Shao Lin yu Wu Dang (1983) on Netflix
Master Liu teaches Shaolin kung fu and Master Law Wudang swordplay in one city. Chao Fung-wu and Hung Jun-kit, their best students, are close friends. The Qing Lord wants both styles.
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Plot summary
Master Liu runs a Shaolin kung fu school and Master Law runs a Wudang sword fighting school in the same city, and the two masters are rivals. Chao Fung-wu trains under Master Law and Hung Jun-kit under Master Liu, and the two are close friends in secret, though their schools are not. Jun-kit's sister Yan-ling has a crush on Fung-wu. When the two students fight at a brothel, soldiers of the local Qing Lord watch the match and report the power of both styles to their master. The Qing Lord judges the two styles dangerous and decides he must learn them, and he conspires against Master Liu and Master Law.
Cast
- Chiang Chen
- Liang Chiang
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Shao Lin yu Wu Dang (1983)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The East Coast hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan has cited the 1983 film as an early inspiration: founder RZA counts it among his favorite films, and RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard first saw it in 1992 at a grindhouse cinema on Manhattan's 42nd Street, founding the group shortly after with GZA.
- Wu-Tang Clan's debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) samples the film's English dub, and its title is an amalgamation of Enter the Dragon (1973), Shaolin and Wu Tang and The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978).
- Rapper Logic sampled the film in his song "Wu Tang Forever", from his album YSIV, which featured every Wu-Tang Clan member who was alive at the time of its release.
