House of Traps

House of Traps
movie poster

Traditional	沖霄樓
Simplified	冲霄楼
Mandarin	Chōng Xiāo Lóu
Cantonese	Cung¹ Siu¹ Lau⁴

Directed by	Chang Cheh
Produced by	Mona Fong
Written by	Chang Cheh I Kuang
Starring	Philip Kwok Chin Siu-ho Lung Tien-hsiang Sun Chien Ngaai Fei
Music by	Eddie H. Wang
Cinematography	Tsao Hui-chi
Edited by	Chiang Hsing-lung Li Yen-hai
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

House of Traps is a 1982 Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh, starring the Venom Mob. The story is based on the 19th-century novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants.

Plot

When a corrupt prince arranges for the theft of a highly valuable jade antique the emperor dispatches his best men to retrieve it. The only problem is that the prince has hidden the antique in the infamous 'house of traps' from which no man has ever made it out alive. Royal investigator Sun Chien and his men mount a daring raid on the prince's birthday which results in the usual mayhem expected from a Venoms film.

Cast

Cast	Role	Description
Sun Chien	Yan Chunmin	Inspector
Lau Fong-sai	Yumo	Yan Chunmin's servant
Ngaai Fei	Zhao Jue	Prince of Xiangyang
Philip Kwok	Zhi Hua	"Black Demon Fox"
Chin Siu-ho	Bai Yutang	"Brocade-Coated Rat", 5th sworn brother
Chu Ko	Lu Fang	"Sky-Penetrating Rat", 1st sworn brother
Yu Tai-ping	Han Zhang	"Earth-Piercing Rat", 2nd sworn brother
Cheng Tien-chi	Xu Qing	"Mountain-Boring Rat", 3rd sworn brother
Chiang Sheng	Jiang Ping	"River-Overturning Rat", 4th sworn brother
Lung Tien-hsiang	Shen Zhongyuan	"Little Zhuge"
Yau Lee	Ai Hu	"Little Hero"
Lu Feng	Hua Chong	"Butterfly"
Wong Lik	Deng Che	"Sick Giant"

Production notes

House of Traps was previously considered one of the rarest Venom films, as it was only available on poor VHS and VCD formats. However, House of Traps was remastered and released on DVD 9 September 2008 by Image Entertainment . The DVD includes the original Mandarin language soundtrack with subtitles, as well as an English-dubbed soundtrack. The DVD is from the Shaw Brothers Collection series, which is distributed under the Celestial Pictures banner of Image Entertainment.

Despite the DVD release, the film falls under WTO regulations for fair-use and free distribution. Celestial's release is approximately 20 minutes shorter than the VHS and VCD versions, as many of the most damaged frames were cut entirely. The Celestial version of the film, under Chinese law, is materially different enough to be classified as a new work and is copyrighted as such. Only a handful of VHS originals are known to exist.

References

External links

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082174/

Shi Yukun's The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants

Characters

The Seven Heroes	Ouyang Chun Zhan Zhao Ding Zhaolan Ding Zhaohui Shen Zhongyuan Zhi Hua Ai Hu
The Five Gallants / Rats	Lu Fang Han Zhang Xu Qing Jiang Ping Bai Yutang
Kaifeng Court	Bao Zheng Gongsun Ce
The Imperial Palace	Emperor Zhenzong Emperor Renzong Empress Dowager Liu Concubine Li Kou Zhu The Eighth Prince
Other characters	Pang Ji Ding Yuehua

Film

Inside the Forbidden City (1965)
King Cat (1967)
House of Traps (1982)
Cat vs Rat (1982)
The Invincible Constable (1993)
Cat and Mouse (2003)

TV series

The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (1991)
Justice Pao (1993)
The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants (1994)
The Chevaliers (1994)
Justice Bao (2008)
Justice Bao (2010–2012)
Invincible Knights Errant (2011)
Sleek Rat, the Challenger (2013)
The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (2016)

Films directed by Chang Cheh

The Assassin (1967)
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Golden Swallow (1968)
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)
The Invincible Fist (1969)
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Dead End (1969)
The Heroic Ones (1970)
Vengeance (1970)
The Duel (1971)
Duel of Fists (1971)
The Deadly Duo (1971)
The Anonymous Heroes (1971)
New One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
King Eagle (1971)
Four Riders (1972)
Trilogy of Swordsmanship (1972)
The Water Margin (1972)
Boxer From Shantung (1972)
Young People (1972)
Police Force (1973)
The Blood Brothers (1973)
The Generation Gap (1973)
The Delinquent (1973)
The Pirate (1973)
The Savage Five (1974)
Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
Heroes Two (1974)
Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Disciples of Shaolin (1975)
7 Man Army (1976)
Shaolin Temple (1976)
The Shaolin Avengers (1976)
Chinatown Kid (1977)
The Brave Archer (1977)
The Brave Archer 2 (1978)
Five Venoms (1978)
Invincible Shaolin (1978)
Crippled Avengers (1978)
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1979)
Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
Shaolin Rescuers (1979)
Magnificent Acrobats (1979)
Flag of Iron (1980)
The Brave Archer 3 (1981)
2 Champions of Shaolin (1981)
Masked Avengers (1981)
The Brave Archer and His Mate (1982)
House of Traps (1982)
Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1982)
Five Element Ninjas (1982)
The Weird Man (1983)
Shanghai 13 (1984)
Ninja In Ancient China (1993)

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