Martial Arts of Shaolin (1986)
1986 film by Lau Kar-leung
- Released
- 1 February 1986
- Country
- People's Republic of China, Hong Kong
- Language
- Chinese, Yue Chinese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Lau Kar-leung
- Screenplay
- Sze Yeung-Ping
- Producer
- Fu Chi
- Music
- James Wong, Romeo Diaz
- Cinematography
- Cho On-Sun
- Starring
- Jet Li, Yu Chenghui, Huang Qiuyan, Hu Jianqiang
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Production company
- Shaw Brothers Studio
- Distributor
- Netflix
- Budget
- HK$15 million
- Set in
- Qing dynasty
Martial Arts of Shaolin (Chinese: 南北少林, lit. "Southern and Northern Shaolin"), also known as Shaolin Temple 3: Martial Arts of Shaolin, is a 1986 action comedy-themed martial arts film. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film is notable for being the only collaboration between film director Lau Kar-leung and actor Jet Li. It was later released on Region 1 DVD by The Weinstein Company under the Dragon Dynasty imprint.
In the film, an orphaned boy is trained as both a monk and a fighter Northern Shaolin school. He eventually seizes an opportunity to seek revenge against the man who killed his family, choosing to infiltrate his enemy's birthday celebration. Meanwhile, a female martial artist orchestrates an assassination attempt at the same birthday celebration.
More films directed by Lau Kar-leung
- Deadly Strike 1973
- Challenge of the Masters 1976
- Executioners from Shaolin 1977
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 1978
- Heroes of the East 1978
- Shaolin Mantis 1978
- Dirty Ho 1979
- Mad Monkey Kung Fu 1979
- Return to the 36th Chamber 1980
- Martial Club 1981
- My Young Auntie 1981
- Cat vs. Rat 1982
- Legendary Weapons of China 1982
- The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter 1984
- Tiger on Beat 1988
- Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit 1989
- Drunken Master II 1994
- Drunken Master III 1994
- Drunken Monkey 2003
Nominations
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
Series
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1039395 (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.