Hong Kong The Invincible Armour is a Hong Kong–Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
鷹爪鐵布衫
Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is an expert in it as well as the Eagle Claw's. Can John stop Hwang before it's too late?
Hong Kong × Taiwan Co-Production
Other Hong Kong×Taiwan titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Invincible Armour. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Thriller + Action in Hong Kong
121 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Invincible Armour itself).
The 1976–1978 Hong Kong Window
The Invincible Armour holds position #14 of 52 Hong Kong films in the 1976–1978 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Invincible Armour premiered alongside 11 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 11 other Hong Kong films in 1977.
The 82nd Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
26 audience reviews — more than 51% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity (71th percentile) outruns review volume (51th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Invincible Armour, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- wanted man · 1
- martial arts · 369
- revenge · 210
- kung fu · 121
- assassin · 47
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #297 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.
Among Hong Kong Thriller productions specifically: #67 of 179 (top 37%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Hong Kong, Taiwan |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Lai Wah Film Company |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | June 29, 1977 |
| IMDb | tt0076939 |