Five Shaolin Masters poster
Writer Ni Kuang
Director Chang Cheh

Five Shaolin Masters

Original Title: 少林五祖

Release Date: 1974-12-25

Duration: 110 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Eric Tsang
    Patriot
  • Gordon Liu Chia-hui
    Chang Yun (cameo)
  • David Chiang Da-Wei
    Hu Te-Ti
  • Ti Lung
    Tsai Te-Chung
  • Leung Kar-yan
    Chien San
  • Fung Hak-On
    Chang Chin-Chiu
  • Ha Huang
    Patriot
  • Lau Kar-Wing
    Patriot Liu
  • Alexander Fu Sheng
    Ma Chao-Hsing
  • Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
    Iron Face's Underboss #1