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* InfantImmortality: Played straight for the two baby princes, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-tai, who grew up into adulthood. Averted ''to hell and back'' with the babies who serves as doubles so that the princes can escape slaughter. Quite a few babies (thankfully portrayed by unrealistic-looking dummies) gets slaughtered together with the Imperial bodyguards in the opening massacre, to a depressing degree.
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* InfantImmortality: ImprobableInfantSurvival: Played straight for the two baby princes, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-tai, who grew up into adulthood. Averted ''to ''[[DeathOfAChild to hell and back'' back]]'' with the babies who serves as doubles so that the princes can escape slaughter. Quite a few babies (thankfully portrayed by unrealistic-looking dummies) gets slaughtered together with the Imperial bodyguards in the opening massacre, to a depressing degree.
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* MatchstickWeapon: One of Lord Iron Fingers' CoDragons is the Fire Master who uses a giant matchstick-shaped mace with both ends burning. He uses it to kill an unfortunate redshirt by [[ManOnFire setting him ablaze]].
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''Shaolin Prince'', also known as ''Iron Fingers of Death'' and ''Death Mask of the Ninja'' in it's [[TheForeignSubtitle international release titles]] is a 1983 MartialArtsMovie, one of the many, many, ''many'' Shaolin-themed movies released by Creator/ShawBrothers in the wake of the successful ''Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin''. It is, however, DarkerAndEdgier compared to the other Shaolin-related input of the studios in it's time of release.
The Imperial Palace is invaded by the sinister 9th Lord, Iron Fingers (veteran Shaw villain Jason Pai Piao), who intends to usurp the throne for himself. The Emperor, facing imminent death, orders for his young sons, the two princes, to be taken far away before the impending palace massacre, and be hidden from the Emperor's enemies.
While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Shaolin Temple, the baby, named Dao Xing [[note]] 道行, lit. the Path of Tao [[/note]] by the head abbot, grows up and lives a simple life with the Shaolin Monks. Decades later, Dao Xing (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung), oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
The Imperial Palace is invaded by the sinister 9th Lord, Iron Fingers (veteran Shaw villain Jason Pai Piao), who intends to usurp the throne for himself. The Emperor, facing imminent death, orders for his young sons, the two princes, to be taken far away before the impending palace massacre, and be hidden from the Emperor's enemies.
While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Shaolin Temple, the baby, named Dao Xing [[note]] 道行, lit. the Path of Tao [[/note]] by the head abbot, grows up and lives a simple life with the Shaolin Monks. Decades later, Dao Xing (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung), oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
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''Shaolin Prince'', also known as ''Iron Fingers of Death'' and ''Death Mask of the Ninja'' in it's [[TheForeignSubtitle various international release titles]] is a 1983 MartialArtsMovie, one of the many, many, ''many'' Shaolin-themed movies released by Creator/ShawBrothers in the wake of the successful ''Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin''. It is, however, DarkerAndEdgier compared to the other Shaolin-related input of the studios in it's time of release.
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The Imperial Palace is invaded by the sinister 9th Lord, Iron Fingers (veteran Shaw villain Jason Pai Piao), who intends to usurp the throne for himself. The Emperor, facing imminent death, orders for hisyoung sons, the two baby princes, to be taken far away before the impending palace massacre, and be hidden from the Emperor's enemies.
While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by theShaolin Temple, temple, the baby, named Dao Xing [[note]] 道行, lit. the Path of Tao [[/note]] by the head abbot, grows up and lives a simple life with the Shaolin Monks. Decades later, Dao Xing (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung), oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays stay put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends end up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his long-lost sibling as well.
