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A story about illegal immigrant criminals in Hong Kong. (Source: IMDB)

Patriotic extravaganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan. The Battle for the Republic of China won a 1982 Golden Horse Award for Best Film and Best Original Film Song. (Source: IMDB)

Three years ago, the drama tutor Lam Hiu-Yeung's brother was kidnapped and killed. The case was handled by Inspector Madem Ho Yuen Chun, who is known for her sharp wit and intelligence, but was unfortunately unable to save Lam Hiu-Yeung's brother in the end. Now Lam Hiu-Yeung faces the horror of los...

Determined to escape China's harsh regime to join Hong Kong's freedom, three young people were captured by Mr. Hok, a smuggler of sadistic illegals who subjected them to an incessant assault of degradation. Pushed to the limits of human endurance, prisoners must fight for their lives in an unforgett...

A film on Chinese musical.

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.

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...

Lei Xiao Feng is an ordinary middle school student who is always late and can't get out of bed. He always has poor grades in every exam, but he has a warm heart. When his classmates are bullied, he always stand up and fights the injustice. Soon the Hong Kong Games will be held and the physical educa...

A Hong Kong band led by Johnny explores the Indian side of the Himalayas mountains and discovers the eponymous Beijing Man, a gigantic monkey-like creature, as well as a beautiful blonde wild woman named Samantha, whose parents were killed in a plane accident. Samantha was raised by Utam (the Beijin...

The police have their hands full with a slippery rapist preying on helpless teenage girls. Gun: Three teenagers' lives change forever when they find a package containing a gun, hand grenades and ammunition. (IMDB)

During the Tang dynasty, Ji Yingying, a young woman from the Huanhua dye shop in Yizhou, and Zhao Xiuyuan, a large family of Yizhou brochanters, were childhood lovers. However, due to family pressure, Zhao Xiuyuan could only marry Niu Wuniang, the daughter of the official family Niu. Ji met Yang Jin...

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

The dying master of the powerful Poison Clan dispatches his last pupil, Yan Tieh, on a crucial mission. Worried that the skills he has taught are being used to evil ends, he orders Yan to trace a retired colleague and warn him that the fortune he amassed from the clan's activities is under threat fr...

In the 21st year of Jiajing, Jiajing Emperor superstitions alchemy in order to live forever, and Shuntianfu was surprised to see the girl trapping the killings. Many unsuccessful girls were trapped and opened to take blood, leaving a round of scars on the neck. Rivers and lakes rumored that this wou...

A cop is assigned a rag-tag bunch of misfits to go after a drug runner. (Source: IMDb)

A coolie is offered a job as policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and corruption rises through the ranks of the police, then becomes a gangster. (Source: IMDB)

Accompanied by his old manservant, scholar Sung Li Ho is on his way to the capital for the imperial exam. They spend a night in the house of Mrs. Yuan and Li Ho takes a fancy to her pretty daughter, Pei Fang. Li Ho is discovered by a maid peeping at Pei Fang as she takes a bath. He slips and falls i...

Liu Yung is the brother whose destiny is to become a top mobster. Danny Lee is the brother fated to become a cop. (Source: IMDb)

1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take her with him. 2. A caretaker wins the lottery thanks to the saucer spirit. Things begin to go wrong when he breaks his promise to it. (Source: IMDb)

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...

Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau Ying awaits certain death from tuberculosis. The new servant girl, Yi Wah takes pity on her mistress’ plight and the pair proceed to drown him one evening. They dump his body in a near-by pond but Sau Ying believes that the man’s bloated...

An anthology film featuring three true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970s. Part 1: Hidden Torsos - A woman and her daughter are murdered by her abusive boyfriend. Part 2: Valley of the Hanged - A man murders his wife and her lover. Part 3: The Stuntmen - A gang boss is mu...

A fascinating crime saga of a Sino-Vietnamese crime gang. Danny Lee stars as a misunderstood refugee while Ray Lui plays a cop struggling against his own preconceptions to make sure that justice is done. (Source: HKCM/IVL)

Patrick Tse Yin is the Thief of Thieves, a retired world-famous burglar now working as a security consultant. But there's a new rash of heists in town, leaving not only a trail of bodies with it, but also a single rose -- the Thief's calling card. Eager to clear his name, he must solve the crimes --...

