There are at least two movies called “Grand Master of Shaolin Kung Fu.” I haven’t seen either. But there is a Shaolin Grand Master who is in tax trouble.
Qin Xiping is accused by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau of hiding 130 million yen (about $1.2 million) of income. Qin gave instruction in—what else—martial arts. According to this news report he received tuition of between 50,000 and 400,000 yen per student.
Qin is apparently the 49th grand master of the Shaolin Temple. His excuse for not paying is, “I’m only temporarily in charge of the money, on behalf of the head temple, so it’s not my money.” I know nothing at all about Japanese tax laws, but I have a feeling that the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau will let him know what they think of that reason. Luckily for Qin he’s been recalled to the Songshan Temple in Henan Province, China so he may be out of reach of the Japanese tax authorities.