Thou Shall Not Kill ... But Once

Original title: Shao Lin sha jie

19751975
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1h 23m

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5.4/10

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The hero, Yao Hao, is a young man whose father, General Yao, was assassinated and whose mother was killed in an attack on the funeral procession. He survives the attack and winds up at a Sha... Read allThe hero, Yao Hao, is a young man whose father, General Yao, was assassinated and whose mother was killed in an attack on the funeral procession. He survives the attack and winds up at a Shaolin temple where he insists he wants to stay and become a monk after he's been forced to ... Read allThe hero, Yao Hao, is a young man whose father, General Yao, was assassinated and whose mother was killed in an attack on the funeral procession. He survives the attack and winds up at a Shaolin temple where he insists he wants to stay and become a monk after he's been forced to go through 49 days of meditation. His beautiful fiance pleads with him to come back with h... Read all

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- Yang-Ming Tsai
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- Yung-Hsiang Chang
- Kang Chien Chiu
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6/10

Chan Sing goes to Shaolin again

Kam Kong leads a massacre on a funeral procession. He then kills Chan Sing's widow mother to get the special sword. Chan Sing cannot even fight and is about to get killed when a tree suddenly explodes and saves him. He follows the monk to Shaolin Temple.

This is not your usual training sequence at Shaolin. This movie goes deep into the mind, to depths that will not be probed again until 2011 in Andy Lau's movie "Shaolin". For 1975 this was quite an epic attempt and the results were satisfying to this viewer.

This film seems to have been filmed in South Korea. What is passed off as Shaolin Temple is actually Jongmyo Shrine. This place of Korean kings was a popular spot for martial arts movies in the 1970s. Watch "The Secret Rivals" for the most views of this area in a martial arts movie.

This movie also seems to be titled "Ferocious Monk from Shaolin" in some of the old VHS releases. There is more than one review here (including mine) to clear that up. Be sure you know what movie you are watching.

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