Police corruption is the theme of this brutal announcer of the dark "new wave" polar. Pai Piao, Danny Lee and "Venom" Sun Dog play the roles of idealistic graduates of the police school who encounter a depravity so vicious and murderous that the cop who is killed first could be considered the lucky....

Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card. (Source: IMDB)

A powerful crime syndicate known as the Chi Sha clan is a vast network of deadly criminals proficient in martial arts. Growing in number at an alarming rate, the Imperial Court orders Yang Chen Yu and his followers to wipe them out at all costs. Doing this proves difficult as no one knows the identi...

A short-tempered, violent criminal named "White Tiger" is on the run from the police and joins a theater troupe for disguise, killing anyone who angers him or who suspects his identity. One person he unsuccessfully tries to kill several times is a cowardly laundryman named "Mousy" who manages to esc...

He Ming Zhu seeks revenge against a gambling syndicate who forced her father's suicide. (Source: IMDB)

A necrophiliac killer is murdering the prostitutes at Madame Lan's brothel. (Source: Letterboxd)

The story revolves around a possessed young policewoman who seems to be out killing everyone who gets in her way. Her boyfriend, photographer and boss at work are all suspicious of her and are out to find out what’s the problem. With a story focusing on possession, vengeful spirits and murder, you’r...

Kogoro Akechi, a brilliant detective patterned on Sherlock Holmes who appears in several stories by Edogawa Rampo and is a fixture in Japanese popular culture. ~~ The film is based on a 1934 novel by Edogawa Rampo, and its theatrical adaptation by Yukio Mishima, who, at the time, was the lover of Ak...

Wudang is in trouble again, with both Dugu Wu Di planning to attack the Wudang temple and an interloping group of martial artists from Japan waiting in the background. (Source: IMDB)

Acclaimed director Chu Yuan was credited for bringing mystery and detective thriller ingredients into his atmospheric and character-rich martial arts epics, and this is one of the most impressive examples. The title refers to the nickname of a notorious rapist-murderer who swoops down to destroy one...

Due to his own extreme ideals, the famous epic Li lost all those dear to him. After his life was saved by a rival epic, Li's disproportionate pride led him to give up the woman he loves and let her marry his savior. Now resigned to traveling the country with his faithful assistant, Li's only comfort...

The Rat and the Cat have spent years arguing about who owns the most powerful kung fu. When the Cat was appointed guardian of the emperor, the Rat became deeply jealous and opened a plot to discredit his rival. Freely adapted from the novel "The Seven Heroes and the Five Galants".

The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, San Te manages to escape and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge. In a short period of time he masters...

Black Eagle Chik Ming Sing is the renegade member of a gang of notorious killers led by a vicious leader - Yoh Xi Hung. Although he's a professional killer, his conscience takes over and he decides to change his life. He gets redemption for an unspeakable act with the help of a mysterious foreigner...

With help from the treacherous Song Dynasty general Pun Mei, the Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty army succeeded in trapping the loyal Song general Yeung Yip and his 7 sons at Golden Beach. Yeung Yip and his sons were all killed or captured in the ambush, except for the 5th son and the 6th son who managed...

Chen and his cute sister are the main attraction of a martial arts theater show. Mr. Tuan, an unscrupulous boss who has long since set his eyes on the young woman, by trickery manages to blame Chen for rape and makes him helpless by mutilating his hands while forcing the girl to stay in her home as...

The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a spun blade that can remove someone's head from a long distance. As the Emperor, paranoid, begins to behead anyone whom he fears to consider a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned with the excesses of his master. He left his post and ret...

There was a belief that when a tear appeared on the blade of a legendary sword, there would be massacre in the martial world. Thus, a young swordsman was sent by his master to stop the massacre and he head-started with two renowned clans, which were always at odds with each other...

The movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers and their future disciples. The film opens with Tung Chi and his nephew, Liang Seo Hu, pursuing the disciples to take revenge for General Liang, who was the father of Liang Seo Hu, and who was also Tung Chi’s martial arts brother. Aft...

The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and Kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves...

Chu Liuxiang is having drinks with his friend, Monk Wuhua. Gong Nanyan of the Holy Water Palace suddenly appears and accuses Chu of having stolen the palace's Heaven's One Holy Water and committed a series of murders. She agrees to give Chu a month's time to clear his name, or else the mistress of t...

The monk Hung Wen Ting fights against the evil priest of the White Lotus after his friends and relatives have been killed by the murderous clan. (Source: IMDb)

The evil Black Dragon Jie Hook feeds on emotions such as bitterness, fear and sorrow. He creates a plague on earth and sends the demon dragon Fish Bu Confusion and the tree demon Pu Kwai to capture his nemesis Li Xin Yuan in his dreams. In the course of the assassination, Pu Kui is impressed by Li X...

Wei Fung, a young scholar recruited by the Emperor to infiltrate a group of rebels in the Tien Clan in order to get evidence of the clan's connection to Ming loyalists, the rebel spy network and anti-Ching activities. If Wei fails in his mission, his own well-connected family will be punished.

A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. Together, they have a son, Wen Din, whom both of them train. But the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Bai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger style from hi...

Third Master is a renowned swordsman whose position in "Jiang Hu" (or the "World of Martial Arts") is lofty, and a source of frustration for the weary Third Master. The constant challenges and myriad enemies he faces compel him to fake his death and pursue a quiet life with the beautiful and kindhea...

Defeated villain Sung Ching Shu restarts his reign of terror, trapping a beautiful Mongolian Princess and mastering the "yin and yang combined" technique to become almost invincible. Only two swords, and two great swordsmen, stand in his way... (Source: IMDB)

Director Chang Cheh reunites the Five Venoms in his second biggest cult hit in the West. It's Lo Meng's most memorable performances whose showdown with fellow Venom Kuo Chue is artistically violent while being graphically artsy. (Source: IMDB)

Li Xun Huan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled martial arts fighters and leaders are bent on killing him, so they can be ranked top by Bai Xiao Sheng in his renowned list of the best warriors in the martial arts world. Li X...

Kuo Tsing wins the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. Almost immediately, however, clan rivalries leads to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named new leader of the Beggar Clan. (Source: IMDb) ~~ The Brave Archer 2 is a 1978 Hong Kong film adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Legend of...

The Brave Archer 3, also known as the Blast of the Iron Palm, is a 1981 Hong Kong film adapted from Louis Cha's novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The third part of the series The Brave Archer brings together Guo Jing and Huang Rong who are struggling to find a cure for the deadly blows of the...

The Sword Stained with Royal Blood is a 1993 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel Sword Stained with Royal Blood. "Godfather of the kung-fu film", Chang Cheh, made this treasured and beloved adventure featuring a sword, training manual, treasure map and a secret message. (Source: IMDB)

A evil Qing general is developing a brilliant plan to rid the Qing Empire of Shaolin masters once and for all. He invited three Shaolin experts from the North to his mansion and made them fight in a contest against three Shaolin novices from the South already present in his mansion. By royal decree,...

A psychotic craftsman pits two rival samurai against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.

Zhao Wu Ji embarks on an very tragic adventure full of intrigue to avenge his father, who is beheaded by a traitor working for Tang, on the eve of his son's marriage. (Source: IMDb)

This exciting story of two rival epics in imperial China competing with a wicked thirsty power for the possession of the dangerous "Peacock Dart".

It takes place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the...

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...

Kuo Chue is the new hero, who seeks to defeat the mass murderer of his masters in martial arts.

Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost. (Source: IMDB)

Xiao Yu Erh, separated from his twin as a baby after his parents are murdered and taken by a family friend to "Villains Valley," where he's raised to be a "villain" by a host of outlaws, each of whom has a special skill. When he's old enough, he devises clever means to trap each of his "uncles" and...

