The Heroes (1980 film)

The Heroes
Film poster
Traditional	俠骨英雄傳
Simplified	侠骨英雄传
Mandarin	Xiá Gǔ Yīng Xióng Chuán
Cantonese	Hap^6 Gwat^1 Jing^1 Hung^4 Zyun^2
Directed by	Wu Ma Pao Hsueh Li
Produced by	Ko Fei Katy Chin Chen Tian Ching
Written by	Ni Kuang Katy Chin
Starring	Ti Lung Shih Szu Danny Lee Michael Chan Dorian Tan
Music by	Joseph Koo Wong Mau San
Cinematography	James Wu
Distributed by	Ocean Shores
Release dates	23 October 1980
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Mandarin

The Heroes, also known as The Shaolin Heroes, is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wu Ma and Pao Hsueh Li and starring Ti Lung, Shih Szu and Danny Lee.

Plot

During the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court views the righteous Shaolin Temple as an eyesore and sends a group of soldiers to destroy the temple, led by chief Ko Fei (Ti Lung), a former Shaolin disciple. After Shaolin was destroyed, all of its disciples were captured and detained. Although Ko made them work as hard labors, he was actually helping them increase their physical strength to refine their martial arts. On the surface, Ko seems to be working for the imperial court, but he was assisting his fellow disciples to recover Shaolin. However, his fellow disciples did not accept the token of his appreciation. Afterwards, the disciples fled and revolted before killing the Emperor (Michael Chan). At that time, Ko was also killed and his heroic deed was not known even after he died. Ko is considered a true hero who can tolerate the most insult and humiliation.

Cast

• Ti Lung as Ko Fei / Wong Fei
• Shih Szu as Princess
• Danny Lee as Righteous Monk
• Michael Chan as Qing Emperor
• Dorian Tan as Si Ying
• Wong Chung as Fong Gau
• Wong Ching as Gap toothed official
• Goo Chang as Bald official
• Wu Ma as Ng Ging
• Tsai Hung
• Lee Ho
• Joh Yau
• Chan Pik Fung
• Sit Hon as Abbot
• Wong Yeuk ping
• Ma King Shun
• Cho Boon Feng
• Lau Yau Bun
• Wong Kwok Fai
• Robert Tai
• Ko Chang Sheng

Theme song

• Hero (英雄)
  • Composer: Joseph Koo
  • Lyricist: Chang Cheh
  • Singer: Jenny Tseng

Reception

J. Doyle Wallis of DVD Talk gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars and a positive review praising it for having "one of the better plots in kung fu filmdom" as well as the action choreography and pacing.^[1]

References

1. "The Heroes : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video".

External links

• The Heroes at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• The Heroes at Hong Kong Cinemagic
• The Heroes at the Internet Movie Database