Shaolin Martial Arts
1974 1h 47m movie Film Hong Kong

Shaolin Martial Arts

洪拳與詠春

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

Hong Kong (lead)Taiwan

Other Hong Kong×Taiwan titles

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.

  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

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.

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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
Reviews
18th
Review-volume percentile
27th
Popularity percentile

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.

Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • shaolin · 16
  • 18th century · 14
  • monk · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • martial arts · 369
  • kung fu · 121

Reception Benchmarks

6.3
TMDB Rating
12
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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 CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, Taiwan
Original LanguageChinese
Production CompaniesChang's Film Company, Shaw Brothers
Runtime1h 47m
Release DateAugust 3, 1974
IMDbtt0071619