A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins. (Source: IMDB)

The Yang family, men and women, had served their country (Song Dynasty) loyally for generations. During the war with Western Xia, General Yang Tsung-pao is ambushed and killed. His death leaves his only son, Yang Wen as the only male heir left to the Yang family. His widow, Mu Kuei-ying, the grand m...

Little Dragon Maiden mixes the old with the new to create pure golden magic as Kung-Fu fighting veterans Chen Kuan Tai and Lo Lieh join relative newcomer Leslie Cheung in a far-out swordplay love story that rocks. Little Dragon Maiden and The Brave Archer and His Mate (1982) are seen as unofficial...

Sensual Pleasures presents a collection of three "ghost story" sex thumbnails. (Source: IMDB)

The first story features an elderly jeweler's adventures with his unsatisfied wife, a handsome neighbor, and the neighborhood bordello. The second is a more modern tale of sex, lies, and videotape. (Source: IMDB)

Five Element Ninjas is a story of revenge, betrayal and ambition with the background of ninja martial arts and skills. When his school was destroyed and his colleagues all massacred by the supreme ninja Cheng Yun and his ninjas of the five elements, Tsiau Chin Hau took revenge. But stopping the elem...

Chu Liu Hsiang arrives seeking adventure, but instead stumbles across a martial-arts underworld, ruled by a mysterious kingpin known as Mr. Bat. He joins forces with a band of warriors, but as they draw close to their target, true motives are revealed. Now, these travelers face a challenge far more...

Master kung fu director Chang Cheh delivers this straight-ahead period martial arts saga. Tung Chien Chen was accepted into the hallowed Shaolin Temple even though he is Manchu, because his parents were both killed by the same. Shaolin has been locked in a fierce rivalry with the Wu Tang clan, which...

Some of the best kung-fu actors star in this rare, colorful, action-packed story of one of the legendary Ching Dynasty Kwangtung Tigers. "Beggar Su" must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede, and the result is explosive. (IMDB)

Court intrigue in China after the Taiping Rebellion is suppressed.

In 19th-century China, during the infamous Qing Dynasty, the population is suffering at the hands of greedy landlords, corrupt officials, and unwelcome invaders. Hoping to unite his people, martial arts master Chen Xiang opens a school integrating techniques from both the North and the South. But...

An Asian version of Midnight Cowboy where Chin Han plays a male model thrust into sexual situations he wasn't prepared for. He finds himself alone, and is forced to move in with a sexually confused man, who he finds out too late, is his only true friend. The film broke new ground touching upon issu...

Old men get ripped off by a young man and sexy girls. The old men finally wake up and exact revenge. (Source: IMDB)

Part 1 : ‘Maniac’ – A gang is kidnapping young women. Part 2: ‘Queen of Temple Street’ – A gambling addict sells his wife to a brothel to pay off his debts. (Letterboxd)

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.

Tang Dynasty emperors, Ming Dynasty scholars, assorted fortune tellers, and several Buddhist monks figure in a trio of erotic and mystical Chinese legends. (Source: TMDB)

Attracted by the sensual rain dance performed by three glorious tribeswomen, the Snake Prince and his brothers set into motion an extraordinary tale of romance, greed, insanity, envy, lust, murder, and tragedy. (HKCM)

Doctors dealing with patients noticed something weird going on, such as zombies with spikes in their heads and when removed, they melt down, patients vomiting up worms, spontaneous combustions, exploding bodies, demon fetuses and the disappearance of women. A male-witch is responsible for all these...

A knight finds himself protecting the life of a beautiful young lady being stalked by a bunch of assassins. (Source: Letterboxd)

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...

A petty god accepts the heavenly challenge and descends to earth in order to change the lives of a prostitute, a beggar, and a villain.

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.

