The Shaolin Warriors is a Chinese television series directed by Raymond Lee and starring Sammo Hung, Cui Lin, Christopher Lee, Li Man, Sammy Hung, Cui Peng, Liu Ying and Jeanette Aw. The series was first broadcast in November 2008 on CCTV-8 in mainland China.
The story is set in the Ming Dynasty during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. General Qi Jiguang enlists the help of Shaolin Monastery's warrior monks to defend China from the wokou (Japanese pirates) and other invaders.
The series had a costly budget. In addition to the participation of Hong Kong director Raymond Lee (李惠民) as the overall director, 120 warriors monks and 200 secular students from Shaolin Monastery were involved in the production as well.
The project was completed in late 2007 after more than three months of shooting in Wuxi's Film and TV Studios.
Shaolin Monastery's abbot Shi Yongxin expressed his desire to spread Shaolin history and culture to the rest of the world through this television series.
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