Shaolin Temple (1976 film)

Shaolin Temple
Theatrical poster
Directed byChang Cheh
Produced bySir Run Run Shaw
StarringDavid Chiang
Ti Lung
Alexander Fu Sheng
Chi Kuan Chun
Wang Lung Wei
Kuo Chui
Music byChen Yung-Yu
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 22 December 1976 (1976-12-22)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesCantonese
Mandarin

Shaolin Temple, a.k.a. Death Chamber, is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh. It is one of the Shaolin Temple themed martial arts films and concerns their rebellion against the Qings, with an all-star cast featuring the second and third generations of Chang Cheh's stable of actors including David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chi Kuan Chun, as well as cameo appearances by several of the actors that would later become collectively known as the Venoms mob. The film serves as a pseudo-prequel to Five Shaolin Masters.