The Imperial Palace is invaded by the sinister 9th Lord, Iron Fingers (veteran Shaw villain Jason Pai Piao), who intends to usurp the throne for himself. The Emperor, facing imminent death, orders for his
While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the
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While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Head Abbot, decades later, the baby, named Dao Xing [[note]] 道行, lit. the Path of Tao [[/note]] (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung) by the monks, oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
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While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Head Abbot, decades later, Shaolin Temple, the baby, named Dao Xing [[note]] 道行, lit. the Path of Tao [[/note]] by the head abbot, grows up and lives a simple life with the Shaolin Monks. Decades later, Dao Xing (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung) by the monks, Creator/TiLung), oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
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While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Head Abbot, decades later, Dao Xing (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung), oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
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While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Head Abbot, decades later, the baby, named Dao Xing [[note]] 道行, lit. the Path of Tao [[/note]] (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung), Creator/TiLung) by the monks, oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
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* TrainingSequence:Dao Xing went through plenty of these while growing up as a revenge-seeking young man in the Shaolin Temple. Rule of Thumb: THis trope tends to show up in any Shaw Production with "Shaolin" in it's title.
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* TrainingSequence:Dao TrainingMontage: Dao Xing went through plenty of these while growing up as a revenge-seeking young man in the Shaolin Temple. Rule of Thumb: THis This trope tends to show up in any Shaw Production with "Shaolin" in it's title.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Two Princes, One Destiny]]
''Shaolin Prince'', also known as ''Iron Fingers of Death'' and ''Death Mask of the Ninja'' in it's [[TheForeignSubtitle international release titles]] is a 1983 MartialArtsMovie, one of the many, many, ''many'' Shaolin-themed movies released by Creator/ShawBrothers in the wake of the successful ''Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin''. It is, however, DarkerAndEdgier compared to the other Shaolin-related input of the studios in it's time of release.
The Imperial Palace is invaded by the sinister 9th Lord, Iron Fingers (veteran Shaw villain Jason Pai Piao), who intends to usurp the throne for himself. The Emperor, facing imminent death, orders for his young sons, the two princes, to be taken far away before the impending palace massacre, and be hidden from the Emperor's enemies.
While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Head Abbot, decades later, Dao Xing (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung), oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
Soon enough, the reunited brothers will team up to take down the tyranny of Lord Iron Fingers and avenge their family.
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!! Shaolin Prince Contains Examples of
* AgeCut: Dao Xing early in the film, where he's depicted growing from a baby to a man in his mid-twenties (played by Ti Lung) in a five-minute scene.
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Yes.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: For [[spoiler: Wang Zi-Tai]], the younger of the two Princes. [[spoiler: The titular hero, Dao Xing, chose to relinquish the throne to his younger brother because he feels that he belonged with the Shaolin monks]].
* BigThinShortTrio: The three monks, Monk Wu Li, Monk Wu Zhi and Monk Wu Ming.
* BodyDouble: In the opening massacre, the baby princes Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai are being hidden from the Emperor's enemies. In order to distract the pursuers, several other babies, implied to be purchased from poor families, are escorted away by the Emperor's personal guards, confusing them long enough as they hunt down every other baby, one at a time, in an attempt to kill the princes.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The movie ends with Dao Xing, having completed his revenge, bidding his brother Wang Zi-Tai farewell, allowing Wang to succeed the throne. Because having being raised in the Shaolin Temple, Dao Xing decides his fate is to be the next senior abbot of the temple instead]].
* ComicallyCrossEyed: Wu Zhi had this constantly as his default expression.
* ComicTrio: The monks Wu Li, Wu Zhi and Wu Ming, assigned by the head abbot of Shaolin in babysitting baby Dao Xing. They spend much of the film bumbling around and screwing up, and provides plenty moments of comic relief in between the fights and training sequences.
* EliteMooks: Lord Iron Fingers has a legion of white-clad bodyguards which are exceptionally dangerous, which provides an extra challenge when Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai to overcome during the final battle.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title refers to Dao Xing, a Prince who is raised in the Shaolin Temple and trained in Shaolin martial arts. Although subverted [[spoiler: when the ending have Dao Xing forfeiting his throne, preferring to spend the rest of his life as a monk instead]].
* FlamingSword: Prince Wang Zi-Tai's [[https://images.justwatch.com/backdrop/11879451/s1440/shaolin-prince sword in the finale]], somehow.
* InfantImmortality: Played straight for the two baby princes, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-tai, who grew up into adulthood. Averted ''to hell and back'' with the babies who serves as doubles so that the princes can escape slaughter. Quite a few babies (thankfully portrayed by unrealistic-looking dummies) gets slaughtered together with the Imperial bodyguards in the opening massacre, to a depressing degree.
