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Brothers Five is a 1970 Martial Arts Movie produced by Shaw Brothers.The ruthless Lord of Teng Long Manor, Master Lung, dominates ancient China with an iron fist. The Kao family, who oppresses Master Lung, ends up being massacred, with the five Kao brothers narrowly surviving the incident, but ends up being separated while they're still babies. Decades later, Yen-lai, (Cheng Pei-Pei) a swordswoman and warrior, must seek the five brothers, now adults and working different careers - Kao Wei the Valet (Yueh Hua), Kao Hao the Blacksmith (Chin Han), Kao Chih the scholar (Chang Yi), Kao Yung the bodyguard (Kao Yuen), and Kao Hsia the thief (Lo Lieh), where she will unite all five of them to avenge their slain family and put an end to Master Lung's dominance.Containing some of the biggest names in kung fu cinema, at the peak of their popularity, this film boasts an Ensemble Cast, where playing different characters, the entire movie showcases each respective actors taking turns to kick all kinds of ass against hordes and hordes of faceless extras. Imagine a Wuxia version of The Expendables, if you may. This film is pretty much just that. | |
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Back-to-Back Badasses: The five brothers throughout the movie, but especially in the climax where they - and Yen-lai - takes on an entire army, with the six of them forming back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to- back-to-back badasses. | |
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Gentleman Thief | |
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Thief Kao Hsia uses secret projectiles and darts, and a whip for lashing out. | |
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Fire-Forged Friends: The five brothers may not be raised together, or grow up together, but once they realize they're all part of a bigger family and are destined to take down the Big Bad together, they're completely inseparable. | |
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Actor Allusion: Cheng Pei-pei's Yen-lai wears a veil, white dress, and hat, similar to her outfit in The Lady Hermit. | |
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Arrow Catch: Kao Yung does this at one point as a band of marauders tries to ambush him with arrows. He catches the first arrow fired at him and flings it back into the archer's neck. | |
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Heroes Prefer Swords: Played straight, with Yen-lai the swordswoman who's destined to unite the brothers, as well as two of the brothers (Valet Kao Wei and Bodyguard Kao Yung, the former who is the eldest) using Chinese jians as preferred weapons. | |
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Badass in Distress | |
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Badass in Distress: Kao Yung gets cornered by Master Lung's minions at one point, getting stuck on top of an archway while injured, where hordes and hordes of mooks stay at the bottom waiting to kill him as soon as he tires out and drops down. | |
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Separated at Birth | |
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Separated at Birth: The five titular brothers are the only survivors of their family's massacre, where they ends up adopted by different families before fate brings them all together. | |
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All Your Powers Combined | |
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All Your Powers Combined: What the five brothers are required to do in order to finally defeat Master Lung. By forming themselves into a human pyramid, Kao Hao holding all four of his siblings above him, Kao Wei and Kao Yung on the sides to deflect Master Lung's attacks, while Kao Chih and Kao Wei can retaliate and find an opening for the brothers to overcome Master Lung, and finally kill him for good. | |
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Badass Family | |
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Badass Family: The Five brothers. | |
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Bodyguard Kao Yung prefers a slightly larger sword for hacking enemies apart. | |
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Elite Mook: While most of Master Lung's thugs are faceless randos in black and red uniforms, there are a few in unique clothing which puts up a slightly better fight against the brothers, and could be seen leading mooks into battle. | |
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Bullying a Dragon | |
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Bullying a Dragon: A few of Lung's minions thought it would be a good idea to intimidate Kao Hao the blacksmith, just because he's a simpleton. For that they earn a hammer into their skulls. | |
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Mighty Glacier | |
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Blacksmith Kao Hao prefers using his trusty giant hammer to bash enemies' faces in, suitable considering him being the biggest in size. | |
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Master Lung uses a giant golden guandao which makes him near invincible, and is completely indestructible unless the brothers can unite their skills to overcome their final foe. | |
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Scholar Kao Chih uses a long Chinese-style paintbrush with razor-sharp bristles to slice enemies, besides using regular paintbrushes as throwing darts which can pierce throats. | |
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Valet Kao Wei uses a regular jian besides his Weaponized Headgear. | |
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Fake Defector | |
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Fake Defector: Kao Hsia, trying to save Kao Yung (see Badass in Distress above), pretends to join Master Lung's minions. Master Lung then orders Kao Hsia to prove his allegiance by killing Kao Yung, where the thief uses this opportunity and climbs up, before grabbing Kao Yung and dropping on his horse and making a quick run for it. | |
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Storming the Castle | |
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Storming the Castle: The final battle, where the five brothers, with Yen-lai in tow, attacks Master Lung's mansion and fights their way through over a hundred mooks before facing Master Lung in a final confrontation. | |
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Wire Fu | |
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Wire Fu: As per the norm of Wuxia films. | |
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Rotating Protagonist: The movie first focuses on Yen-Lai and her investigations on Master Lung's atrocities, before seeking the brothers one at a time where she recruits them and fill them up on their backstories. | |
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Crouching Scholar Hidden Badass: Kao Chih the scholar, who is soft spoken and frequently speaks in poetry, but is still a deadly fighter. | |
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The Blacksmith | |
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The Blacksmith: Kao Hao, who works as a blacksmith. He's the Mighty Glacier of the brothers, using his strength in combat. | |
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Yen Lai prefers using a thin sword that allows for plenty of Flynning. | |
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Every Scar Has a Story | |
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Every Scar Has a Story: Each and every one of the five brothers have a single, long scar running across the back of their right hands, which they received from Master Yung while as babies and carries with them until adulthood. Some DVD covers displays these scars on the cover◊. | |
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Ensemble Cast: Six prominent Shaw Brothers megastars portraying the titular five brothers and their benefactor. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: Master Lung killed the five brothers' parents during their family's massacre, making thier vengeance with him personal. | |
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Weapon Specialization: Each brother and their benefactor, Yen Lai. As well as the Big Bad, Master Lung. Yen Lai prefers using a thin sword that allows for plenty of Flynning. Valet Kao Wei uses a regular jian besides his Weaponized Headgear. Blacksmith Kao Hao prefers using his trusty giant hammer to bash enemies' faces in, suitable considering him being the biggest in size. Scholar Kao Chih uses a long Chinese-style paintbrush with razor-sharp bristles to slice enemies, besides using regular paintbrushes as throwing darts which can pierce throats. Bodyguard Kao Yung prefers a slightly larger sword for hacking enemies apart. Thief Kao Hsia uses secret projectiles and darts, and a whip for lashing out. Master Lung uses a giant golden guandao which makes him near invincible, and is completely indestructible unless the brothers can unite their skills to overcome their final foe. | |
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