The Monk


Anyone know who played the monk who is in the first fight scene? Did he do any other films?

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I don't know but I was always fascinated by this monk. I think Tsui Hark wanted to show us what a violent and gruesome world is Dao's medieval China. In other movies the monk would not have die like that. He should have been a hero or an important death, in The Blade his death is almost anonymous and trivial while it's also a powerful scene who shows how much his killers are vicious scums

Omae wa mo shinderu

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It looks like Gordon Liu.
I'm not sure about his english name, but his chinese name is Liu Jiahui.
He acted in the series of Kill Bill. One role si Bai Mei(the old chinese taoist with all hair white).

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"It looks like Gordon Liu. "
That monk looked NOTHING like Gordon Liu. Gordon Liu was never as big as the monk in The Blade.

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