Sequel to the 1977 Mad Monk sees the titular Mad Monk versus the legendary Lu Tung Pin, the immortal scholar-turned-genie. Together they wreak havoc as they vie with each other in mirth, magic, women, and weapons. (Source: HKCM/IVL)

The main characters are a pair of "corpse herders," whose job is to deliver corpses, AKA hopping vampires, for burial in their home villages. A fugitive seeks to pass through checkpoints and avoid capture by pursuing soldiers by imitating one of the hopping vampires. (Source: IMDb)

Swordsman and Enchantress is another in the long line of Chor Yuen-directed adaptations of swashbuckling novels by Ku Lung done for the Shaw Bros. studio. Like the others, this one has its requisite amounts of swordplay, clan rivalry, super-powered martial arts, characters who are never quite what t...

A clever Shaw Brothers wuxia comedy about a young antihero getting himself and his friend (Max Mok) into all kinds of trouble with the formidable "Heavenly Demon". (Source: IMDb)

From first-time director Lung Yi Sheng comes Demon Of The Lute, a 1983 fantasy swordplay epic featuring a ragtag group of heroes as they face off against a demonic force for evil! Chock full of fantastical characters blessed with otherworldly powers, enchanted weapons, and the remarkable ability to...

Li Lang is a court official out to avenge his former emperor. The target is easy to hate: the power-hungry Kuang Yi is a plundering rapist and a cold-blooded murderer. But can one man take on the imperial army? (Source: Letterboxd)

Li’s The Mad Monk consists of four stories that see the roaming monk save a mother and daughter from the brink of death and a young man from the hands of unscrupulous debtors. Ji Gong also deals mischievous justice on robbers and corrupt officials. (Letterboxd)

Derek Yee is a magic solar baby sent Earthbound by a benevolent god, raised by an old carpenter, has martial art superpowers and “green kryptonite” loses them during solar eclipses. That’s when the evil baby counterpart shows up. (Source: Letterboxd)

Two princes are seperated by birth. One is raised by the Prime Minister. The other is raised by three mad Shaolin Monks. They both learn kung-fu. When they are 23, they meet and combine there forces to defeat the evil 9th Prince. (Letterboxd)

While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit. (IMDB)

This uproarious action fantasy sees its heroes facing off against all sorts of unholy threats seeking to terrorize the land of the living. (IMDB)

A young man learns about the secrets hidden in the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre to become the head of the Kung-Fu world, seeking to unify the Chinese Zoroastrianism Cult, and confront the Mongolian Dynasty. (Source: IMDB)

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...

Du Meng Fei fresh out of Kung-Fu training, finds himself caught up in a 20 year conflict between the evil Thunder Gang Chief Leng Tian Lei and the Dragon Sect. Lei seeks his missing daughter and will kill anyone who gets in his way.

A man and woman are kicked out of the Court of Heaven on trumped up charges of bringing shame onto the Kingdom. (Source: IMDB)

A bookish young man and his sword-loving sister find themselves battling a trio of villains, one of them a beautiful but masked woman who has promised to either marry or murder the first man to see her unmasked. (source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" (天龍八部, Tian L...

Two siblings, a boy and a girl are separated as babies when their parents are killed by two villains. They since are raised by two rival martial arts masters and trained for a duel, to occur when the siblings reach the age of 18, to see who gets control of both the Yin and Yang Holy Flame Swords.

A band of four physically-challenged fighters learn to use their disabilities as their most lethal weapons when they stand up to save their town from a demonic tyrant.

A masterpiece about Hong Kong society’s differing views on love and what women want from love. It spins three interconnected tales about a trio of Hong Kong women, their relationships, and their hopes for finding true love. (Source: MUBI and YESASIA)

The late Ming Dynasty is the time period when the influence and power of the court Eunuchs are at their peak. One in particular is Wang Zhen, a vicious martial arts master who has distracted the weak-minded young Emperor with an endless supply of concubines to sate his passions, while plotting to se...

Ghost Eyes concerns a female hair stylist who is seduced by the vampiric ghost of a former optometrist. Using supernatural contact lenses to control her mind, he gradually drains her life essence as she is forced to find new victims until tries to make a stand and rid herself of this terror once and...

