Lung-Wei Wang

Twins, who are separated at birth, finally meet in adulthood. They struggle to lead normal lives after they are continuously mistaken for the other.

A martial artist living with his grandfather is stricken with poverty and dreams of a better life. He has to leave Hong Kong after getting into trouble, so he moves to San Francisco, where his superior kung fu leads him back into trouble. After getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man (Fu Sheng) flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of a rival gang, and eventually decides to play them against each other in order to clean up the town.

The Shaolin Temple begins to accept outside students seeking to learn the superior techniques of the Shaolin kung fu, amidst some bad omens foretelling the future of the Temple. The Shaolin Temple is the last place to resist defeat by the Manchu Dynasty, mostly because of their unique fighting style. Men from far and wide come to wait outside the temple, hoping that they will be admitted as pupils. As the Abbot becomes older, he realizes that the Manchus are determined to destroy the temple and eradicate the Shaolin fighting techniques. To this end, he decides that it is time at last to admit worthy men into the temple as students, to learn the way of Shaolin. —Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>