Five Shaolin Masters
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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.
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Cast
50 people
David Chiang Da-wei
Hu Te-Ti
Known for
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
The New One-Armed Swordsman
Chen Kuan-tai
Li Shih-Kai
Known for
Crippled Avengers
The Boxer from Shantung
Ti Lung
Tsai Te-Chung
Known for
A Better Tomorrow
The Legend of Drunken Master
Alexander Fu Sheng
Ma Chao-Hsing
Known for
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Legendary Weapons of China
Chi Kuan-Chun
Li Shih-Kai
Known for
Seven Swords
That Demon Within
Mang Fei
Fang Ta-Hung
Also in
The Young Tiger
The Prodigal Boxer
Bryan Leung Kar-yan
Chien San
Known for
Ip Man 3
Flirting Scholar
Fung Hak-on
Chang Chin-Chiu
Known for
Kung Fu Hustle
Ip Man 2
Tsai Hung
Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe
Known for
One-Armed Boxer
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Ma Fu-Yi
Known for
Twin Dragons
The Boxer's Omen
Chiang Tao
General Chen Wen-Yao
Known for
Return to the 36th Chamber
Executioners from Shaolin
Li Chen-Piao
Kao Fung, Iron Face
Also in
Shaolin Martial Arts
Na Cha the Great
Chang Cheh Director · Ni Kuang Writer Frankie Chan Fan-kei Composer
First release December 25, 1974 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China, Taiwan · Production Shaw Brothers
Production
Chang's Film Company
Production
Shaw Brothers
Production
Hong Kong SAR China · Taiwan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
少林五祖
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · December 25, 1974
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
September 10, 1980 · Theatrical
Germany
April 9, 1976 · Theatrical · West Germany
Netherlands
February 12, 1976 · Theatrical
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