Five Shaolin Masters
1974 1h 50m movie Film Hong Kong

Five Shaolin Masters

少林五祖

Five Shaolin Masters sits in the top 5% of Hong Kong films on this catalog — ranked #42 of 836 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

少林五祖

Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.

The 1973–1975 Hong Kong Window

24 Hong Kong films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Five Shaolin Masters sits at position #3.

  1. Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
    #1

    Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend

    ★ 9.0 · 1973

  2. The Golden Lotus
    #2

    The Golden Lotus

    ★ 8.0 · 1974

  3. Five Shaolin Masters

    #3

    Five Shaolin Masters

    ★ 7.5 · 1974

  4. The Man from Hong Kong
    #4

    The Man from Hong Kong

    ★ 6.9 · 1975

  5. The Flying Guillotine
    #5

    The Flying Guillotine

    ★ 6.7 · 1975

  6. The Fate of Lee Khan
    #6

    The Fate of Lee Khan

    ★ 6.6 · 1973

  7. Disciples of Shaolin
    #7

    Disciples of Shaolin

    ★ 6.6 · 1975

  8. All Men Are Brothers
    #8

    All Men Are Brothers

    ★ 6.6 · 1975

Other Titles From Chang's Film Company

The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Five Shaolin Masters premiered. 122 total titles in this decade from Hong Kong.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.5
TMDB Rating
24
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #42 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (95th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.2 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #18 of 516 (top 3%).

Production Details

Primary Country Hong Kong
All Production Countries Hong Kong, Taiwan
Original Language Chinese
Production Companies Chang's Film Company, Shaw Brothers
Runtime 1h 50m
Release Date December 25, 1974
IMDb tt0072991

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