Throughout the 70s however, the two abundantly talented men brought their expertise into the moviehouse, leaving audiences breathless, from their outstanding performances in action/adventure films: Parker, you might recall, played a sinister assassin in Revenge of the Pink Panther and Buckstone Country Prison; Han had parts in Billy Jack, Trial of Billy Jack and Kentucky Fried Movie. Separately they are sensational; together they are explosive, as anyone who sees them work in Kill the Golden Goose will agree. Released through Richard Gary's Ocean Park Releasing, Inc., in Santa Monica, California, Kill The Golden Goose promises to be one of the most highly acclaimed movies of the past decade, and perhaps more, important an example of the top-quality action/adventure film theatergoers can expect of the 80s. Parker again plays an assassin hired to eliminate key witness called to testify before a Senate Subcommittee. Han is the L.A.P.D. captain, determined that Parker will not fulfill his contract. What unfolds from the startling beginning to the sensational combat finish between Parker and Han is something action/adventure lovers won't want to miss.

Bong Soo Han is considered by many to be the most celebrated hapkido practitioner, in the world. He has spent over 30 years refining what is said to be one of the deadliest martial arts know to man. His training began in Seoul, Korea, under one of that country's most famous fighting masters; then later, his study continued in the seclusion of a Korean Buddhist monastery. There, Han learned fighting techniques never before seen outside the monastery walls. He incorporated these techniques into a system of his own and began training U.S. military, forces-which included the Green Berets.

On coming to the United States, he began work in films as a choreographer, a double, and then began to appear in feature roles. His unique skill was first seen on the screen in Billy Jack and Trial of Billy Jack, where his devastating kicks and unpredictable hand movements allowed him to combat a dozen men at once. Han has also appeared in the films Cleopatra Jones, Ketucky Fried Movie and his most recent release, Kill the Golden Goose. Currently, he is at work on a film entitled The Snow Tiger, a project he calls "very dear to my heart. It is a beautiful film."

For his role as the Los Angeles police captain in Kill the Golden Goose, Han admits he had no formal acting training. Producers feel, however, he has a natural ability and presence which dominates the screen. Han himself was satisfied with the finished product, and believes Kill the Golden Goose is an exciting contribution to the action /adventure movie market.

There is a quiet authority about Bong Soo Han. No movement or word is wasted. Students find a session with him to be not only a workout, but also a lesson in life. The masterful technician teaches in Santa Monica, California, working toward the advancement of his art and offering his pupils all aspects of martial arts discipline. In the opening of Kill the Golden Goose, Jim Anthony, with Ed Parker, has flown to Hawaii as a representative of. A multi-million-dollar conglomerate to hire Parker to kill three witnesses scheduled to testify before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee. The murders will not come cheap-Parker will agree to the deal for a cool three million.

Money changes hands and the contract is out. The assassin head's for the mainland to perform his task.

Meanwhile, Bong Soo Han is. Busy conducting his duties as a police captain for the Los Angeles Police Department. Word reaches him through the grapevine that Parker is in town, and Han is more than aware of the nature of the killer's mission. His work is cut out for him. The captain meets two young detectives on his squad.

Han is a recognized master technician in the martial arts. He will instruct George Forbes and Brad Von Beltz in his art as part of their basic training. They are aware, too, that killer Parker is an expert practitioner; they will be prepared. The hit man manages to elude Han and, his men, but how is the mystery. Two of the witnesses are murdered, and Han and his men are determined that the third shall not meet with the same fate. To protect the witness, Han moves him into his home. This way, he feels sure, he alone will be the one to face Parker when the time comes. His prediction proves to be correct. What he could not foresee was Parker's success in killing not only the third witness, but also his wife. Now, when he found him, Han would be after not only justice, bur personal revenge.

Kill the Golden Goose is a film filled with action and suspense from its startling opening to the sensational finish.

During the entire picture, Bong Soo Han and Ed Parker are called upon to demonstrate their phenomenal talents and abilities as masterful martial artists. They are supporting cast members, including writer Joe Hyams, an associate producer of the film. Han flashes a faultless side kick to a fellow member of the police department.

David Young portrays the senator hoping Han will find the assassin before he finds his witnesses; George Forbes serves as a member of the captain's undercover team; Ed Parker, after Han at last delivers the final "vital blow."

Han trains another young recruit street combat. The man behind the deal: Jim Anthony watches events from afar through the film. His boss, played by Walter Conklin. To describe his position would not do him justice. You must see the movie!

Golden Goose, according to executive producer Jim Anthony, is better than the stereotyped martial arts film. The picture, Anthony believes, has some of the most exciting hard-to-hand combat ever to be presented on the screen, so beautifully executed that even the most adamant anti-violence moviegoer could not help but be impressed. Surely, contends Anthony, I the film's sensational finish when Han and Parker finally come face to face must be one of the most masterful fight scenes ever choreographed.

Anthony head of Marina Del Rey-based Skytrain Pictures, Inc. has high hopes for the movie's success. Kill the Golden Goose is Skytrain's first theatrical venture, and Anthony has just as high expectations for its second action/adventure vehicle, P.S. I Love' You, now-in production.

Another case is closed, and Captain Han can sit back and reflects on what has happened, With the same cool detachment Bong Soo Han emanates in real life. He believes firmly in the age-old, yet basically sound adage, "patience is a virtue," which will eventually lead to success.

"Those who are patient in the trivial things in life, and practice control, will some time have the same mastery in great and important things," he says.

Bong Soo Han also maintains that life is to be lived in the present, neither in neither past nor future.

"The time it live is now," he tells his students, and practices what he teaches. Captain Han of the L.A.P.D. would surely agree.