Coming up on labor day for much of the world. So, pour some extra #kungfu #action into your coffee today.

#CoffeeFu is a regular virtual matinee - it's easy. Join in any time: cue up the free film, shout out with the hash. That's it.

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河南嵩山少林寺 Shaolin Temple Strikes Back

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Today's #CoffeeFu: Shaolin Temple Strikes Back (河南嵩山少林寺, 1981)

🌟Chang Shan (常山), 36 films, started out big with Kung Fu of Seven Steps, this film and Shaolin Vs. Lama.

🌟Mark Long Kuan-Wu (龍冠武), 59 films from 1972~92, including Bronzemen fame

Shaolin Temple Strikes Back also featuring...
🌟Chiang Nan (江南), appears in 50 films, directed 6, Assistant Director on 3, including this #CoffeeFu

🌟Cliff Ching Ching (程清), 53 films from 1967~87, including the original Green Dragon Inn.

Producer, Writer, Director of today's #CoffeeFu:
🖊️🎥Joseph Kuo Nan-Hong (郭南宏), 74 director credits, 53 writer, 47 producer, including Bronzemen, 7 Grandmasters

Primary #MartialArts direction
👊Alan Chui Chung-San (徐忠信), 137 actor credits, 39 #action credits

More #KungFu #Action choreography from

👊Lau Fong-Sai (劉晃世), actor in 94 #CoffeeFu films, 21 #action credits

👊Chen Mu-Chuan (陳木川) #MartialArts dir of 36 films

👊Max Lee Chiu-Chun (李超俊) last of 11 #MartialArts credits, Prod Ass't on Fist of Fury

One really has to wonder today's #CoffeeFu as the one that triggered the #PRChina crowd to say "Hey, we can do *that* - *and* we have the real temple!"

As we'll see, it features stock footage, but wasn't filmed there. Unlike Jet Li's breakthrough of a similar name. 😉