Rising Shaolin: The Protector

Rising Shaolin: The Protector (2021)

少林寺之得宝传奇

Ximen Debao is an innkeeper without big ambitions. In order to attract business, he instructs his younger brother Tu Hao and his friends to pose as robbers and rob passers-by, and at critical moments he assists them by posing as a saviour and crime-fighter, and then guides the customers into the shop. The good times don't last long, as Tak Po's scam is exposed by a mysterious monk who finds it difficult to continue. In the meantime, the assassin of Lingzhou, He Snap, kills the imperial envoy in order to seize the treasure map hidden in the inn, and frames Debao for the crime. Overnight, Debao becomes a wanted criminal and his son, Yau Fei, dies. In order to take revenge, Debao begins to train with a monk.

Date of release
2021-02-12
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Action
Director
Stanley Tong Gwai-lai

Casting

Interesting facts

Rising Shaolin: The Protector is a 2021 Mandarin-language Chinese action adventure martial arts film directed by Stanley Tong.

Production and release

The film was produced under the working title The Legend of Shaolin Temple. The film started shooting on November 9, 2020, at Xiangshan Film and Television City and took more than 40 days to shoot.

Rising Shaolin: The Protector was released on the streaming sit iQIYI on February 12, 2021, the first day of Chinese New Year. It was also shown at the New York Asian Film Festival in the FLC Virtual Cinema on August 19, 2021.

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