Five Shaolin Masters
(1974)
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Five Shaolin Masters
(1974)
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David Chiang | ... | |
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Lung Ti | ... |
Tsai Te-Chung
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Sheng Fu | ... |
Ma Chao-Hsing
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Kuan-Chun Chi | ... |
Li Shih-Kai
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Fei Meng | ... |
Fang Ta-Hung
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Lung Wei Wang | ... | |
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Ka-Yan Leung | ... |
Chien San
(as Liang Chia-Jen)
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Shao Chun Chang |
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Yi Kuei Chang |
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Chin Hai Chen |
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Shen-Lin Chen |
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Ti-Ko Chen |
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Yi-Hsiung Chi |
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Tao Chiang | ... |
Chen Wen-yao
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Wan Hsi Chin |
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The story is simple (Shaolin vs. Manchu traitors), but the effect was anything but, as the screen's most charismatic action actors team with a legendary director and revered choreographers (Liu Chia-liang and brother Liu Chia-yung) for scenes of unparalleled power. Written by Celestial Pictures
Cheh Chang directed this martial arts masterpiece (well, I thought it was when I was a kid) in 1975, and kids like me knew it by the title "5 Masters Of Death". I loved this film. I saw it on TV when I was in about 2nd or 3rd grade, and it changed my youth! Because it was after this film that I was being dragged into the Princible's office for trying to flex my Karate skills in the play yard! Of course I was one of those kids who made my own num-chucks, and bonked kids heads with them, until my parents made me dismantle my weapons of destruction. But until then, I thought my hands were illegal weapons. I can still recall the day my Mom picked me up from the school and took me to get a milk shake, while she proceeded to tell me "no more Karate! I'm throwing away your weapons!" and that milkshake went down my throat like a brick, as the tears swelled in my eyes. I know this isn't much of a review, but I want to convey the power this film had on my youth. I wanted to be a killing machine (but one of the good guys as well!), because this film burnt a hole in my young psyche. Like a lot of things, I did abandon my desire to learn Karate. But the film still nestles in a place of my youth, and I did finally locate a copy on video. Unfortunately my memory served up a far nicer looking print. The quality looked horrible! But the film was fun to watch again, and I might still learn Karate yet. I give it a 10, because it's fun!