correction:

#3 would be Shaolin Temple (1976), while #4 would be Five Shaolin Masters (1974).

Shaolin Temple (1976) – If you want to make sense of the whole story (without reading the 18th century Chinese novel “Evergreen”), you could probably watch the following movies like this:

1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) – Tells the story of the monk San Te, who introduced the idea of teaching Shaolin kung fu to the laymen, instead of just monks.

2. The Men from the Monastery (1974) or Shaolin Avengers (1976) – Essentially the same movie, they let us know the reasons that Hu Hui-Chien and Fang Shiyu (or Fong Sai-Yuk) enter the temple; what happens during the brief interval that they leave the temple; and what happens to them after the burning of the temple.

3. Five Shaolin Masters (1974) – Tells the story of the five Ming Patriots (including David Chiang’s and Ti Lung’s characters–the ones who started movie wearing ponytails instead of queues) after the burning of the Temple.

I’m certain a woke actor could summon the necessary indignation at anything being *hurtful.*