Invincible Shaolin
6.4/10
Rating
106 min
Runtime
1978
Release Year
Chang Cheh
Director
Cast
Sun Chien, Chiang Sheng, Lu Feng, Johnny Wang Lung-Wei, Suen Shu-Pei
Quick Synopsis
In this story set during a period of conflict between the North and South Shaolin schools, three teachers from the North Shaolin are summoned by the ruling Manchu authorities to train their soldiers and are encouraged to challenge the South Shaolin teachers. After defeating the South Shaolin teachers in combat, the head general secretly kills the South Shaolin teachers that night and falsely accuses the North Shaolin teachers of the murders. In response, the South Shaolin master sends more students to confront the North Shaolin teachers, but these students are accidentally killed by them. Determined to overcome the North Shaolin experts, the South Shaolin master then sends two more students to train with elderly masters while personally training another student, all with the aim of finally defeating the North Shaolin fighters.
Detailed Synopsis of Invincible Shaolin
Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general kills the South Shaolin teachers and blames their death on the North Shaolin teachers. The South Shaolin master sends more of his pupils, who are killed accidentally by the North Shaolin teachers. He finally sends two more of his students to train with old masters and trains one student himself with the goal of finally defeating the North Shaolin experts.
