The Crane Fighter (1979)

Release Date: 1979-01-01
Runtime: 1h 29min
Production Company: Success Film (H.K.) Company Ltd
Production Country: Hong Kong
Director: Raymond Lui
Writer: Chang Hsin-Yi

The Crane Fighter is set just after the majority of the Shaolin monks have been outlawed and killed by the, I think, Ching Dynasty. A few have escaped, and live secretly among the common people. One old guy has a daughter that he has forbidden to learn kung fu, but she does so anyway, by watching some other monks in a nearby temple.