Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.
as Hu Te-Ti
as Tsai Te-Chung
as Ma Chao-Hsing
as Li Shih-Kai
as Fang Ta-Hung
as Chien San
as Chang Chin-Chiu
as Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe
as Ma Fu-Yi
as General Chen Wen-Yao
as Kao Fung, Iron Face
as Chang Yun (cameo)
as Ma Chin-Yung
as Patriot Killed by Chang Chin Chiu
as Patriot Messenger
as Manchu soldier
as Iron Face's Underboss #2
as Iron Face's Underboss #1
as General Chen's Twin Bodyguard
as General Chen's Twin Bodyguard
as Patriot Helping Ma Chao Hsing
as Patriot at Tea Stall
as Patriot Liu
as Patriot
as Patriot
as Patriot
as Patriot
as Patriot
as Shaolin Student Killed by Twin
as Torture Chamber Guard
as Manchu Fighter at Tea Stall
as Manchu Fighter at Tea Stall
as Manchu Soldier
as Manchu Soldier
as Manchu Soldier
as Manchu Soldier
as Manchu Soldier
as Manchu Soldier
as Manchu Archer
as Restaurant Boss
as Patriot
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