Ten Tigers of Kwangtung is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh

Chang Cheh

Chang Cheh was Shaw Brothers Studio's best known and most prolific film director, with such films as the Five Venoms, the Brave Archer , the The One-Armed Swordsman, and other classics of wuxia and kung fu film.-Career:Referred to as "The Godfather of Hong Kong cinema", Chang Cheh directed over 100...

 and produced by Mona Fong

Mona Fong

Mona Fong Yat Wah, Lady Shaw is a Hong Kong film and television producer and production manager. A Cantonese born in Shanghai, Mona achieved fame as one of the most popular nightclub singers and recording artists in Singapore and Hong Kong in the 1950s. She often sang English covers of top hits of...

. It is one of Chang Cheh’s tales of Shaolin’s historic rivalries with the Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

 and the Canton Tigers. Along with the Brave Archer series, Ten Tigers had an all-star cast of Shaw martial artists.

Plot

The movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers

Ten Tigers of Canton

The Ten Tigers of Canton or Ten Tigers of Guangdong refer to a group of ten Chinese martial artists from Guangdong , China, who lived during the late Qing Dynasty . They were said to be the best fighters in southern China at that time...

 and their future disciples. The film opens with Tung Chi (Wang Li) and his nephew pursuing the disciples to take revenge for General Lang, who was Wang Li’s brother. After killing one of the disciples, Wang Chow Ming (Lung Tung Sheng) and Lin Fu Sheng (Chin Siu-Ho) tells the story of the original Ten Tigers.

Anti-Ch'ing revolutionary leader Chai Min Yu (Ku Feng) is being hunted down by Manchu General Liang (Wang Lung Wei). He is almost caught when a masked man rescues him from death and escapes with him. The masked man is Li Jen Chiao (Ti Lung) a loyal ex-Shaolin man and the owner of a pawn shop in town. Li Jen Chiao hides Chai Min Yu in the back of his pawn shop, and sends his younger brother Tan Ming (Fu Sheng) to seek the help of two other ex-Shaolin men who reside in the town, Wan Yi Ling (Sun Chien) and Su He Hu (Lu Feng). Tan Ming is temperamental and is always getting into fights, and he starts fighting with Wan Yi Ling and Su He Hu before he explains the reason for his visit. Luckily, Li Jen Chiao is able to explain the situation in time, and the two man gladly swear their allegiance. They are also joined by loyal Shaolin brothers Wong Yin Lin (Wei Pai) and Wong Kee Ying. Beggar Su (Kuo Chui), Iron-finger Chung (Lo Mang), Chu Yu Sheng (Chiang Sheng) also join in the fray to assist the revolutionary in escaping and killing General Liang

In the present, Lung Tung Sheng and Chin Siu-Ho plan a counter attack to kill Tung Chi and his nephew before they can kill the remaining Ten Tigers.

Cast

• Ti Lung
  Ti Lung
  Tommy Tam Fu-Wing, also known as Ti Lung , or Dik Lung, is a Hong Kong actor.-Background:He studied Wing Chun under the martial arts master Chu Wan. In 1969, Ti was found by the Shaw Brothers and cast in Return of the One-Armed Swordsman opposite Jimmy Wang Yu, a role which would launch his career...
  
   – Li Jen Chiao
• Fu Sheng
  Alexander Fu Sheng
  Alexander Fu Sheng was a major Hong Kong martial arts film star in the 1970s.-Biography:...
  
   – Tang Ming
• Wei Pai - Wang Chi Ying
• Dick Wei - Wang Cheng Ke
• Sun Chien - Wan Yi Ling
• Lu Feng – Su He Hu
• Kuo Chui – Beggar Su
• Yeung Hung - Tieh Chow San
• Chiang Sheng
  Chiang Sheng
  Chiang Sheng was a martial art actor, one of the Venom Mob, renowned for their acrobatic and martial arts skills. He joined the Chang Cheh's Cohorts as an actor, and also worked with Chang Cheh as an assistant director and choreographer. Along with Alexander Fu Sheng, Chiang Sheng was one of the...
  
   - Tzou Yu Sheng
• Lo Mang
  Lo Mang
  Lo Mang is a Hong Kong based veteran martial artist who was born as Lo Hin Lam in Hong Kong on 23 July 1956. Primarily known for starring in Shaw Brothers kung fu movies in the latter part of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s...
  
   – Iron finger Chung
• Guk Fung
  Guk Fung
  Ku Feng is a Hong Kong-based actor. He has appeared in dozens of films, many of which were produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio.-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-External links:**...
  
   – Chai Min Yu
• Chin Siu-ho - Lin Fu Sheng
• Lung Tung Sheng – Wang Chow Ming
• Wang Lung Wei – General Liang
• Wang Li – Tung Chi

External links

• Ten Tigers from Kwangtung at LoveHKfilm.com
• HK cinemagic entry