Member tick Posted April 21, 2019 Member Share Posted April 21, 2019 I'm trying to discover the name of a movie I watched as a young man in the 1970's in a cinema beneath a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, London. I do acknowledge that my recollection of events might not be accurate but I would be most grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction. The Plot The Shaolin Temple is attacked, most monks are killed and the temple is burnt to the ground by evil forces. I think five monks escape and go into hiding. They train for revenge and at the end have a final confrontation with those who attacked the temple at the beginning. I know many movies have this plot. The monks have distinctive skills and fighting styles. One had impenetrable skin, he soaks his skin in solution in a barrel. He has one week spot and was killed via that by his opponent stabbing his sword from below in his private parts. Another fought with a pole that he retrieved from the wreckage from the burnt temple. Another fought on top of wood poles and if you fall off those poles there are wooden spikes which will kill you. Another fought with a three-section staff. Many years have passed since my one and only viewing of this film and I would love to see it again. So if you can identify and tell me the name of the film please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chu Liu Hsiang Posted April 21, 2019 Member Share Posted April 21, 2019 Hello, is it possible that you mix up two movies? Plot sounds like FIVE SHAOLIN MASTERS. Fu Sheng fights on wood poles and has impenetrable skin (apart from that one spot) in SHAOLIN AVENGERS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tex Killer Posted April 21, 2019 Member Share Posted April 21, 2019 ^He is right, "he soaks his skin in solution in a barrel". that is definitely in Shaolin avengers while hiding+most other stuff mentioned 5 shaolin masters. So you need to see both movies which is not such a bad thing at all. You may want after those check out "heroes two" and "men from the monastery" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted April 21, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2019 Yep, that is a plot from 2 (3) different movies. 2 hours ago, tick said: The Shaolin Temple is attacked, most monks are killed and the temple is burnt to the ground by evil forces. I think five monks escape and go into hiding. They train for revenge and at the end have a final confrontation with those who attacked the temple at the beginning. Another fought with a pole that he retrieved from the wreckage from the burnt temple. Another fought with a three-section staff. That is from 5 Shaolin Masters. 2 hours ago, tick said: Another fought on top of wood poles and if you fall off those poles there are wooden spikes which will kill you. This is from Shaolin Avengers 2 hours ago, tick said: One had impenetrable skin, he soaks his skin in solution in a barrel. He has one week spot and was killed via that by his opponent stabbing his sword from below in his private parts. This part is from both Shaolin Avengers & Men From The Monastery. It is easy to confuse them as 2 of the main stars (Fu Sheng & Chi Kuan-Chun) are in all 3 movies and the movies follows (almost) the same theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tex Killer Posted April 21, 2019 Member Share Posted April 21, 2019 There was fight in top of poles also in either heroes two or men from the monastery. Indeed, easy to confuse them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted April 21, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Tex Killer said: There was fight in top of poles also in either heroes two or men from the monastery. Indeed, easy to confuse them. Yep, especially when the movies have the same star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tex Killer Posted April 21, 2019 Member Share Posted April 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, thekfc said: Yep, especially when the movies have the same star. Indeed...I remember from Shaolin avengers fights vs leung kar yan, impressive ending in similar style grass where 5 shaolin masters begin, fu sheng agrees to practice iron skin even as means to stay as virgin without hesitation etc...but I can`t remember was chi kuan chun complete fighter or did he train also.well, that should be good excuse to revisit movie... 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted April 21, 2019 Member Share Posted April 21, 2019 I agree with everybody ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member tick Posted April 22, 2019 Author Member Share Posted April 22, 2019 Thank you to all who responded. On reflection, I think I've mixed up Five Shaolin Masters and Shaolin Avengers. Its been fun watching these movies over the last 24 hours. Just goes to show that memories of over 40 years ago are not as accurate as you think they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted October 26, 2019 Member Share Posted October 26, 2019 Rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd just throw this here... I know I'm going to go "duh" when I find out the title, but I can't remember it for the life of me and it's been 2 weeks I've been trying to remember. What is the film where an ex-Shaolin monk is chained up in a cave and a monk comes daily to feed him. He has been imprisoned there by the monks for some transgressions. He is really wild and angry, but eventually teaches the younger one martial arts while he is still chained. Later he escapes and maybe is the leader of a gang or something, my memory is kind of blurry on the rest. At first I thought it was Jason Pai Piao as the monk, but I think I was mixing that up with his character in A Deadly Secret, and that the younger monk was Gordon Liu, but I think I'm wrong on both. I know this is going to be so basic... please be kind, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted October 26, 2019 Member Share Posted October 26, 2019 @panku, isn't it Martial arts of shaolin with Jet Li ? There are so many similar stories in movies that maybe I'm mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chen Hung Lieh Posted October 26, 2019 Member Share Posted October 26, 2019 53 minutes ago, panku said: What is the film where an ex-Shaolin monk is chained up in a cave and a monk comes daily to feed him. He has been imprisoned there by the monks for some transgressions. He is really wild and angry, but eventually teaches the younger one martial arts while he is still chained. Later he escapes and maybe is the leader of a gang or something, my memory is kind of blurry on the rest. This reminds me of Shaolin Wooden Men with Jackie Chan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted October 26, 2019 Member Share Posted October 26, 2019 And I wonder if the angry monk could be Kam Kong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted October 26, 2019 Member Share Posted October 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, Chen Hung Lieh said: This reminds me of Shaolin Wooden Men with Jackie Chan Yes, that is it! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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