaolin Monastery on the Yongzheng emperor's orders, and agents hunt the survivors. The young disciple Fong Sai-yuk gets away with his teacher, Chi Nun, and the pair find shelter with Tou Tou, a prostitute. The Manchu officer Crimson discovers them, and Fong and Tou Tou are taken to Red Lotus Temple, a prison for captured Shaolin practitioners. Its warden is Kung, a former general who works the inmates as slaves and rigs the building with traps to punish anyone who resists. Kung has made a Shaolin disciple, Hung Hei-gun, the foreman, and Fong ends up fighting him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Burning Paradise (1994)
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- Burning Paradise was in Hong Kong cinemas for only eight days, grossing HK$1,819,69 against its HK$23 million budget.
- Burning Paradise was Ringo Lam's only film set during the Qing dynasty; the director had wanted to make a wuxia film for years before accepting the project.
