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Shaolin Abbot

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Calorie Rating: 118
Released: 1979-07-11
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Studios: Shaw Brothers,


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.

Director / Directors

Ho Meng-Hua
Director
Hung Hak
Assistant Director


Cast

David Chiang Da-Wei
Character: Monk Chi San
Lo Lieh
Character: Pai Mei
Ching Miao
Character: Mr. Li

Ku Kuan-Chung
Character: Tao Te
Lily Li
Character: Wu Mei
Norman Tsui Siu-Keung
Character: Li Jin-Lun

Yang Chi-Ching
Character: Wu Chan
Chiang Tao
Character: Tibetan Lama
Helen Poon Bing-Seung
Character: Miss Jinbao

Si Wai
Character: Emperor
Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan
Character: Shaolin recruit Hong Xi-Guan
Chan Shen
Character: Dan Tian-Gang

Shum Lo
Character: Head Abbot
Yue Wing
Character: General Yue Ying-Qi
Chiang Nan
Character: General Li

Sai Gwa-Pau
Character: Stuttering servant
Wong Ching-Ho
Character: Wang
Jamie Luk Kim-Ming
Character: Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin

Wang Han-Chen
Character: Magistrate
Ng Hong-Sang
Character: Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin
Keung Hon
Character: Li Ba-Shan

Lee Sau-Kei
Character: Rich man
Wong Chi-Ming
Character: Bandit
Hsu Hsia
Character: Soldier

Siu Tak-Foo
Character: Shaolin student
Chik Ngai-Hung
Character: Bandit
Tam Bo
Character: Monk

Francis Kwok Si-Chi
Character: Shaolin recruit Gui Jue-Qi
Lui Tat
Character: Rich Man
Tai Kwan-Tak
Character: Traitor Monk

Huang Ha
Character: Soldier
Kong Chuen
Character: Soldier
Lau Chun
Character: Servant

Gam Tin-Chue
Character: Rich Man
Lam Wah
Character: Servant
Wan Yiu-Cho
Character: Soldier / Bandit

Wong Kung-Miu
Character: Servant
Fung Ging-Man
Character: Man at Palace







Production and Crew

Ni Kuang
Writer
Eddie H. Wang Chi-Ren
Original Music Composer

Tang Tak-Cheung
Martial Arts Choreographer
Chan Fen
Lighting Director
Liu Chi-Yu
Costume Coordinator

Mona Fong Yat-Wah
Production Manager
Yau Kei
Director of Photography