Five Shaolin Masters
1974
7.5
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Five Shaolin Masters
1974
7.5
9.9K
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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.
Countries:
HK
Languages:
Mandarin
Runtime:
1hrs 50min
Status:
Released
Release date:
1974-12-25
Release format:
Theater
Apart from my difficulties keeping the myriad of characters apart and making sense of the plot, Five Shaolin Masters is a highly entertaining martial arts film. The fight choreography and the talent on display here is immense, and the final showdown is one of the best fight scenes I have ever seen. I only wish it could have been a bit easier to make sense of everything. The plot is convoluted and hard to get a grasp on, and there are so many characters that they tend to blend into each other and become hard to tell apart when referenced. Still very much worth the watch, though.