Jiao is framed for rape and murder (and, later, two more murders) by Chen and his son – the same people who framed Jiao’s father and left him orphaned. Into the mix comes THE LADY OF THE LAW, Miss Leng, whose job it is to find the guilty. (Source: Letterboxd)

A variety of characters are converging on the home of Siao Pun Hu for a celebration of his accomplishments in the martial world. (Source: IMDb)

Kung Fu knight Shen Lang stumbles across grave robbers while on the trail of a martial arts mass murderer. (Source: IMDb)

Only the union of the title weapons can save the six remaining martial arts sects who are vying for mastery. (Source: IMDB)

Nan Kung Sung sees the seediness of Conflicting Clans' politics after being cut from his own clan due to a misunderstanding and accepting a quest to give song entitled "The Proud One", to the correct musician. (Source: IMDb)

Master of the "swordplay thriller" genre, Chu Yuan and renowned kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia tell the fabulous tale of the "Fastest Swordsman in the World" facing the "1000 Face Devil" and no less than seven murderers. (Source: IMDb)

With the impending death of the Emperor Ching one candidate for the throne hires the lady assassin to get rid of another strong contender. (Source: IMDB)

Two young lovers, Yun Keng and Ching Shuang belong to opposing clans. Their relationship is a secret for a time. Once Master Diao, head of the Great Banner Clan, learns of this treachery he must execute his son by way of quartering. (Source: Letterboxd)

The titanic team of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung wisely choose to give their hero a whole new, non-stop, cliffhanger-fraught adventure featuring a mystery swordsman, a sensual swordswoman, an imperial assassin, a Ghost Mansion, the Bat Island, a booby-trapped tunnel, double crosses, and se...

An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who has nothing to do with the theft investigates and is led on the trail of the supernatural "Bloody Parrot". (Source: IMDb)

A young boy betrays his family who hides a refugee and tells the pursuer where the hiding-place is – just because he wants a valuable telescope for reward. His father decides to kill the boy in order to restore the honor of the family. It's Ti Lung versus Lo Lieh in the period piece action movie The...

Wong Yu is an upstart young fighter who gets a job to deliver a box which he is not allowed to know the contents of, but will be paid a fortune once its delivered. (Source: IMDb)

A lone wanderer is repeatedly mistaken for someone else and drawn into a number of violent battles. (Source: IMDb)

Leaving behind an inch of sword in the spent corpses of his opponents, Tuan Chang Qing is known as the Deadly Breaking Sword. After barely surviving a duel, one of his foes is treated by the diabolical Dr. Kuo, who uses his powers of mind control to transform the man into a killer. After Tuan Chang...

"Godfather of the kung-fu film", Chang Cheh, made this treasured and beloved adventure. Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. (Source: IMDb)

A tale of deadly deception and betrayal unfolds when the leader of the respectable Iron Flag clan is assassinated by The Spearman while the clan fights the villainous Eagle clan. Iron Flag’s eldest brother, Lo, accepts the responsibility for the deaths of the Eagle clan and goes into hiding from the...

In the great tradition of Hsu Tseng Hung’s The Silver Fox and Chang Cheh’s Legend of the Fox comes this exciting adventure, where the only thing between all the clan leaders and certain death is one young woman. (Source: Letterboxd) ~~ Adapted from the novels "Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain" (雪...

The dashing, young swordsman Feng Xi Wu arrives at a beautiful, but deadly location known as Moonlit Sky to investigate rumors of deaths and disappearances there. He comes to the defense of a beautiful young woman playing the zither who warns him to leave. He refuses and is soon at the mercy of the...

There are five main clans ruling the martial world, each representing one of the five elements - fire, metal, water, wood and earth. Each year they hold a martial arts competition to decide which one of the five clans will rule the world. The story is centered around one of these tournaments, as a c...

A young Kung Fu student is thrown into jail on a false charge. He shares a cell with a shaggy convict, who is repeatedly tortured by the magistrate to reveal the deadly secret. (Source: IMDB)

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...

The insidious Masked Gang of hired killers have been terrorizing the countryside, with their mastery of the trident and an inherent brutality, raping and pillaging. But who are the men behind the mask, and what are the identities of the three chiefs in the gold masks? Chiang Sheng stars as Chi San...

