If you like Kungfu but don't know which movie to start with, this one is it. It was released in 1982, immediately hitting 0.16 billion RMB for 0.1 RMB per ticket in China, 4 billion Yen in Japan, and next year 5 billion Won in south Korea. Numerous young people started to practice Kungfu due to this movie. People all around the world knew better about Kungfu and Shaolin Temple and Jet Li.
Jet Li was only 17 when he was picked and screened to "be" Jueyuan, the "junior" kung-fu monk. He just won the championships in china's kung-fu tournament for five straight years before it. Director Chang Hsin Yen finally decided to collaborate with Jet to show what a real kung-fu and the resilient spirit from each Kungfu practicer is to the whole world. The Eighteen Guardians of the Faith in Shao Lin Si were all Kungfu masters each with their own unique expertise (e.g., Eagle Claw). They designed almost all their own moves in the fighting scenes based on their years' kung-fu practice. You won't see this in other movies. The theme of the movie is not only about how kung-fu moves are smooth and enjoying, but also how people become resilient and perserverent after years' hard practice and how they use it to protect what they believe in, which is their families and their homeland.
Remember it's an old movie released in 1982 then you won't over expect the picture quality.
Jet Li was only 17 when he was picked and screened to "be" Jueyuan, the "junior" kung-fu monk. He just won the championships in china's kung-fu tournament for five straight years before it. Director Chang Hsin Yen finally decided to collaborate with Jet to show what a real kung-fu and the resilient spirit from each Kungfu practicer is to the whole world. The Eighteen Guardians of the Faith in Shao Lin Si were all Kungfu masters each with their own unique expertise (e.g., Eagle Claw). They designed almost all their own moves in the fighting scenes based on their years' kung-fu practice. You won't see this in other movies. The theme of the movie is not only about how kung-fu moves are smooth and enjoying, but also how people become resilient and perserverent after years' hard practice and how they use it to protect what they believe in, which is their families and their homeland.
Remember it's an old movie released in 1982 then you won't over expect the picture quality.