Characters & Themes
Shaolin Abbot (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 84 mins · Cantonese
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- Directed by
- Ho Meng-Hua
- Starring
- Chiang Tao, Norman Tsui Siu-Keung, Lily Li, Ku Kuan-Chung, David Chiang Da-Wei, Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
He is Judge and Jury… and there is no appeal! In this martial‑arts epic, David Chiang—famed for street‑wise fighters in Chang Cheh’s classics—portrays the noble monk Chih Shim who rescues the Southern Shaolin Temple. Lo Lieh returns as the infamous Shaolin renegade Pai Mei, adding star power to the saga.
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