* MoodWhiplash: The movie opens with the massacre in the palace, where several guards and servants ends up being massacred by Lord Iron Fingers and his soldiers, and the baby princes barely managed to escape, with numerous babies serving as body doubles getting killed in their stead. One of the baby princes, Dao Xing, ends up at the doorsteps of the Shaolin Temple, where he is picked up by the abbot... and the following scene is a silly, comedic sequence featuring the ComicTrio of monks being incompetant at their jobs and goofing around, and it goes on even after a TimeSkip of twenty-odd years.
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Dao Xing is formerly a Prince who escaped the massacre in the palace, before his guardian, barely alive, deposits him at the steps of the Shaolin Temple.
* PowerFist: Lord Iron Fingers got his name from his iron gauntlet, which he uses to catch and break Wang Zi-Tai's sword in the final battle.
* SeparatedAtBirth: The two princes, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai, are separated as babies and raised in different conditions, the former in the Shaolin Temple and the latter in a different royal family. Decades later Dao Xing encounters Wang Zi-Tai, realize each other to be brothers, and exacts their revenge.
* RedOniBlueOni: For the two princes, quick-tempered Wang who grew up with royalty is the red, calm and level-headed Dao Xing, being raised by monks, is the blue.
* TimeSkip: After the first fight in the palace where the two baby princes are taken away to escape their killers, one of the babies, Dao Xing, ends up in the steps of the Shaolin Temple. A couple of scenes later Dao Xing is now a young man training in martial arts, having been adopted and raised by the abbot.
* TrainingSequence:Dao Xing went through plenty of these while growing up as a revenge-seeking young man in the Shaolin Temple. Rule of Thumb: THis trope tends to show up in any Shaw Production with "Shaolin" in it's title.
* WireFu: Most of the fights employs this technique to great effect.
* WouldHurtAChild: Lord Iron Fingers and his minions have no qualms killing several babies who got in their way to capture the two baby princes. Which they ''of course'' intends to kill if they succeed.
* YouKilledMyFather: The two brothers, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai, swear to avenge their father's demise in the hands of Lord Iron Fingers after finding out their true lineage as Princes.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Two Princes, One Destiny]]
''Shaolin Prince'', also known as ''Iron Fingers of Death'' and ''Death Mask of the Ninja'' in it's [[TheForeignSubtitle international release titles]] is a 1983 MartialArtsMovie, one of the many, many, ''many'' Shaolin-themed movies released by Creator/ShawBrothers in the wake of the successful ''Film/The36thChamberOfShaolin''. It is, however, DarkerAndEdgier compared to the other Shaolin-related input of the studios in it's time of release.
The Imperial Palace is invaded by the sinister 9th Lord, Iron Fingers (veteran Shaw villain Jason Pai Piao), who intends to usurp the throne for himself. The Emperor, facing imminent death, orders for his young sons, the two princes, to be taken far away before the impending palace massacre, and be hidden from the Emperor's enemies.
While the younger of the princes made it safely to another royal family, the older prince only made it as far as the steps of the Shaolin Temple. Adopted and raised by the Head Abbot, decades later, Dao Xing (now portrayed by Creator/TiLung), oblivious of his true heritage, wants to travel to the big city, despite the temple monks insisting he stays put. By sheer chance, Dao Xing ends up meeting Wang Zi-Tai (Creator/DerekYee), a warrior noble, who turns out to be his brother, the ''other'' prince, who is actively seeking his sibling as well.
Soon enough, the reunited brothers will team up to take down the tyranny of Lord Iron Fingers and avenge their family.
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!! Shaolin Prince Contains Examples of
* AgeCut: Dao Xing early in the film, where he's depicted growing from a baby to a man in his mid-twenties (played by Ti Lung) in a five-minute scene.
* AllMonksKnowKungFu: Yes.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: For [[spoiler: Wang Zi-Tai]], the younger of the two Princes. [[spoiler: The titular hero, Dao Xing, chose to relinquish the throne to his younger brother because he feels that he belonged with the Shaolin monks]].
