The Founding of Ming Dynasty

The Founding of Ming Dynasty (1971)

FantasyAdventure

The Founding of Ming Dynasty 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.

Director: Hsu Ta-Chun

Casts

	Peter Yang Kwan as
	Chu Jing as
	Sun Yueh as
	Ming Chiang as
	Tsao Chien as
	Su Chen-Ping as
	John Ting as
	Wu Ho as
	Shu-chu Chen as
	Yu Lung as
	Chiang Kuang-Chao as
	Yen Chung as
	Lan Yun as
	Chiang Tao as
	Fai Wan as
	Wang Sun as
	Tien Meng as
	Wang Yuan-Bao as
	Ting Chung as
	Yang Lieh as
	Bao Hsiao as
	Ming Tien as
	Tsai Hung as
	Hou Hsiao-Ti as
	Chien-Ping Chen as
	Hui Man-Chuen as
	Cheung Ching-Diy as
	Man-Li Hao as
	Min Kang-Fu as
	Chen Tsai-Hsing as
	Chen Yong-Chong as
	Lu Yueh-E as
	Chiang Yang as
	Pan Chuan-Ling as

Crew