The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties. (Source: IMDB)

A righteous general’s family was massacred by the Ming Emperor, but his only son managed to escape death. Years later, the son grew up and yearned for revenge. Once he discovered a secret manual and a treasure map in a hidden cave...

A sword-filled thriller centering on the title location - an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings.

A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist. (Source: Letterboxd)

Heroes of the Underground is a World War II spy thriller from Shaw Bros. about Chinese resistance leaders working undercover against the Japanese in Occupied China. Ling Yun plays a fugitive rebel leader named Ding Yi Shan (the film's Chinese title) who takes on the identity of an antique dealer in...

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...

As an expert of the ‘Cross fists’ technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver called the ‘Shaolin Hand lock’ while an old wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing friend Fang Yun Piao pays the unwitting Li a visit. Armed with the deadly Hand lock maneuver, Cheng Ying and Kun Shih joins f...

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)

Emperor Chien Lung, bored with imperial traditions, disguises himself as a commoner to experience a different side of life. (Source: Letterboxd)

Zhong Yuan must face paternal murder, brother against brother plots, and shocking discoveries that could change the course of history. (HKCM/IVL)

"The Kid" is a monk whose education in the aptly named "Crazy Lo Han Fist" finds him battling a cruel bandit's son and befriending an abused prostitute. (Source: IMDb)

Although injured and hunted, a martial-arts expert teaches a bullied orphan his methods. (Source: IMDB)

Liu Chia-yung is saved from drug smugglers by Hui Ying-hung, whose godfather is a drunken master and whose leprous godmother is mistress of the fairly off-putting Leprosy Boxing style. (Source: Letterboxd)

A lazy son who knows some Kung Fu but mostly fakes it to show off. After being exposed he does good by improving his skills to the point where he can finally knock down his master father. (IMDB)

The thrilling story of a malicious lying, cheating swordsman who does whatever he can to reach the top and have 100 swords from defeated swordsmen. And the noble swordsman who stands in his way. (Source: HKCM)

The heroes pose as gun dealers and acrobats in order to get close to the bad guys so they can avenge the death of one of their brothers. (IMDB)

Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get help from a Kung Fu student and a rebel. (IMDB)

Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency...

Sima Jun is a killer working for a corrupt lord whose orders are followed without question or hesitation. When the lord suffers from a life-threatening boil on his back, he is told by the Imperial doctor that an herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure and is grown in a remote village by...

After her whole family was slaughtered under the order of the emperor, a pregnant martial artist is on the run, and struggles to avoid being caught or back-stabbed by even her closest friends. (Source: IMDb)

A naive daughter of an affluent merchant had always dreamt to meet her idol, a kung-fu celebrity. When her father announced her marriage to his pal’s son, the fierce and spoiled maiden sneaked out of the house to locate her true love. That began her adventurous journey to discover the outside world....

A swordswoman is out to avenge her father's death at the mid-autumn festival. The story includes a hunchbacked, one-armed character and showcases the "Poisonous Dragon Sword" style. (Source: Letterboxd)

Is it a historical, costumed kung-fu film or a gender-bending romantic comedy? You decide, but kung-fu film star, writer, and director Lu Chun-ku probably meant it as both. In either case, it's a delightful and exciting surprise from the man who made Holy Flame Of The Martial World and Bastard Sword...

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)

Uncle Tak is famous for using Chinese herbal medicines to cure diseases. A martial arts expert, he also teaches the young how to defend themselves. One of his students, Johnny, dreams of monopolizing the teaching of kung fu throughout the United States. To accomplish this, he tries to kill Uncle Tak...

The film opens with the chief Shaolin Monks realizing that time is not on their side and they must train more fighters to fight the Qings. The monk Hai Hsien (Shan Mao) opposes this as he is secretly working for the court. Outside many men are sitting in front of the temple waiting to be accepted in...

Cheng, a beautiful martial arts ace, is fighting to keep his legacy from the ruthless Yun Wei, but his efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao, his irrepressible little neve and stealing. After a frenzy of comedy-spectacular misadventures, the unfortunate duo is trapped and imprisoned, and Chengs' property...

