Five Deadly Venoms Cast

#1 Centipede (Lu Feng), #2 Snake (Wei Pai), #3 Scorpion (Sun Chien), #4 Lizard (Kuo Chui), #5 Toad (Lo Mang), labeled as #6 Chiang Sheng, the teachers last student.

The Venom Mob weren’t just another group of Shaw Brothers fighters—they were a unit. Their chemistry came from the fact that many of them were friends from childhood, long before fans began recognizing them as one of the most unique forces in martial arts cinema.

Their movement was rooted in Peking Opera training, acrobatics, and traditional Chinese martial arts, which is why their films feel faster, more inventive, and visually distinct than almost anything else from the era.

That legacy also carries weight—Chiang Sheng passed away in 1991, but the group’s films remain some of the most distinctive and influential martial arts movies ever released by Shaw Brothers.

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