* BigThinShortTrio: The three monks, Monk Wu Li, Monk Wu Zhi and Monk Wu Ming.
* BodyDouble: In the opening massacre, the baby princes Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai are being hidden from the Emperor's enemies. In order to distract the pursuers, several other babies, implied to be purchased from poor families, are escorted away by the Emperor's personal guards, confusing them long enough as they hunt down every other baby, one at a time, in an attempt to kill the princes.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The movie ends with Dao Xing, having completed his revenge, bidding his brother Wang Zi-Tai farewell, allowing Wang to succeed the throne. Because having being raised in the Shaolin Temple, Dao Xing decides his fate is to be the next senior abbot of the temple instead]].
* ComicallyCrossEyed: Wu Zhi had this constantly as his default expression.
* ComicTrio: The monks Wu Li, Wu Zhi and Wu Ming, assigned by the head abbot of Shaolin in babysitting baby Dao Xing. They spend much of the film bumbling around and screwing up, and provides plenty moments of comic relief in between the fights and training sequences.
* EliteMooks: Lord Iron Fingers has a legion of white-clad bodyguards which are exceptionally dangerous, which provides an extra challenge when Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai to overcome during the final battle.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title refers to Dao Xing, a Prince who is raised in the Shaolin Temple and trained in Shaolin martial arts. Although subverted [[spoiler: when the ending have Dao Xing forfeiting his throne, preferring to spend the rest of his life as a monk instead]].
* FlamingSword: Prince Wang Zi-Tai's [[https://images.justwatch.com/backdrop/11879451/s1440/shaolin-prince sword in the finale]], somehow.
* InfantImmortality: Played straight for the two baby princes, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-tai, who grew up into adulthood. Averted ''to hell and back'' with the babies who serves as doubles so that the princes can escape slaughter. Quite a few babies (thankfully portrayed by unrealistic-looking dummies) gets slaughtered together with the Imperial bodyguards in the opening massacre, to a depressing degree.
* MoodWhiplash: The movie opens with the massacre in the palace, where several guards and servants ends up being massacred by Lord Iron Fingers and his soldiers, and the baby princes barely managed to escape, with numerous babies serving as body doubles getting killed in their stead. One of the baby princes, Dao Xing, ends up at the doorsteps of the Shaolin Temple, where he is picked up by the abbot... and the following scene is a silly, comedic sequence featuring the ComicTrio of monks being incompetant at their jobs and goofing around, and it goes on even after a TimeSkip of twenty-odd years.
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Dao Xing is formerly a Prince who escaped the massacre in the palace, before his guardian, barely alive, deposits him at the steps of the Shaolin Temple.
* PowerFist: Lord Iron Fingers got his name from his iron gauntlet, which he uses to catch and break Wang Zi-Tai's sword in the final battle.
* SeparatedAtBirth: The two princes, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai, are separated as babies and raised in different conditions, the former in the Shaolin Temple and the latter in a different royal family. Decades later Dao Xing encounters Wang Zi-Tai, realize each other to be brothers, and exacts their revenge.
* RedOniBlueOni: For the two princes, quick-tempered Wang who grew up with royalty is the red, calm and level-headed Dao Xing, being raised by monks, is the blue.
* TimeSkip: After the first fight in the palace where the two baby princes are taken away to escape their killers, one of the babies, Dao Xing, ends up in the steps of the Shaolin Temple. A couple of scenes later Dao Xing is now a young man training in martial arts, having been adopted and raised by the abbot.
* TrainingSequence:Dao Xing went through plenty of these while growing up as a revenge-seeking young man in the Shaolin Temple. Rule of Thumb: THis trope tends to show up in any Shaw Production with "Shaolin" in it's title.
* WireFu: Most of the fights employs this technique to great effect.
* WouldHurtAChild: Lord Iron Fingers and his minions have no qualms killing several babies who got in their way to capture the two baby princes. Which they ''of course'' intends to kill if they succeed.
* YouKilledMyFather: The two brothers, Dao Xing and Wang Zi-Tai, swear to avenge their father's demise in the hands of Lord Iron Fingers after finding out their true lineage as Princes.
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