

Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.
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Trailer
Five Shaolin Masters (1974) Shaw Brothers **Official Trailer** 少林五祖
Cast

David Chiang Da-Wei
Hu Te-Ti

Ti Lung
Tsai Te-Chung

Alexander Fu Sheng
Ma Chao-Hsing

Chi Kuan-Chun
Li Shih-Kai

Mang Fei
Fang Ta-Hung

Bryan Leung Kar-Yan
Chien San

Fung Hak-On
Chang Chin-Chiu

Tsai Hung
Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe

Johnny Wang Lung-Wei
Ma Fu-Yi

Chiang Tao
General Chen Wen-Yao
Li Chen-Piao
Kao Fung, Iron Face

Gordon Liu Chia-Hui
Chang Yun (cameo)
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