Descendant of the Sun

Name: Descendant of the Sun
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Released: 16 Dec 1983
Rating: 4.10
Cast: Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Ku Kuan-Chung, Cherie Chung Cho-Hung, Lung Tien-Hsiang, Yang Chi-Ching

1983-12-16 Hong Kong 84 minutes.

4.10 4 votes

Action Fantasy martial arts solar eclipse superhuman strength

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Overview

Celebrated director Chu Yuan helms "Descendant Of The Sun", a Superman meets Hercules a la old style martial art film. Derek Yee is a magic solar baby sent Earthbound by a benevolent god, raised by an old carpenter, has martial art superpowers and "green kryptonite" loses them during solar eclipses. That's when the evil baby counterpart shows up. Demon-paced martial arts action by Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates Yuan Pin and Yuen Hua compliments Toho Studio style special optical effects.

Year 1983

Studio Shaw Brothers

Director Chor Yuen

Crew Chor Yuen (Director), Mona Fong Yat-Wah (Producer), Jackie Tang (Special Effects), Tong Kai (Martial Arts Choreographer), Yuen Bun (Martial Arts Choreographer), Yuen Wah (Martial Arts Choreographer)

Popularity 3

Language 普通话, 广州话 / 廣州話