Brothers Five

Brothers Five
Film poster
Traditional Chinese五虎屠龍
Simplified Chinese五虎屠龙
Hanyu PinyinWǔ Hǔ Tú Lóng
Directed byLo Wei
Written byNi Kuang
Lo Wei
Produced byRunme Shaw
CinematographyWu Cho-hua
Edited byChiang Hsing-lung
Music byWang Fu-ling
Production
company
Distributed byShaw Brothers Studio
Release date
  • 26 March 1970 (1970-03-26)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageMandarin

Brothers Five (Chinese: 五虎屠龍) is a 1970 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Lo Wei and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio.

Plot

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Five brothers were separated at birth when the evil lord of Flying Dragon Villa murdered their father. The children’s caretaker sliced the backs of their left hands so that they would be able to one day reunite and take their revenge on the evil lord. Yen Lai is a woman who must reunite the Kao brothers to rid the Teng Lung Manor of killers whilst avenging the murder of their father.[1]

Cast

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  • Cheng Pei-pei as Miss Yen Hsing-kung
  • Lo Lieh as Kao Hsia
  • Chang Yi as Scholar Kao Chih
  • Yueh Hua as Valet Kao Wei
  • Chin Han as Blacksmith Kao Hao
  • Kao Yuen as Security chief Kao Yung
  • Tien Feng as Master Lung Cheng-feng
  • Unicorn Chan as Flying Fork Wang
  • Wang Hsieh [fr] as Wang Liao'er
  • Sammo Hung as Chu, escort service man
  • Ku Feng as Lord Wan Bo-fu
  • James Tien as Master Ting Zhi-shan
  • Nam Wai-lit as Li Xiaosan
  • Chin Chun as Wang's thug
  • Lee Wan-chung as Butler Teng
  • Lee Ka-ting as Master Yau
  • Chow Siu-loi as Wang Fat
  • Lee Sau-kei as Lung's servant
  • Tsang Choh-lam [fr] as waiter
  • Chu Gam as waiter
  • Hao Li-jen as villager
  • To Man-bo
  • Someno Yukio as escort service man
  • Ling Hon as servant
  • Luk Chuen as Wan's man
  • Wu Chi-chin as Lung's gate guard
  • Yeung Chak-lam as Lung's gate guard
  • Kwan Yan as restaurant customer
  • Wong Chi-ming as one of the Weird Eight
  • Kei Ho-chiu as Lung's thug
  • Hoh Wan as Lung's bodyguard
  • Wong Kung-miu as villager
  • Goo Chim-hung as villager
  • Lam Yuen
  • Gam Tin-chue
  • Lam Ching-ying
  • Sham Chin-bo
  • Fuk Yan-cheng

References

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  1. ^ "Brothers Five (1970)". silveremulsion.com. 1970. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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