Invincible Shaolin
1978 1h 46m movie Film Hong Kong

Invincible Shaolin

南少林與北少林

“Expert in the fine art of killing.”

Synopsis

南少林與北少林

“Expert in the fine art of killing.”

Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general kills the South Shaolin teachers and blames their death on the North Shaolin teachers. The South Shaolin master sends more of his pupils, who are killed accidentally by the North Shaolin teachers. He finally sends two more of his students to train with old masters and trains one student himself with the goal of finally defeating the North Shaolin experts.

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Films and series that share thematic tags with Invincible Shaolin. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Shaw Brothers

Action + Drama in Hong Kong

136 Hong Kong titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Invincible Shaolin itself).

The 1977–1979 Hong Kong Window

Invincible Shaolin holds position #34 of 56 Hong Kong films in the 1977–1979 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Contract
    #1

    The Contract

    ★ 7.7 · 1978
  2. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
    #2

    The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

    ★ 7.5 · 1978
  3. Shaolin Rescuers
    #3

    Shaolin Rescuers

    ★ 7.5 · 1979
  4. Drunken Master
    #4

    Drunken Master

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  5. Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
    #5

    Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  6. Heroes of the East
    #6

    Heroes of the East

    ★ 7.3 · 1978
  7. Dance of the Drunk Mantis
    #7

    Dance of the Drunk Mantis

    ★ 7.2 · 1979
  8. Warriors Two
    #8

    Warriors Two

    ★ 7.2 · 1978

The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape

1978 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 22 titles released, including Invincible Shaolin. Bars below show how the 1970s stacked up year by year (122 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 21 other Hong Kong films in 1978.

The 108th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

29
Reviews
55th
Review-volume percentile
56th
Popularity percentile

29 audience reviews — more than 55% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 56th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
29
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #427 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #283 of 516 (top 55%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageChinese
Spoken LanguagesCantonese, Mandarin
Production CompaniesShaw Brothers
Runtime1h 46m
Release DateNovember 19, 1978
IMDbtt0077973