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Cast

David Chiang Da-Wei

David Chiang Da-Wei

Monk Chi San

Lo Lieh

Lo Lieh

Pai Mei

Ching Miao

Ching Miao

Mr. Li

Ku Kuan-Chung

Ku Kuan-Chung

Tao Te

Lily Li

Lily Li

Wu Mei

Norman Tsui

Norman Tsui

Li Jin-Lun

Yang Chi-Ching

Yang Chi-Ching

Wu Chan

Chiang Tao

Chiang Tao

Tibetan Lama

Helen Poon Bing-Seung

Helen Poon Bing-Seung

Miss Jinbao

Si Wai

Si Wai

Emperor

Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan

Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan

Shaolin recruit Hong Xi-Guan

Chan Shen

Chan Shen

Dan Tian-Gang

Shum Lo

Shum Lo

Head Abbot

Yue Wing

Yue Wing

General Yue Ying-Qi

Chiang Nan

Chiang Nan

General Li

Sai Gwa-Pau

Sai Gwa-Pau

Stuttering servant

Wong Ching-Ho

Wong Ching-Ho

Wang

Jamie Luk Kim-Ming

Jamie Luk Kim-Ming

Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin

Wang Han-Chen

Wang Han-Chen

Magistrate

Ng Hong-Sang

Ng Hong-Sang

Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin

Keung Hon

Keung Hon

Li Ba-Shan

Lee Sau-Kei

Lee Sau-Kei

Rich man

Wong Chi-Ming

Wong Chi-Ming

Bandit

Hsu Hsia

Hsu Hsia

Soldier

Siu Tak-Foo

Siu Tak-Foo

Shaolin student

Chik Ngai-Hung

Chik Ngai-Hung

Bandit

Tam Bo

Tam Bo

Monk

Francis Kwok Si-Chi

Francis Kwok Si-Chi

Shaolin recruit Gui Jue-Qi

Lui Tat

Lui Tat

Rich Man

Tai Kwan-Tak

Tai Kwan-Tak

Traitor Monk

Huang Ha

Huang Ha

Soldier

Kong Chuen

Kong Chuen

Soldier

Lau Chun

Lau Chun

Servant

Gam Tin-Chue

Gam Tin-Chue

Rich Man

Lam Wah

Lam Wah

Servant

Wan Yiu-Cho

Wan Yiu-Cho

Soldier / Bandit

Wong Kung-Miu

Wong Kung-Miu

Servant

Fung Ging-Man

Fung Ging-Man

Man at Palace

Fung Ming

Fung Ming

Tony Lee Wan-Miu

Tony Lee Wan-Miu

Cheung Chok-Chow

Cheung Chok-Chow

Fong Yue

Fong Yue

Ting Tung

Ting Tung

Yeung Kei

Yeung Kei

Lee Hang

Lee Hang

Pan Yung-Sheng

Pan Yung-Sheng

To Wing-Leung

To Wing-Leung

Got Ping

Got Ping

Man Ngai-Tik

Man Ngai-Tik

Tam Ying

Tam Ying

Wong Chi-Keung

Wong Chi-Keung

Jang Il-Do

Jang Il-Do

Crew

Ni Kuang

Ni Kuang

Writer

Ho Meng-Hua

Ho Meng-Hua

Director

Run Run Shaw

Run Run Shaw

Producer

Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren

Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren

Original Music Composer

Hung Hak

Hung Hak

Assistant Director

Chan Fen

Chan Fen

Lighting Director

Liu Chi-Yu

Liu Chi-Yu

Costume Coordinator

Tang Tak-Cheung

Tang Tak-Cheung

Martial Arts Choreographer

Mona Fong Yat-Wah

Mona Fong Yat-Wah

Production Manager

Chiang Hsing-Lung

Chiang Hsing-Lung

Editor

Yau Kei

Yau Kei

Director of Photography

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Shaolin Abbot

19796.5 / 1084 min
Action

Overview

He is Judge and Jury... and there is no appeal!

While international favorite David Chiang was best known for his roles as a grinning, streetwise, fighter in many Chang Cheh-directed classics, he rarely played a noble warrior monk. But here he portrays the great Chih Shim, the monk who saved the Southern Shaolin Temple. Making this production all the more notable is Lo Lieh, Shaws' first international star, who returns to a role he also made famous - that of Shaolin renegade Pai Mei. This, and even more, makes for a true martial arts epic of the first order.