Hong Kong Shaolin Martial Arts is a Hong Kong–Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
洪拳與詠春
After the destruction of the Shaolin Temple, the Chings are in control and send their best students to wipe out all of the remaining Shaolin practioners. They almost succeed, but two students escape. They learn various Kung Fu styles from different teachers to combat the Ching's two kung fu fighters.
Hong Kong × Taiwan Co-Production
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Shaolin Martial Arts. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Chang's Film Company
The 1973–1975 Hong Kong Window
Shaolin Martial Arts holds position #12 of 24 Hong Kong films in the 1973–1975 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Hong Kong Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Hong Kong, 122 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Shaolin Martial Arts premiered alongside 8 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 8 other Hong Kong films in 1974.
The 48th 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
12 audience reviews — more than 18% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 27th percentile among Hong Kong films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Shaolin Martial Arts, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- shaolin · 16
- 18th century · 14
- monk · 10
- martial arts · 369
- kung fu · 121
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #448 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (46th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #296 of 516 (top 57%).
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 47m |
| Release Date | August 3, 1974 |
| IMDb | tt0071619 |