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Iron Monkey
HONG KONG · 1993

Iron Monkey

Yuen Woo-Ping
masked vigilante corruption fighting Robin Hood archetype martial arts action physician protagonist
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Synopsis

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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