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Shaolin Wooden Men

1976 · 1h 37m · Action

Watch it tonight if you're craving pure, unfiltered martial arts cinema—the 108 Wooden Men sequence alone is legendary kung fu spectacle that justifies the runtime. This is classic '70s Shaw Brothers stuff: gritty, visceral, and delightfully weird in its emotional setup, so skip it only if you need plot coherence over bone-crunching action.

Plot

Little Mute is an orphan traumatized into silence by the death of his father at the hands of a vicious fighting master. Living at the Shaolin monastery, he befriends a dangerous prisoner who teaches him a secret form of deadly kung fu. Seeing his intense determination, other masters share the wisdom of the Gliding Snake and Drunken Master techniques. In one of the most exciting fight scenes ever filmed, Little Mute must run the gauntlet of the famous 108 wooden men in an extreme test of skill and endurance. But if he becomes a master, will he use his unmatched force for redemption or revenge?

Director: Chen Chi-Hwa

Cast: Jackie Chan, Doris Lung Chun-Erh, Chin Kang, Chang Ping-Yu, Chang I-Fei

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