Genres
Production Companies
Shaw Brothers
Five Shaolin Masters (少林五祖)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Chang Cheh
Writer: Ni Kuang
Producer: Runme Shaw
Director of Photography: Kung Mu-To
Top 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
Videos
Five Shaolin Masters (1974) - Trailer
