The film features the following cast:
* Jet Li (李連杰) as Jue Yuan
* Ding Lan (丁岚) as Bai Niang
* Yu Cheng Hui (于承惠) as the Abbot
* Ji Chunhua (计春华) as the villainous Ma Jun
* Liu Jialiang (刘家良) as the Master of the Shaolin Temple
* Sun Jiankui (孙建魁) as the Shaolin Temple's head monk
The 1983 film Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (少林小子) features a similar cast, but with a different lead role:
* Jet Li (李連杰) as San De
* Hsu Hsia-Hsin (徐小明) as the villainous Chen Sheng
* Yu Cheng Hui (于承惠) as the Abbot
* Ding Lan (丁岚) as the lead female role
* Liu Jialiang (刘家良) as the Master of the Shaolin Temple
It's important to note that the 1978 film, Shaolin Temple, is the original and most famous film of the franchise, and the one that launched Jet Li's career.
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