Nan Shao Lin yu bei Shao Lin (1978)

Three North Shaolin teachers (Lu Feng, Chang Sheng, and Sun Chien) are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They ... See full summary »

Director:

Cheh Chang

Writers:

Cheh Chang, Kuang Ni

Stars:

Chien Sun, Sheng Chiang, Feng Lu

Cast

Credited cast:
Chien Sun	...	Su Fong (Whirlwind Kick)
Sheng Chiang	...	Yang Chung Fei (Butterfly Pole)
Feng Lu	...	Pao Sen Tsao (Chin Kan Palm)
Philip Kwok	...	Ho Ying Wu (Fishtail Pole) (as Kuo Chui)
Meng Lo	...	Chu (Mantis)
Pai Wei	...	Mai Fong (Wing Chun)
Lung Wei Wang	...	General Pu
Dick Wei	...	South Shaolin teacher #1 (as Tu Lung)
Tai-Ping Yu	...	South Shaolin teacher #3
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shen Chan	...	Grand Master Mai Qi
Chih-kuang Chen
Hung Chen
Miao Ching	...	Woodcutter Zhu
Mai-li Chou
Kuo-yung Hsia

Storyline

Three North Shaolin teachers (Lu Feng, Chang Sheng, and Sun Chien) are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general (Wang Lung Wei) kills the South Shaolin teachers and blames their death on the North Shaolin teachers. The South Shaolin master sends more of his pupils, who are killed accidentally by the North Shaolin teachers. He finally sends two more (Wei Pai and Lo Meng) of his students to train with old masters and trains one student (Kuo Chui) himself with the goal of finally defeating the North Shaolin experts.

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Plot Keywords:

shaolin

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Taglines:

Expert in the fine art of killing.

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

19 November 1978 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Unbeatable Dragon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Unbeatable Dragon is one of Director Chang Cheh's better offerings

If you are a big Chang Cheh movie fan this movie is one of his better directorial jobs. Somehow this movie saddens you because most of the major characters (the venoms) are pitted against each other. Because of a cunning plot by the Ching government North Shaolin and South Shaolin are against one another when they are really factions of the same school operating individually. Because of a court order the Ching government uses the best teachers from both the North and South Shaolin to train it's guards. A head Ching official arranges a contest at Ching headquarters to see which school teachers are superior to the other. North Shaolin proves to be far better in this friendly duel. The head Ching official then kills the 3 South Shaolin teachers and frames the North Shaolin teachers for their death, returning their bodies to South Shaolin. South Shaolin is now furious and sends 3 more students to try and defeat the North Shaolin teachers. Another "friendly" duel is arranged and tempers flare. Two more South Shaolin students are killed by North Shaolin teachers. Realizing that South Shaolin is obviously no match for North Shaolin the teacher appoints 3 more students to undergo intense training on particular styles to offset the strengths of the North Shaolin students. These training scenes are some of the best ever to grace the martial arts screen. One South Sholin student (Lo Mang) learns Mantis style, another student (Phillip Kwok) learns Lightskill and the Pole and the last student (Wei Pei, snake) learns a style that specializes in combat in close to the opponent. After they master these skills they are now ready to take revenge they swore to their dying master. At the last minute the two schools realize there is a plot by the Chings to destroy both the schools; but because they swore to their teacher they fight anyway. A classic martial arts film, one of the best Chang Cheh movies ever made. 8/10 on the scale.