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Release Date: 1982

Cast: Yu Chenghui, Jet Li

Categories: Movies, Martial arts, Chinese Movies

The Shaolin Temple is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Hsin-yen and starring Jet Li in his debut role. The film is based on Shaolin Monastery in China and depicts Shaolin Kung Fu. The film was the first Hong Kong production to be filmed in mainland China. A remake of the film was released in 2011 titled Shaolin and starred Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse and Jackie Chan. The film was set during the transition period between Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. The film opens with the scene of a novice about to be accepted into the Shaolin monastery. When the novice is asked about the... MORE

The Shaolin Temple is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Hsin-yen and starring Jet Li in his debut role. The film is based on Shaolin Monastery in China and depicts Shaolin Kung Fu. The film was the first Hong Kong production to be filmed in mainland China. A remake of the film was released in 2011 titled Shaolin and starred Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse and Jackie Chan. The film was set during the transition period between Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. The film opens with the scene of a novice about to be accepted into the Shaolin monastery. When the novice is asked about the vows of abstentions, the film goes into a flashback showing how he came to the Shaolin Temple; the novice was a conscripted laborer who was forced, with his father, into service of the warlord Wang Shichong, who ruled from Luoyang and assigned to oversee defences at a region near Shaolin monastery against rival warlords. Provoked into retaliating against harsh treatment, the father was killed by the guards, but the son managed to escape and found refuge in Shaolin Temple, and was given the name Jueyuan. In the temple, Jueyuan eagerly sought to learn martial arts in order to avenge his father. LESS