He is Judge and Jury... and there is no appeal!
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.
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David Chiang Da-Wei
Monk Chi San
Lo Lieh
Pai Mei
Ching Miao
Mr. Li
Eddie Koo Koon Chung
Tao Te
Lily Li
Wu Mei
Norman Tsui Siu-Keung
Li Jin-Lun
Yang Chi-Ching
Wu Chan
Chiang Tao
Tibetan Lama
Helen Poon Bing-Seung
Miss Jinbao
Si Wai
Emperor
Bruce Tong Yim-Chaan
Shaolin recruit Hong Xi-Guan
Chan Shen
Dan Tian-Gang
Shum Lo
Head Abbot
Yue Wing
General Yue Ying-Qi
Chiang Nan
General Li
