Five Shaolin Masters (1974) on Netflix
Qing soldiers burn the Shaolin temple, and five young fighters escape the destruction. Hu Te-Ti and the others agree to seek out fellow patriots and avenge their murdered comrades.
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Plot summary
The Shaolin temple falls to Qing soldiers, and five young fighters survive the fire: Hu Te-Ti, Tsai Te-Chung, Ma Chao-Hsing, Li Shih-Kai and Fang Ta-Hung. The five regroup and establish secret codes so that they and other patriots can identify one another. Each swears vengeance for the temple and for the comrades killed there, and they agree to enlist more patriots, then gather again to leave for the south, out of Qing reach. They also commit to finding the insider who sold Shaolin out to the Qing. The Qing general Chen Wen-Yao and his fighters are among the adversaries ranged against them.
Cast
- Li Chen-Piaoas Kao Fung, Iron Face
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
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- Action choreographer Lau Kar-leung considered leaving the film industry altogether to open his own martial arts school in the United States, but instead chose to keep working for Shaw Brothers, the studio behind Five Shaolin Masters.
- Choreographer Lau Kar-leung took credit for the Shaolin temple storyline of his films with director Chang Cheh, saying that Chang "didn't understand kung fu very well".
