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Five Shaolin Masters (1974) [N/A]

Release Date:
December 25, 1974

Original Title:
少林五祖

Alternate Titles:
5 Masters of Death
5 Shaolin Masters
5 keravnoi tou karate
Five Brethren of Shaolin
Gigantes tou shaolin, keravnoi tou karate
Os Cinco Mestres de Shaolin
Shao Lin wu zu
Siu lam ng jo
Пять мастеров Шаолиня

Genres:
Action | Drama

Production Companies:
Chang's Film Company
Shaw Brothers

Production Countries:
Hong Kong

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18  HK: IIB 

Runtime: 110

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Art Direction:
Ku I

Assistant Director:
Wu Yueh-ling

Costume Design:
Li Chi

Director:
Chang Cheh

Director of Photography:
Kung Mu-To

Editor:
Kwok Ting-Hung

Lighting Technician:
Kuan Ying-Chuen

Martial Arts Choreographer:
Lau Kar-Leung
Lau Kar-Wing

Original Music Composer:
Frankie Chan Fan-Kei

Producer:
Runme Shaw

Production Manager:
Peng Shih-Wei
Chu Gang

Props:
Ho Chieh-Fu

Sound Recordist:
Wang Yong-Hua

Writer:
Ni Kuang

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