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Polly Shang-kuan Ling-Feng

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The Swordsman of All Swordsmen Trilogy (Joseph Kuo, Chien Lung, Ting Shan-hsi, 1968-1971)

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The Swordsman of All Swordsmen Trilogy (Joseph Kuo, Chien Lung, Ting Shan-hsi, 1968-1971)

Pretty Good Stuff: The Shaolin Invincibles and Seven to One (Hou Cheng, 1977 and 1973)

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Pretty Good Stuff: The Shaolin Invincibles and Seven to One (Hou Cheng, 1977 and 1973)

Return of the 18 Bronzemen (Joseph Kuo, 1976)

Return of the 18 Bronzemen (Joseph Kuo, 1976)

Probably the most confounding entry in the excellent Joseph Kuo boxset from Eureka. Not so much because of the film, which is certainly unusual, but because it is so obviously merely the first part of a multi-film story (despite its title it is not in fact a sequel to The

The 18 Bronzemen (Joseph Kuo, 1976)

The 18 Bronzemen (Joseph Kuo, 1976)

Finally an honest-to-God Shaolin film from Joseph Kuo, and of course it’s not one that has the word “Shaolin” in the title. Focusing on the Temple’s site as a center of pro-Ming resistance to the nascent Qing Dynasty, it otherwise follows a typical Kuo revenge plot: like in

The Shaolin Kids (Joseph Kuo, 1975)

The Shaolin Kids (Joseph Kuo, 1975)

Like Joseph Kuo's Shaolin Kung Fu, this has very little to do with the mythology around the Shaolin Temple, nor does it feature any kids, at least of the non-grown up variety. Nor is it a kung fu film in the vein of the Shaolin cycle Chang Cheh and Lau