''Brothers Five'' (Chinese: 五虎屠龍) is a 1970 Hong Kong ''
wuxia
( , literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese literature, Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fantasy literature, its popularity ha ...
'' film directed by
Lo Wei
Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in ''The Big Boss'' and ''Fist of Fury'', and Jackie Chan, in ''New Fist of Fury''. ...
and produced by the
Shaw Brothers Studio
Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shang ...
.
Plot
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.
Cast
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Cheng Pei-pei as Miss Yen Hsing-kung
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Lo Lieh
Wong Lap Tat (June 29, 1939 – November 2, 2002), better known by his stage name Lo Lieh, was an Indonesian-born Hong Kong martial artist and film actor. Lo was perhaps best known as Chao Chih-Hao in the 1972 martial arts film ''King Boxer'' ...
as Kao Hsia
*Chang Yi as Scholar Kao Chih
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Yueh Hua as Valet Kao Wei
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Chin Han as Blacksmith Kao Hao
*Kao Yuen as Security chief Kao Yung
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Tien Feng
Tien Feng (born Tien Yu-kun, 4 June 1928 – 22 October 2015) was a Chinese actor, who appeared in hundreds of films in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
He has acted with Bruce Lee in ''Fist of Fury'' (1972) and with Jackie Chan in ''Little Tiger of Canto ...
as Master Lung Cheng-feng
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Unicorn Chan as Flying Fork Wang
* as Wang Liao'er
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Sammo Hung
Samuel "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo ( zh, t=洪金寶, j=Hung4 Gam1-bou2; born 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and Film director, director, known for his work in martial arts films, Hong Kong action cinema, and as a figh ...
as Chu, escort service man
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Ku Feng as Lord Wan Bo-fu
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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
* 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
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Lam Ching-ying
Lam Ching-ying (; born Lam Gun-bo (); 27 December 1952 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong stuntman, actor, martial artist and action director. As a practitioner of martial arts Lam starred in a number of notable films that found recognition o ...
*Sham Chin-bo
*Fuk Yan-cheng
References
External links
* Brothers Five a
HKcinemamagic.com*
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brothers Five
1970 films
Hong Kong action films
Hong Kong martial arts films
Wuxia films
Shaw Brothers Studio films
Films directed by Lo Wei
1970 action films
1970 martial arts films
Films set in the Ming dynasty
1970s Hong Kong films
1970s Mandarin-language films