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22 December 1976 (Hong Kong)
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The Shaolin Temple is the last place to resist defeat by the Manchu Dynasty, mostly because of their unique fighting style...
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Remember the Shaolin Temple!
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(Credited cast) | Sheng Fu | ... | Fang Shih Yu |
| Kuan-Chun Chi | ... | Hu Hui Chien |
| Lung Ti | ... | Tsai Te-cheng |
| David Chiang | ... | Hu Te-ti |
| Philip Kwok | ... | Lin Kwong-yao (as Kuo Chui) |
| Lung Wei Wang | ... | Ma Fu Yi |
| Szu Shih | ... | Yen Yung-chun |
| Sheng Chiang | ... | Men Yu |
| Feng Lu | ... | Prince Hoo (as Chao Kuo-sheng) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kuo Sheng Chao | ||
| Wei Chao | ||
| Nan Chiang | ||
| Li Jen Ho | ||
| Kai Kang | ... | Manchu Officer |
| Feng Ku | ... | Man Kuei |
| Wen Chung Ku | ... | Abbot Fang |
| Fai Wong Lam | ||
| Tony Liu | ... | Ma Chao-hsing (as Liu Yung) |
| Yi-min Li | ... | Huang Sung Han |
| Meng Lo | ... | Junior monk |
| Jamie Luk | (as Lu Chien Ming) | |
| Wei Lu | ||
| Mao Shan | ... | Hai Hsien |
| Lao Shen | ||
| Chung Tien Shih | ||
| Robert Tai | ... | Ching broadsword fighter |
| Yan Tsan Tang | ... | Chu Tu |
| Hung Tsai | ... | Manchu enforcer |
| Chung Wang | ... | Fang Tai-hung |
| Han Chen Wang | ||
| Hung Wei | ... | Hung Hsi Kuan |
| Ching Wong | ||
| Chi Sang Wong | ||
| Stephan Yip | (as Yeh Tien-hsing) | |
| Hua Yueh | ... | Li Shih-kai |
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Death Chamber (USA) (dubbed version)
Shaolin Temple (Hong Kong: English title) (original subtitled version)
Siu Lam ji (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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Shaolin Temple (Hong Kong: English title) (original subtitled version)
Siu Lam ji (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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USA:126 min | West Germany:84 min
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Referenced in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
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Chang Cheh's "Shaolin Temple" might very well be the highwater mark of the Shaw Brothers martial arts film cycle. This rousing kung fu epic boasts an amazing cast - a veritable who's who of the Shaw stable. Though the plot is fairly standard and the fight choreography is superb as usual, it is Cheh's handling of the subject matter that makes this film remarkable and enjoyable. The sense of reverence displayed for the history and traditions of the Shaolin Temple is palpable in every frame. Not unlike William Keighley's paean to the fabled Fighting 69th in that same self titled film or John Ford's salute to West Point in "The Long Gray Line," Cheh's "Shaolin Temple" is a lovingly crafted ode in that same style.
The cultural correlation I am tempted to make, is to compare the Shaolin Temple to the Alamo. Watching this film will give the same admiring and nostalgic feelings that you experienced many years ago in grade school history when you learned of the courage and sacrifice of those doomed heroes of the Alamo. At the end of the film, you too might be tempted to call out, Remember the Shaolin Temple!