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Shaolin Abbot

6.5 84 mins Action   1979
Shaw Brothers  
Director(s): Ho Meng-Hua

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.

Casts of Shaolin Abbot

David Chiang Da-Wei

as Monk Chi San

Lo Lieh

as Pai Mei

Ching Miao

as Mr. Li

Ku Kuan-Chung

as Tao Te

Lily Li

as Wu Mei

Norman Tsui Siu-Keung

as Li Jin-Lun

Yang Chi-Ching

as Wu Chan

Chiang Tao

as Tibetan Lama

Helen Poon Bing-Seung

as Miss Jinbao

Si Wai

as Emperor

Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan

as Shaolin recruit Hong Xi-Guan

Chan Shen

as Dan Tian-Gang

Shum Lo

as Head Abbot

Yue Wing

as General Yue Ying-Qi

Chiang Nan

as General Li

Sai Gwa-Pau

as Stuttering servant

Wong Ching-Ho

as Wang

Jamie Luk Kim-Ming

as Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin

Wang Han-Chen

as Magistrate

Ng Hong-Sang

as Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin

Keung Hon

as Li Ba-Shan

Lee Sau-Kei

as Rich man

Wong Chi-Ming

as Bandit

Hsu Hsia

as Soldier

Siu Tak-Foo

as Shaolin student

Chik Ngai-Hung

as Bandit

Tam Bo

as Monk

Francis Kwok Si-Chi

as Shaolin recruit Gui Jue-Qi

Lui Tat

as Rich Man

Tai Kwan-Tak

as Traitor Monk

Huang Ha

as Soldier

Kong Chuen

as Soldier

Lau Chun

as Servant

Gam Tin-Chue

as Rich Man

Lam Wah

as Servant

Wan Yiu-Cho

as Soldier / Bandit

Wong Kung-Miu

as Servant

Fung Ging-Man

as Man at Palace

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