''Brothers Five'' (Chinese: 五虎屠龍) is a 1970 Hong Kong ''

wuxia ( ), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although is traditionally a form of historical fiction, its popularity has caused it to be adapted f ...

'' film directed by

Lo Wei Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and film 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 Fur ...

and produced by the

Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and operated from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...

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 (

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 Can ...

). Yen Lai (

Cheng Pei-pei Cheng Pei-pei (born 6 January 1946) is a Chinese actress, who is considered cinema's first female action hero. She is known for her performance in the 1966 King Hu ''wuxia'' film ''Come Drink with Me'', as well as her portrayal of Jade Fox in t ...

) 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

as Miss Yen Hsing-kung *

Lo Lieh Wang Lap Tat (June 29, 1939 – November 2, 2002), better known by his stage name Lo Lieh, was an Indonesian-born Hong Kong film actor and martial artist. 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 *

Yueh Hua Yueh Hua (; 14 July 1942 – 20 October 2018) was a Shanghai-born Hong Kong actor, later based in Canada, with Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB. Yueh is one of the most versatile and prolific leading actors of Shaw Brothers. Yueh starred in five ...

as Valet Kao Wei * Chin Han as Blacksmith Kao Hao *Kao Yuen as Security chief Kao Yung *

as Master Lung Cheng-feng *

Unicorn Chan Unicorn Chan (1940 – 1987) was a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, stuntman and one of Bruce Lee's best friends since childhood. He acted in many films during childhood including ''The Birth of Mankind'' (1946) in which Bruce Lee starred. Bac ...

as Flying Fork Wang * as Wang Liao'er *

Sammo Hung 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 fight choreog ...

as Chu, escort service man *

Ku Feng Chan Sze-man (born 3 July 1930), better known by his stage name Ku Feng, is a Hong Kong actor. Background He studied in Beijing, and has appeared in hundreds of films, many of which were produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio Shaw Brothers ( ...

as Lord Wan Bo-fu * 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 *

Lam Ching-ying Lam Ching-ying (; born Lam Gun-bo (); 27 December 1947 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong stuntman, actor, and action director. As a practitioner of martial arts Lam starred in a number of notable films that found recognition outside Hong Kong ...

*Sham Chin-bo *Fuk Yan-cheng

References

External links

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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