Five Shaolin Masters
7.2/10
Rating
110 min
Runtime
1974
Release Year
Chang Cheh
Director
Cast
David Chiang Da-Wei, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-Chun, Mang Fei
Quick Synopsis
After the Qing soldiers destroy the Shaolin Temple, Hu Te and four other survivors escape the burning building. The group decides to create secret codes to recognize fellow patriots and recruit them, with the goal of regrouping and fleeing south to avoid Qing forces. They also aim to uncover the traitor responsible for betraying the Shaolin Temple. Meanwhile, Ma Fu Yi joins the Qing's elite fighters to hunt down the rebels, but his plans are uncovered by Ma Chao-Tsing, who is subsequently captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu Te then encounters a group of Shaolin men disguised as bandits and works with them to rescue Ma Chao-Tsing. During the rescue, the bandit leader is killed, and the bandits choose to join the Shaolin patriots in their fight against the Qing.
Detailed Synopsis of 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, 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.
