| english title | The Five venoms |
| original title | 五毒 |
| aka | 5 Deadly Venoms |
| french title | 5 venins mortels |
| year | 1978 |
| country | Hong-Kong |
| director | CHANG Cheh - 張徹 | |
| actor | ||
| YU Tai Ping | ||
| Gary SIU Yuk-Lung | ||
| Johnny WANG Lung-Wei - 王龍威 | ||
| WONG Ching Ho | ||
| LAM Fai Wong | ||
| SHUM Lo | ||
| KU Feng - 谷峰 | ||
| LAU Fong Sai | ||
| WANG Han Chen | ||
| producer | Runme SHAW | |
| Mona FONG Yat Wah | ||
| action director | Robert TAI Chi Hsien - 戴彻 | |
| scriptwriter | CHANG Cheh - 張徹 | |
| NI Kuang |
| genres | kung-fu |
| production studio | Shaw Brothers 邵氏 |
Chang Cheh struck gold by dropping three Taiwanese Opera performers, a Korean kicker and a muscular Chinese in a super-heroic grand guignol thriller. The result was also known as The Five Venoms, but under any title, it is one of the most popular Shaw films in America, inspiring a soft drink commercial, and even an entire rap music act's world tour. It also spawned a highly popular movie series of high-flying, blade-juggling, flesh-stabbing mayhem featuring the same actors in new stories.
