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Shaolin Abbot (1979)

Shaolin Abbot (1979)

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

Release Date: 1979, July 11
Directors: Ho Meng-Hua
Countries: Hong Kong
Production: Shaw Brothers
Cast: Sai Gwa-Pau, Eddie Koo Koon Chung, Gam Tin-Chue, Wong Chi-Ming, Hsu Hsia, Fung Ging-Man, Huang Ha, Tam Bo, Wang Han-Chen, Siu Tak-Foo, Jamie Luk Kim-Ming, Lui Tat

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

martial arts