Five Shaolin Masters

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Chang Cheh

Writers

Ni Kuang

Language

Chinese

Country

Hong Kong

Release date

25 December 1974

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  David Chiang Da-Wei

  Hu Te-Ti

• 

  Ti Lung

  Tsai Te-Chung

• 

  Alexander Fu Sheng

  Ma Chao-Hsing

• 

  Chi Kuan-Chun

  Li Shih-Kai

• 

  Mang Fei

  Fang Ta-Hung

• 

  Bryan Leung

  Chien San

• 

  Fung Hak-On

  Chang Chin-Chiu

• 

  Tsai Hung

  Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe

• 

  Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

  Ma Fu-Yi

• 

  Chiang Tao

  General Chen Wen-Yao

• Li Chen-Piao

  Kao Fung, Iron Face

• 

  Gordon Liu

  Chang Yun (cameo)