The Heroes (1980 film)

The Heroes

Film poster
Traditional 俠骨英雄傳
Simplified 侠骨英雄传
Mandarin Xiá Gǔ Yīng Xióng Chuán
Cantonese Hap6 Gwat1 Jing1 Hung4 Zyun2
Directed by Wu Ma
Pao Hsueh Li
Produced by Ko Fei
Katy Chin
Chen Tian Ching
Written by Ni Kuang
Katy Chin
Starring Ti Lung
Shih Szu
Danny Lee
Michael Chan
Dorian Tan
Music by Joseph Koo
Wong Mau San
Cinematography James Wu
Distributed by Ocean Shores
Release dates
  • 23 October 1980 (1980-10-23)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Hong Kong
Language Mandarin

The Heroes, also known as The Shaolin Heroes, is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wu Ma and Pao Hsueh Li and starring Ti Lung, Shih Szu and Danny Lee.

Plot

During the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court views the righteous Shaolin Temple as an eyesore and sends a group of soldiers to destroy the temple, led by chief Ko Fei (Ti Lung), a former Shaolin disciple. After Shaolin was destroyed, all of its disciples were captured and detained. Although Ko made them work as hard labors, he was actually helping them increase their physical strength to refine their martial arts. On the surface, Ko seems to be working for the imperial court, but he was assisting his fellow disciples to recover Shaolin. However, his fellow disciples did not accept the token of his appreciation. Afterwards, the disciples fled and revolted before killing the Emperor (Michael Chan). At that time, Ko was also killed and his heroic deed was not known even after he died. Ko is considered a true hero who can tolerate the most insult and humiliation.

Cast

Theme song

Reception

J. Doyle Wallis of DVD Talk gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and a positive review praising it for having "one of the better plots in kung fu filmdom" as well as the action choreography and pacing.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "The Heroes : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video".
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