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The Eight-Trigram Lotus Palm

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Director: 刘中明,马世达
Cast: 张国立 · 罗静 · 董慧 · 路峻 · 周扬霆 · 冷剑

Storyline

In the early days after liberation, a provincial martial arts team arrives in a small town to train for the first National Wushu Exhibition. One day, young martial artist Xiao Gang is attacked by a tiger in the forest, and an old man drops from a tree and kills the tiger with one palm strike. Seeing the tiger's shattered skull, Xiao Gang's mother—Wang Lan, head of the provincial sports committee's martial arts division—concludes that the palm technique is the long-lost 'Eight-Trigram Lotus Palm.' While searching for the tiger killer, Wang Lan discovers three graves with tombstones for Wang Lifeng, Wang Lanying and Mai Geng, and Chen Zhao, all masters of the Eight-Trigram Lotus Palm. Memories flood back: Wang Lan is actually Wang Lanying, and Wang Lifeng was her grandfather. Over twenty years earlier, Wang Lifeng took in two wandering youths, Mai Geng and Chen Zhao, as disciples. Years later, Mai Geng mastered the secret technique. After Wang Lifeng was murdered, Mai Geng and Chen Zhao sought revenge, and Mai Geng killed the culprit with one palm strike. In the chaos, the three disciples were separated. Mai Geng, ill and stranded, was taken in by the evil Luo Yuanpu and, unaware of the truth, agreed to fight for him. That night, Mai Geng killed a rival boxer on the dike, only to discover it was Chen Zhao. Overcome with guilt, Mai Geng withdrew into the mountains. Wang Lan deduces the tiger killer is her husband and, with help from locals, finally finds Mai Geng's hut and embraces her long-lost loved one.