Five Shaolin Masters (1974)

1974 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh

Released

25 December 1974

Country

Hong Kong

Language

Mandarin

Genre

Martial arts film

Director

Chang Cheh

Producer

Run Run Shaw

Music

Frankie Chan

Starring

David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-chun, Wang Lung-wei, Fei Meng

Running time

109 minutes

Distributor

Shaw Brothers Studio

Five Shaolin Masters (Chinese: 少林五祖), a.k.a. 5 Masters of Death, is a 1974 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, with action choreography by Lau Kar Leung and Lau Kar Wing.

The film focuses on Shaolin's historic rivalries with the Qing Dynasty. A pseudo-prequel, Shaolin Temple, was released in 1976.

More films directed by Chang Cheh

• The One-Armed Swordsman 1967
• Have Sword, Will Travel 1969
• The Invincible Fist 1969
• Vengeance 1970
• The Wandering Swordsman 1970
• The Heroic Ones 1970
• The New One-Armed Swordsman 1971
• Duel of Fists 1971
• The Deadly Duo 1971
• The Duel 1971
• The Water Margin 1972
• The Boxer from Shantung 1972
• Angry Guest 1972
• Delightful Forest 1972
• Four Riders 1972
• Man of Iron 1972
• Young People 1972
• The Blood Brothers 1973
• The Pirate 1973
• Police Force 1973

External links

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Facts from Wikidata Q644691 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.