Cantonese: Fat jeung lo hon kuen
Mandarin: Fo zhang luo han quan
English: Buddha Palm Disciple of Buddha Fist

One of director Yuen Woo-ping's lesser works, THE BUDDHIST FIST still features some excellent martial arts and will please most fans of old school genre films. Bumbling barber Shang (Yuen Shun-yee) gets fired from his job and sets out across the countryside to visit his father. Upon arriving home, he is unable to find the man but does encounter his childhood friend, Si-ming (Tsui Siu-ming), who is now a monk. Both men were raised by the same Shaolin master and are martial arts experts. A while back, Si-ming violated his vows by getting drunk and was framed for rape and murder. Now, he is being forced to commit criminal acts by a mysterious figure who threatens to reveal Si-ming's crimes to the public. After assassins try to kill him, Shang learns from a policeman that his father had discovered a plot hatched by foreigners to steal some of China's treasures. The man blackmailing Si-ming is also part of the scheme and Shang faces a difficult decision when he learns of his friend's involvement.

Neither the story nor the characters are as interesting as their counterparts in Yuen's other work from this period. However, the kung fu is up to standard (particularly an extended duel between Yuen Shun-yee and Lee Hoi-sang) and veterans Simon Yuen Siu-tien (the Yuen clan's famous father, best known in the West for playing Jackie Chan's slovenly teacher in SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW and DRUNKEN MASTER; click here for a still) and Fan Mui-sang are quite appealing in supporting roles. David Wu Ta-wai (the HK actor/director/composer, not to be confused with the like-named Taiwanese actor), Peter Chan Lung, Yuen Cheung-yan, and Dai Sai Aan also appear.