Kids From Shaolin (1984) Biography, plot, Box office, Scene

Kids From Shaolin (1984)

Kids from Shaolin, also known as Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin, is a 1984 Hong Kong–Chinese kung fu comedy film directed by Chang Hsin-yen. It stars Jet Li, Yu Chenghui, Yu Hai and Ding Lan from the original 1982 Shaolin Temple film, which is also directed by Chang. However, the plot has no relation to the first film, and Kids from Shaolin is a sequel to the original in name only. Like Shaolin Temple, the plot of Kids From Shaolin combines martial arts, comedy and romance elements.

Plot

In the late Ming Dynasty, former Shaolin monk, Tianlong (“Heaven Dragon”, played by Yu Hai), and his younger brother, Yilong (“Earth Dragon”, Hu Jianqiang), raise eight orphan boys whom they saved from murdering bandits ravaging their home village. The children refer to Tianlong as their father and Yilong as their uncle and are taught Shaolin kungfu by the two. All have taken the last character name of Long (龙/龍). They settle at the mountainous area at Lijiang where they live in a hut. The Long boys are playful and often bicker and fight with the daughters of the Bao family who live just across the river and practice Wudangquan. The mischievous Sanlong (“Third Dragon”, Jet Li), the oldest of the Long children, likes to tease the

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third sister of the Bao family, Sanfeng (“Third Phoenix”, Huang Qiuyan) who is a tomboy in her late teens and who has a nasty temper. The Bao patriarch Bao Sanfeng (Yu Chenghui) is trying for a boy heir, yet he has only nine daughters. Meanwhile, the Long family are saving up in order to pay the bride price – ten oxen – so that Tianlong can marry the eldest Bao girl, Taifeng. The marriage plans are met with some resistance: the Bao matriarch likes Tianlong, but Bao Sanfeng believes he is out to steal his Wudang martial arts. Nonetheless, he agrees to marry off his eldest daughter if his wife gives birth to a son.

Box office

The film grossed CN¥86 million (US$37 million) in China and HK$22,287,595 (US$2,850,805) in Hong Kong, for a combined US$39,850,805 in China and Hong Kong. In South Korea, the film sold 294,065 tickets in the capital city of Seoul.