Shaolin Temple (1976)

Original title

少林寺

Directed by

Chang Cheh

Genre

action film, martial arts film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Shaolin Temple monks rebel against the Qing dynasty. The film follows several martial arts heroes as they fight for freedom.

action-packedintenserevenge-filledfast-paceddramaticpatrioticbrutalensemble-driven

What happens

Shaolin Temple, a.k.a. Death Chamber, is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh. It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and concerns their rebellion against the Qings, with an all-star cast featuring the second and third generations of Chang Cheh's stable of actors including David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan Chun, as well as cameo appearances by several of the actors that would later become collectively known as the Venoms mob. The film serves as a pseudo-prequel to Five Shaolin Masters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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