Many of us know Pai Mei from his strict teachings of Beatrix Kiddo. In KILL BILL VOLUME 2 he’s a mean old bastard with long white hair. But he’s meaner and older than you may realize: his first movie appearance is in EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN (1977), a movie that opens with him dueling a Shaolin priest to the death and burning down the temple with most of the monks inside. He was already an old man then, and that was 1727 (at least according to the first literary references to the alleged historical figure he’s based on).
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Executioners From Shaolin
Monday, September 22nd, 2014Tags: Chen Kuan-tai, Dragon Dynasty, Gordon Liu, Lily Li, Pai Mei, Shaolin Temple, Shaw Brothers, Wong Yue
Posted in Action, Martial Arts, Reviews | 14 Comments »
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