Shaolin Prince (1982)
"Shaolin chuan ren" (original title)

Two princes are seperated by birth. One is raised by the Prime Minister. The other is raised by three mad Shaolin Monks. They both learn kung-fu. When they are 23, they meet and combine ... See full summary »

Director:

Chia Tang

Writer:

Jing Wong

Stars:

Lung Ti, Tung-Shing Yee, Jason Pai Piao

Cast

Credited cast:
Lung Ti	...	Tao Hung
Tung-Shing Yee	...	Wong Szu Tai
Jason Pai Piao	...	Iron Fingers
Feng Ku	...	Prime Minister Wang
Fei Ai	...	(Guest star)
Kuan-chung Ku	...	(Guest star)
Yu-po Liu	...	(Guest star)
Chia Tang	...	(Guest star)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kwok Kuen Chan
Shen Chan	...	Abbot
Yung Chan
Kuo Hua Chang
Tao Chiang
Chi Wei Huang
Pei Chi Huang

Storyline

Two princes are seperated by birth. One is raised by the Prime Minister. The other is raised by three mad Shaolin Monks. They both learn kung-fu. When they are 23, they meet and combine there forces to defeat the evil 9th Prince

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Plot Keywords:

shaolin | exorcism | chop socky | kung fu comedy | arhat monk | 

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Taglines:

The Master Executioner...The Dragon of Death!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin Cantonese

Release Date:

January 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Death Mask of the Ninja

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shaw Brothers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At no point do any ninjas actually appear in the movie.

User Reviews

Trial by 18 Monks

A cool film, no doubt, designed by the Shaw Bros. Superhumans abound, from the Ninth Prince and his iron glove whose two entended fingers can snap swords like bamboo, to an aquatic assassin who fights with two herringbone-cleavers, to the intertwined mass of the 18 Shaolin monks whose combined bodies create an unstoppable single fighter that protects the secrets of their Temple. You even have a Chinese exorcism, complete with possessed young girl slashing off heads with long needle-like claws, and this only a brief sub-plot.

The final confrontation alone, between the film's two young fighting heroes and the evil Ninth Prince, astride an ornate royal transom that turns into a sword-shooting, body-crushing battering ram, makes the movie well worth seeing. A groove.