Chiang Shao Lin

Chiang Shao Lin is an actor and assistant director, known for The Singing Killer (1970), Ye gu niang (1966) and Five Fingers of Death (1972). He was active from 1954-1977.

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Name Chiang Shao Lin

Nationality Hong Konger

Gender Male

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Type Hong Konger

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Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia. (Source: Letterboxd)

This film from 1950 shows a current problem - what the press can show or not. We meet a painter and a famous classical singer. Their friendly meeting was interpreted by a reporter in a wrong way. How it will end for them? Next film directed by Kurosawa Akira.

The story of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937. (Source: IMDb)

Assassin Ah Jong is accidentally damages the eyes of the singer Jennie during a shootout. He later discovers that if Jennie does not have an expensive operation soon, she will go blind. To get the money for Jennie, Ah Jong decides to perform one last hit. Meanwhile, the police detective Li who has b...

Demon Princess Elzebub plots to conquer the Earth. She destroys a few major cities in China to prove her power to terror-stricken humanity. Returning to her lair in Inner-Earth, she awakens her army of Skeleton Ghosts and various Ice Monsters to wreak havoc on the surface. But there is hope, the hig...

The year is 1937, just before the Japanese invasion of China. The painters Ju Rui and Lao San fall on He Hua, a woman sold in the sex industry in a local brothel. Little by little, feelings develop between the shy couple, but the Japanese army arrives in town, and everyone's life changes radically.....

The plot involves a high-tech gang of thieves, a legit jeweler caught up in their racket, and a female jewel buyer who’s actually a police agent assigned to infiltrate the gang and bring them down. (Source: IMDB)

This thriller of grinning revenge resembles a large-town version of STRAW DOGS (1971) and a little of the later DEATH WISH (1974). Yueh Hua is on fire in the role of the good Samaritan who puts his life and that of his family at risk by going to the police after witnessing the brutal murder of a pol...

A computer engineer working for an insurance company stops over in Hong Kong on his way to a conference. He gets tricked into breaking into a bank. (Source: IMDB)

Ge Tian Li is an assassin who always gets her man, but this time she's the target. (Source: IMDb)

The Shaw Brothers' take on James Bond. Pursued by the murderous Skeleton Gang, three people travel from Bangkok, Thailand to the ruins of the ancient Siamese capital Ayutthaya in search of lost treasure, using three small Buddha statues. (Source: IMDb)

Li Bing, a nightclub entertainer and a reformed thief was caught up in a fight against a criminal syndicate after forcing a cohort to return the wallet he previously stole from an assistant of a scientist who has just recently completed a doomsday device. (Source: Letterboxd)

Chen Kuan Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respected by his peers, Big Brother Cheng runs the teahouse – and unofficially the neighborhood – with a firm righteous hand. However, when the triads come calling, Big Brother Cheng finds out respect and co...

When a frantic prince is captured by Chin forces and guarded by an expert in mortal martial arts, rebel leader Sung Bao Ting Tien is teaming up with the mysterious Petite Chauve-Souris to save the royal during a perilous mission.

Legendary fighter Wu Sung is sent to prison in Meng province after murdering his sister-in-law and her lover. He meets with prison officer Shih En, who saved Wu from the punishment by stick required for the new prisoners. Wu learns that Shih's restaurant, called the "Delightful Forest", has been occ...

An exciting tale of a patriot committed to ending the corruption of the Ching rulers.

Two clans compete for dominance over the martial arts world in this classic of violent swordplay and political intrigue. A complex tale of deception and double-crosses. Killer Clans leaves viewers guessing every step of the way. Masterful fight choreography from Yuen Cheung Yan (Yuen Clan member and...

The debauched emperor of the Mings, Cheng Teh, sat on the throne. Women were totally subject to men. Businessmen, civil servants and scholars suggested building houses of infinite pleasure for their lives. In Ching Hua's house of pleasure, the girls underwent rigorous exercises and instruction in th...

Court intrigue in China after the Taiping Rebellion is suppressed.

This is the 12th film in the series "Wolfs of the City" which describes the adventures of the Capone biker gang under the direction of Kamisaka Hiroshi.

Hyeok Bin was once a superstar but a scandal caused his popularity to fall. Hyeok Bin and his manager Jin Goo are trying to get back on the stage with an Internet podcast where sexual concerns are honestly exposed. Hyeok Bin immediately draws attention with his frank answers to listeners who send th...

Acclaimed action director Liu Chia Liang makes a mind-boggling directorial debut in The Spiritual Boxer, which not only quickly established Liu as a genius director but he was also credited with introducing comedy into the Kung Fu genre; the pre-cursor for Jackie Chan's Kung Fu comedies. Its Ghostbu...

A magician makes money by charging people to cast love spells on the objects of their affection. Complications arise when he decides that he wants a customer's bride for himself.

A love story between an alluring female fairy, who seeks love on the world of mortal men and finds it in a man who takes care of an orphanage.

An advertiser working for her father's nylon stocking company becomes the secretary to her father's competitor. Things get even more challenging when they fall in love. (Source: IMDb)

"The Anonymous Heroes" is a 1971 Hong Kong Shaw Brothers action-comedy post-Chinese Revolution adventure of rebels battling warlords film directed by Chang Cheh.

He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard cons...

For noble college and Kung Fu student, Yen Tzu Fei, there can be no forgiveness or mercy, as an unscrupulous Japanese financier's sordid family literally rapes and pillages everything Yen holds dear. It's a fight to the finish against both his oppressors and their even more venal collaborators.

