Série televisiva juvenil de aventuras de Hong Kong. - Os Jovens Heróis de Shaolin foi criada em 1981. Em Portugal , foi exibida entre 1986 e 1987 na RTP .
Featuring some of the biggest young stars of the day, TVB's 1981 drama The Young Heroes of Shaolin has long been a nostalgic favorite amongst Hong Kong television fans. Shek Sau, Stephen Tung, and Michael Miu took on the classic roles of Hung Hei Kwun, Fong Sai Yuk, and Wu Wai Kin, storied national heroes who have been fictionalized on screen many times including in Jet Li's Fong Sai Yuk and New Legend of Shaolin. The Young Heroes of Shaolin focuses on the willful experiences and encounters of their youth and their days as disciples at Shaolin Temple, with memorable scenes of their martial arts training and their fight out of the famous "wooden men alley", a rite of passage that disciples must go through in order to leave Shaolin. These parts are especially exciting as Stephen Tung is an accomplished martial artist and is in fact now a renowned action choreographer. This classic drama also features Felix Wong and actresses Wong Hang Sau, Suet Lei, and Au-Yeung Pui San.
During the early years of the Qing Dynasty, many patriotic men have secretly joined forces to oppose Manchurian rule in hopes of restoring sovereignty to the Han Chinese. Young hero Hung Hei Kwun (Shek Sau) is plotting with the Heaven and Earth Society to overthrow the dynasty, but when Qing soldiers storm a secret meeting, he only narrowly escapes. While laying low from troops, he encounters Wu Wai Kin (Michael Miu) and Fong Sai Yuk (Stephen Tung), who snatches an important seal from Hung. At his mother's orders, the aimless Fong then reluctantly heads to Shaolin with Wu in tow to refine his martial arts skills, and Hung follows to retrieve his seal.
Despite a rocky beginning, a close brotherhood forms as they undergo vigorous training together as Shaolin disciples. When Wu's parents get killed, the three of them fight as one to avenge their deaths and further the patriotic cause.
