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.
as Monk Chi San
as Pai Mei
as Mr. Li
as Tao Te
as Wu Mei
as Li Jin-Lun
as Wu Chan
as Tibetan Lama
as Miss Jinbao
as Emperor
as Shaolin recruit Hong Xi-Guan
as Dan Tian-Gang
as Head Abbot
as General Yue Ying-Qi
as General Li
as Stuttering servant
as Wang
as Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin
as Magistrate (uncredited)
as Shaolin recruit Gong Qian-Jin
as Li Ba-Shan
as Rich man
as Bandit
as Soldier
as Shaolin student
as Bandit
as Monk
as Shaolin recruit Gui Jue-Qi
as Rich Man
as Traitor Monk
as Soldier
as Soldier
as Servant
as Rich Man
as Servant
as Soldier / Bandit
as Servant
as Man at Palace
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
