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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.