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San chuang Shao Lin

  • 19831983
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 29m
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San chuang Shao Lin (1983)
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Shaolin Temple becomes suspect when several clan leaders are robbed and killed by the deadly Shaolin Palm technique.Shaolin Temple becomes suspect when several clan leaders are robbed and killed by the deadly Shaolin Palm technique.Shaolin Temple becomes suspect when several clan leaders are robbed and killed by the deadly Shaolin Palm technique.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
349
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
236,973
39,164
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    • Director
      • Chia Tang
    • Writers
      • Ke Huang
      • Yun Ling
      • Kuang Ni
    • Stars
      • Tung-Shing Yee
      • Jason Piao Pai
      • Phillip Ko
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    • Director
      • Chia Tang
    • Writers
      • Ke Huang
      • Yun Ling
      • Kuang Ni
    • Stars
      • Tung-Shing Yee
      • Jason Piao Pai
      • Phillip Ko
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    • 5User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Tung-Shing Yee
    Tung-Shing Yee
    • Lei Hsun
    Jason Piao Pai
    Jason Piao Pai
    • Qiao Yiduo
    Phillip Ko
    Phillip Ko
    • Abbot Jianxing
    Yu-Po Liu
    Yu-Po Liu
    • Yeh Ching-hua
    Feng Ku
    Feng Ku
    • Chief Lu
    Fei Ai
    Fei Ai
    Shen Chan
    Shen Chan
    • Head Abbot
    Siu-Wah Chan
    Siu-Wah Chan
      Yung Chan
      Kuo Hua Chang
      Kuo Hua Chang
      Wing-Cheung Cheung
      Ging-Man Fung
      Ging-Man Fung
      Pak-Kwong Ho
      Pak-Kwong Ho
      Pei-Chi Huang
      Pei-Chi Huang
      Wei-Tang Huang
      Hsin-Nan Hung
      Hsin-Nan Hung
      Feng Kuan
      Hoi-Sang Lee
      Hoi-Sang Lee
      • Kongxing
      • Director
        • Chia Tang
      • Writers
        • Ke Huang
        • Yun Ling
        • Kuang Ni
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      • Alternate versions
        The UK cinema version was heavily cut by 1 min 30 secs by the BBFC to remove all shots of nunchakus and a scene showing a live snake being skinned, and to reduce the stabbing of a man's hand and stomach with a sword.

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      SHAOLIN INTRUDERS – nonstop fight action from director Tang Chia
      SHAOLIN INTRUDERS (1983) was the second of three films directed by Tang Chia, a longtime fight choreographer at Shaw Bros. and early partner of Lau Kar Leung, who became a director in his own right starting in 1975. (The two men are generally credited with revolutionizing martial arts choreography in Hong Kong movies.) The plot here provides just enough string to tie together all the intricate fight sequences and, for the most part, they're pretty spectacular, involving all manner of exotic weaponry and virtuoso acrobatics and featuring some of the best kung fu talent of the era. The plot has to do with the mystery of who's killing off the members of four high-profile martial arts clans—Tiger, Wind, Cloud and Dragon. Two independent heroes, Lei Xun (Derek Yee) and Qiao Yiduo (Jason Pai Piao), decide to conduct an investigation to learn the identities of the masked killers, most likely because their female friend, Ye Qinghua (Liu Yu-po), who's hot for Lei Xun, has been accused of involvement in the attacks because her parents were among the Six Demons of Guandong slaughtered by the four clans in an ambush seen in flashback. The heroes recognize the blows that killed the Wind Clan members as the work of "Shaolin Jingang Palm," so they decide to interrogate the monks of Shaolin Temple.

      The Abbot of Shaolin (Chan Shen) agrees to allow the questioning, but only if the two heroes will first accept three challenges posed by the kung fu-fighting monks of Shaolin and their different formations. If the two prevail, then Ye Qinghua will be allowed to pick out the four killer monks based on her witnessing their escape from the Wind Clan's villa after the slaughter there. The challenges involve impressive formations of Shaolin men, including rows of stick fighters perched on each other's shoulders. Finally, it comes down to Derek and Jason fighting the Abbot atop a formation of wooden benches with the loser being the first one to touch the ground. While these challenges are fun to watch, they don't have much to do with the narrative and instead pad the storyline to keep us waiting for the key information the heroes need to proceed. Eventually, the monk who heads the Hall of Discipline freaks out at the prospect of rogue monks in Shaolin and throws quite a grievous and deadly tantrum. But it's not all over. Further revelations await, as well as a rather shocking betrayal.

      Derek Yee was already a dependable fighting hero in Shaw Films (DEATH DUEL, THE SENTIMENTAL SWORDSMAN, HEAVEN SWORD AND DRAGON SABRE) when he made this. Jason Pai Piao went back and forth between villain and hero roles at Shaw and plays a likable sidekick here who indulges in frequent drinking, gambling and laughing. Lead actress Liu Yu-po was new to me when I saw this although I've since seen her in other Shaw films including THE WEIRD MAN and PORTRAIT IN CRYSTAL. She has a better role in SHAOLIN INTRUDERS and she offers a strong, dark beauty and hard-edged presence. She didn't make a lot of films, though.

      Phillip Ko, always a formidable opponent in 1970s and '80s kung fu films, plays the monk, Jinxiang, who's next in line to become Abbot and he has numerous fight scenes here. Lee Hoi San, another familiar figure in kung fu films, plays monk Kongxing, who runs the Hall of Discipline at Shaolin and is the one who has the memorable meltdown over the identification of four monks as the killers. Ku Feng plays one of the clan chiefs. Future HK film star Elvis Tsui (ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS: BLOOD OF THE LEOPARD) plays a fighting monk.

      The storyline isn't the most compelling, but it does hold one's interest. The main reason for the film, of course, is a series of elaborate fight scenes involving multiple combatants and the film certainly delivers the goods. One early fight scene is filmed on a country road, but the rest were all shot on Shaw Bros. studio soundstages. For the record, the other films directed by Tang Chia were SHAOLIN PRINCE and OPIUM AND THE KUNG FU MASTER.
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      • Release date
        • October 6, 1983 (Hong Kong)
      • Country of origin
        • Hong Kong
      • Languages
        • Cantonese
        • Mandarin
      • Also known as
        • Shaolin Intruders
      • Production company
        • Shaw Brothers
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      • Budget
        • HK$3,440,390 (estimated)
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 29 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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