Five Shaolin Masters (少林五祖) 49 years old

Five Shaolin Masters

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 (the traitor, played by Wang Lung Wei), 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.

Credits

Five Shaolin Masters Cast

Name Character
Ti Lung He was 28, now 77 years old as Tsai Te-Chung
Lau Kar-wing He was 30, now 80 years old as Patriot Liu
Johnny Wang Lung-Wei He was 25, now 74 years old as Ma Fu Yi
David Chiang He was 27, now 76 years old as Hu Te-Ti
Alexander Fu Sheng He was 20, 28 years old when he died as Ma Chao-Hsing
Leung Kar-Yan He was 25, now 75 years old as Chien San
Chi Kuan-chun He was 25, now 74 years old as Li Shih-Kai
Gordon Liu Chia-Hui He was 19, now 68 years old as Chang Yun (cameo)
Chiang Tao He was 32, now 81 years old as General Chen Wen-Yao
Lo Dik as Ma Chin-Yung
Chan Shen He was 34, 44 years old when he died as Chief Hong
Wong Lik as Li Ying Wu
Lam Fai-Wong as Manchu soldier
Lung Tien-Hsiang He was 20, now 69 years old as Lei Ben
Fung Hak-On He was 25, 66 years old when he died as Chang Chin-Chiu
Mang Fei as Fang Ta-Hung
Siao Yuk as He Fen
Tsai Hung He was 31, now 81 years old as Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe

Five Shaolin Masters Crew

Name Department
Chang Cheh as Director. He was 51 (79) years old when He died Directing
Ni Kuang as Writer. He was 39 (now 88) years old Writing
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Five Shaolin Masters (49 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, December 25, 1974
  • Runtime: 105 minutes