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The Shaolin Warriors (2008)

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Original title
少林僧兵
Directed by
Raymond Lee
Cast
Cui Lin, Sammy Hung, Sammo Hung, Christopher Lee, Li Man, Qin Yan, Liu Ying, Luo Jia Xu
Genre
wuxia
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 34 episodes
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters

How it feels

During the Ming dynasty, a band of Shaolin warrior monks teams up with government soldiers to fight against Japanese pirate raids along the Chinese coast. The series follows their training, battles, and the alliance between the monastery and the imperial army.

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What happens

The Shaolin Warriors (少林僧兵) is a Chinese wuxia television series directed by Raymond Lee, starring cast members from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Set in 16th-century China during the Ming dynasty, the story is based on a legend of 30 Shaolin warrior monks who joined government forces in resisting the incursions by the wokou. First broadcast in November 2008 on CCTV-8 in mainland China, it is the first wuxia television series to filmed in direct collaboration with Shaolin Monastery and features some rarely seen martial arts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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