Huang Fei Hung is back, in a new adventure written and directed by veteran Huang filmmaker Wang Feng. Newcomer Shih Chung Tien stars as the Confucian healer who fights jealous villains with wisdom, intelligence, and fabulous kung fu. (Source: IMDb)

Disguised as a rich trader, pirate Cheung Po Tsai sales to a shoreline southern China, where the villagers live in poverty due to struggle against exploitation and corruption by the government. There he attracts the attention of merchant Xiang You Lin and his sister who are keen on killing him for b...

A year before Robert De Niro took the wheel, David Chiang cruised the mean streets as Chen Kuang, a taxi driver whose adventures reveal Hong Kong's verve with wit, compassion, and not a small amount of adventure . Variety noted, "The directing and photography show flair, and the script shows thought...

A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen. (Source: IMDB)

Chiao Tzu Wei hires a killer under the premise that the local government (run by the local kung fu school) is corrupt and extorting the people of the town. The killer happens to be Hsieh Chun (aka Hsiao Hu) who left town ten years ago. (When Hsieh Chun opens up a suitcase full of knives, you know th...

Na Cha is reincarnated to save his people from an evil emperor.

Siu and Ma are two bandits who ride from town to town robbing banks and killing anyone who tries to stop them. When a hold up goes wrong, Siu is caught, and soon realizes that Ma has kept the money and isn't coming to rescue him. (Source: IMDB)

Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil, where his only protection is his famed fighting technique. (Source: IMDb)

"King Boxer" follows the quest of a gifted young martial arts student as he struggles to win the All-China tournament despite ruthless acts of sabotage by his rivals.

Detective Lung is investigating the murder of his father and discovers his father belonged to a syndicate of smugglers. He finds out the murderer used to be his father's business partner and that he's now living in Hong Kong under a new name (Wang). Lung tries to lure Wang to Bali where he hopes to...

David Chiang stars as a nightclub vocalist whose former criminal friends blackmail him into working with them again. (Source: TMDB)

Two sisters, Ching-ping and Pai Hung struggle to find a workable act after their magician father and younger sister leave to try their luck in Taiwan. A good friend gets them cast in a new movie, and the rest is history…. This film is a glitter-clad endorsement for women in the entertainment indust...

The villainess from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in one of her early non-kung fu roles shows she can carry a tune as well. Cheng Pei Pei plays Hsiao Yun, a young singer forced to choose between love and a career. After stepping in for another singer at the last minute, Hsiao Yun becomes an overnig...

The tale of a female trio singing and dancing in night city of Hong Kong's everyday life. (Source: IMDb)

The grandson of a petroleum company president is kidnapped in Rome. The kidnappers want $10 million dollars in ransom money. The boy's grandfather wants his grandson back but doesn't want to pay, so he hires detectives to go after the boy. Three local detectives have a go at it, and fail with comedi...

The seamy side of the Hong Kong film industry is laid bare in "The Call-Girls". Based on the infamous starlets-for-sex vice scandal that rocked the 1970s movie world. (Source: IMDb)

One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined. She begs Lo Lieh to teach her kung fu. At first he refuses until he learns her secret. Furious, Lo Lieh teaches her his deadly fight techn...

Peng Tianshi becomes the “Card Tyrant” in response to the gambling world dominance of the Sha family. But Peng also has a Sha family member blinded in retaliation for an earlier loss, leaving the Sha family with a debt of vengeance that needs to be repaid! Sha Tong sets in motion an elaborate plan t...

Real life Shadow Boxing champion Chen Wo Fu stars as a humble construction worker who is compelled to mete out justice after his girlfriend is viciously assaulted by gangsters. Ku Ting is a quiet man and a lightning-fast shadow boxer who keeps his fighting skills a carefully guarded secret. But his...

Gu Hui, a member of the 'Wolf Head Gang' becomes unhappy after their new chief decides to abandon their old code of conduct. (IMDB)

Ling Xi is a young man from a wealthy, respectable family in a relationship with Cindy, an underaged singer who suffers physical abuse from her father. (Source: IMDb)

A funny tale of a pretty pickpocket tangling with jewel heists, wallet snatching, and a drug trafficking ring. (Source: IMDb)

A man who joins the HK police force to track down a murderer and then struggles with his desire for vengeance and his new-found respect for the law. (Source: iMDB)

A beggar becomes a target for evil men plotting to make "The Bastard" a scapegoat for murder because he happens to like the son of a jailed dignitary's son accused of murder.

In the early days of the era of the Chinese Republic, the dockers of Macao were mistreated by their Chinese overseers. An accident reveals that the cargo is composed of firearms and opium.(Source: IMDb)

The discovery of oneself and the awakening of a young man, who was exposed and fallen for the lucrative powers of wealth.(Source:IMDb)

The plot follows the titular gang of misfits, gathered together by Chen Kuan Tai in order to protect a patriotic general from a scheming usurper. To this end, the unlikely heroes act as the general’s escorts on a dangerous journey to a distant British consulate, beset by enemies and sinister Japanes...

When his brother-in-law loses his head in a gambling den, kung fu master James Nam sets out on a one-man vengeance trail on the villains who pushed his brother to the limits and resulted in his horrific death. (Source: Letterboxd)

Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both writes and directs kung-fu courtesans battling brigands, and the ""godfather of the kung-fu film,"" Chang Cheh, creates a cliff-hanging, swashbuckling...

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Ha Eun Joong, a detective at Gangnam Police station. He became a detective to try to understand his dad better, who was an ex-detective. However, he discovers that his father, Myung eGun, actually kidnapped him when he was a child. Myung Geun had lost his own son in a building collapse, and as reven...

Teacher Ryoko Hayama has been suffering severe emotional abuse in her childhood. Therefore, she had developed a stoic personality. In other words, she accepted her fate and suppressed the past. Ryoko grew older and kept the stoic mindset until a change in the woman's mind occurred, once she had star...

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