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Jet Li: Shaolin Temple
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Jet Li and Sammo Hung are kung fu fighting to the max in this martial arts fantasy set in the Yuen Dynasty and pitting different sects against each other for two powerful golden swords. See Shaolin warriors battle the Ming faction, while Jet learns secrets from Sammo and uses the mysterious "solar" stance in battle. With Chingmy Yau. AKA: "The Evil Cult," "Lord of the Wu Tang." 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Cantonese Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English. In Cantonese with English subtitles.
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While still in his teens, Jet became national Wushu coach. He ... turned his eye towards the cinema, and caused an immediate sensation. Shaolin Temple had been a hit back in 1976. Now, in 1982, it was remade, with Jet in the role of the youngster who, his father killed, learns kung fu and both revenges himself and saves the Emperor. The film was partly shot at the real-life Shaolin monastery in the Song mountains of Henan province and, with Jet already a national hero due to his Wushu exploits, it was a nationwide smash, causing a new martial arts craze in China. Two immensely popular sequels followed, the first involving Jet being pushed to marry the supposedly lesbian daughter of a rival family.
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Li plays in reluctant wushu student in Shaolin Temple (1982), hiding out at the fabled "font of all martial arts" and eventually learning enough to save the life of an emperor. Shaolin Temple happens to be one of only a handful of classic martial arts movies that is based on actual history rather than sectarian mythology, and its adventure story structure, like a Robert Lewis Stevenson thriller in ancient China, made it huge hit in China and much of the rest of Asia, and with kung fu fans around the world.
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Contrary to popular myth, Jet never trained at the Shaolin Temple. At the time Jet was training in wushu (late 60's and early 70's) there were no "fighting monks" living at the Shaolin Temple
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