Five Shaolin Masters

Dec 25, 1974

1h 50m

★ 7.3

Overview

Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Chang's Film Company

Shaw Brothers

Five Shaolin Masters Trailers

Cast

Hu Te-Ti

David Chiang Da-Wei

Tsai Te-Chung

Ti Lung

Ma Chao-Hsing

Alexander Fu Sheng

Li Shih-Kai

Chi Kuan-Chun

Fang Ta-Hung

Mang Fei

Chien San

Bryan Leung Kar-Yan

Chang Chin-Chiu

Fung Hak-On

Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe

Tsai Hung

Ma Fu-Yi

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

General Chen Wen-Yao

Chiang Tao

Kao Fung, Iron Face

Li Chen-Piao

Chang Yun (cameo)

Gordon Liu Chia-Hui

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