Shaolin Temple (1976)
Reviewed by: hkcinema on 2000-07-09
I don't know if this was advertised as a prequel to FIVE SHAOLIN MASTERS, but it is, beginning with Fong Sai Yuk's (Alexander Fu Sheng) admittance into Shaolin temple. He and his pals train a lot and wonder about the mysterious rebels (Ti, Chiang, and Wang) who are staying in the temple. Sai-yuk leaves the temple for a while, then discovers the monks have been sold out to the government. He returns in time for the climactic, lengthy battle with the soldiers with ultimately ends with the Temple being burned and the cast of FIVE SHAOLIN MASTERS running off into that film.