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Where to Watch Shaolin Abbot (1979)
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 as Monk Chi San
- Lo Lieh as Pai Mei
- Ching Miao as Mr. Li
- Eddie Koo Koon Chung as Tao Te
- Lily Li as Wu Mei