A Story of Lou Po-Wen(1971)

Tsu Hong Wu is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life that was obviously geared toward younger audiences. The tale actually begins in Heaven, where the various gods are busy paving the way for a new emperor. The very basic facts of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life are ostensibly correct, but it takes a rather unexpected turn into traditional giant monster territory, with a Taoist priest summoning a gigantic red-haired ogre (amusingly referred to as ‘superman’ in the subtitles) to destroy our heroes, who are in turn rescued when a golden dragon (the animal manifestation of one of the deities from earlier in the film) rises from the ocean to do battle with said ogre

Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

Director: Ta-Chun Hsu

Actors: Chun Yang, Lung Yu, Ching Chu, Ming Chiang, Kuang-Chao Chiang, Chiang Ting, Chien Tsao, Yueh Sun, Ming Tien, Meng Tien

Release date: 1971-02-18

Country of origin: Taiwan, Province of China

Length: 1h 51m