Ten Tigers from Kwangtung

Ten Tigers of Kwangtung is a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by Mona Fong. It is one of Chang Cheh’s tales of Shaolin’s historic rivalries with the Qing Dynasty 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 and their future disciples. The film opens with Tung Chi 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 and Lin Fu Sheng tells the story of the original Ten Tigers.

Anti-Ch'ing revolutionary leader Chai Min Yu is being hunted down by Manchu General Liang . He is almost caught when a masked man rescues him from death and escapes with him. The masked man is Li Jen Chiao 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 to seek the help of two other ex-Shaolin men who reside in the town, Wan Yi Ling and Su He Hu . 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 and Wong Kee Ying. Beggar Su , Iron-finger Chung , Chu Yu 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 – Li Jen Chiao
Lu Feng – Su He Hu
– Tang Ming
Kuo Chui – Beggar Su
Wang Lung Wei – General Liang
Sun Chien - Wan Yi Ling
Ku Feng – Chai Min Yu
Lung Tung Sheng – Wang Chow Ming
Chin Siu Ho - Lin Fu Sheng
Wang Li – Tung Chi
Lo Mang – Iron finger Chung