Shaolin Temple (1976 film)

Shaolin Temple aka Death Chambers is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh. It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and concerns their rebellion against the Qings, with an allstar cast featuring the second generation of Shaw stars David Chiang, Ti Lung, and Fu Sheng and the introduction of the Venoms. The film is a prequel to Five Shaolin Masters.

Elsewhere, escaped Ming soldiers Tsai Techeng Ti Lung, Hu Teti David Chiang, Yen Yungchun Szu Shih, and Ma Fu Yi Wang Lung Wei arrive close to Shaolin looking for a place to hide from the Qing. Hu Teti suggests they go to Shaolin and they are instantly accepted, which frustrates three more students trying to get acceptance into the temple, Lin Kwong Yao Kuo Chui, Huang Sung Han Lee I Min, and Hu Hui Chien KuanChun Chi. The three are eventually accepted and begin their obscure training. Tsai Techeng learns the wing chun style from a strange female monk and Hu Teti learns the iron whip. This forces Hai Hsein to secretly go to the court and report to Prince Hoo Lu Feng that Shaolin has been training new fighters.The Qing scheme to destroy Shaolin. Hai Hsein returns to Shaolin looking to recruit more traitors to set up the temple for a raid. All the accepted students become close friends and proficient in their kung fu, except for Fang Shih Yu who is unknowingly learning tiger boxing but is impatient. He keeps getting into fights with Ma Fu Yi, who is disgruntled with being at Shaolin. A mysterious figure at night perhaps his friend Ma Chaosing begins teaching Fang Shih Yu the tigercrane style and he defeats Ma Fu Yi in a friendly spar. This sparks the curiosity of Hai Hsein as he takes Ma Fu Yi under his wing and recruits him as a traitor. Things begin to go sour at the temple due to the treachery of Hai Hsein and Ma Fu Yi and it is eventually attacked by thousands of Qing soldiers, and an allout battle occurs at Shaolin Temple with only eight Shaolin devotees escaping the ensuing massacre. ........

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