청나라 말기 광동무술의 명가라 하면 삼덕화상, 철교삼, 육아채, 소걸아, 춘미육, 진항공, 호혜건, 황한영, 이찬과 함께 황기영을 꼽는데 이 열사람을 일컬어 광동10호(廣東十虎)라 하였다. "광동 10호"가 나오는 것이 과거. "5호"가 현재. 스승과 제자 2대에 걸친 인연의 싸움이 그려져 있다

Chang Cheh directs this old school Shaw Brother produced kung fu yarn. The film opens with members of the Ten Tigers group getting attacked by a pair of mysterious assailants. The film then flashes back several years previous to focus on Ming partisan Chu (Ku Feng) who is on the run from Manchu forces. Local merchant and kung fu enthusiast Li Chen-chau (Ti Lung) gives the fugitive shelter in his pawnshop and quietly recruits some of his fellow martial master associates to help protect the lad. When Li's professional rival rats him out, Manchu official Liang (Johnny Wang Lung-wei) not only orchestras his army but fools a couple other kung fu masters including Beggar Su (Phillip Kwok Tsui) into helping his cause. After a heated battle, Li manages to convince Su to joining his cause, thus forming the Ten Tigers. The film then snaps back to the original storyline, where the identities of the mystery assailants are revealed.