After his father refuses to teach him kung fu and he is constantly being beaten around by rival school students, a young Wong Fei Hung must train under Luk Ah Choy to avenge the evils being done by the rival school.

The Monk Chi San is sent by his Shaolin masters to learn a special kung fu from a Wu-Tang priest and befriends his niece Wu Mei. The priest's brother is Pai Mei, who disapproves of associating with Shaolin rebels who oppose the Qing leave’s as his nephew remains behind to cause trouble for Chi San....

The Kung Fu Instructor was director Sun Chung's loose homage to Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo where unlike hero Sanjuro being a gruff, snarling, drunk swordsman looking for a drink, beloved actor Ti Lung plays an upright, righteous, weapon instructor looking to keep his limbs. Sun became the first Shaw B...

Ho Tao, a Chinese man marries Yumiko Koda, a Japanese woman through an arranged marriage and manages to insult all of her Japanese martial arts family by issuing a challenge to her that is misinterpreted by the others. He must then prove how good Chinese Kung Fu really is through a series of duels...

A swordswoman was implicated in multiple murders of several prestigious gang masters. Determined to clear her name, two of her friends barged into the highly protected Shaolin Temple thrice in view to find out the real culprits. When they thought they had gotten rid of these culprits, the mysterious...

Fong Sai Yuk's uninhibited arrogance toward a Manchu lord forces him to seek refuge in a Shaolin temple. Although abundantly trained in the martial arts, he is no match for Master San Te, the creator of the 36th Chamber of Shaolin, who constantly overpowers his younger, more agile disciples in matte...

Three young martial arts students and their teacher are beaten up badly by a wandering cloaked kung-fu expert man who proclaims himself "a corrector of bad kung-fu". Determined to avenge their teacher and regain their honor, the three students all go their separate ways to find kung-fu masters who w...

A Kung Fu master finds out that an opium den is destroying the lives of the town he lives in, and vows to put an end to the den, but first he must try to defeat the strongest enemy he has ever faced: his addiction to the drug itself.

A woman reaches from beyond the grave to claim the man she loves. (IMDB)

Three short horror tales make up the film. The film uses images from surveillance cameras set up in a person's home and in a convenience store.

While in Thailand to avenge his brother who was crippled in a fight with a corrupt Thai boxer, a man gets caught up in a web of fate, Buddhism and black magic.

A bloody clan clash centered on the trial of an admitted mass murderer and serial rapist. (Source: IMDb)

An omnibus of three short horror stories. “Haunted Car”: Pete, a young businessman takes a taxi back home from the airport. The driver makes a detour, excusing the roadblock from a nearby construction and starts to reveal shocking secrets hidden deep in Pete’s tormented past. “Reborn”: Tiwa, a sma...

A bus full of cult members gets stuck in snow. The cult has to stay in a mountain hotel. Strange things start to happen... (Source: theMoviedb)

An unspeakable act of cruelty sets the stage for horror in this evocatively-titled thriller spanning the supernatural from World War II to today, as a defiled and betrayed beauty haunts her persecutors from the Tao Tao Mansion. Terror and death stalk a professor and his family as they struggle with...

Several mysterious killings take place in the underworld. A warrior tries to find the culprit behind these murders. He finds that the victims are killed by a crystal statue. The statue is made by an ordinary man who is good at sculpting, but is controlled by an evil demon and the warrior knows that...

A female ghost possesses the body a dead girl in order to get a muscular stuntman for a boyfriend. (IMDB)

A compulsive gambler with bad luck owes money to a violent gangster boss. A mysterious old man offers him a proposal to marry the ghost of his dead daughter in exchange for cash and an expensive apartment. (IMDB)

A physically handicapped man revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero. (Source: Letterboxd)

George Lam Tsz Cheung tries, along with his buddies Hamburger and Snoopy, to find love and success in the world of TV commercials. (Source: IMDB)

Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force...

An anthology film featuring four true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's. (IMDB)

"Young Lovers" is an Elvis Presley-like musical romp where our "Viva Las Vegas" guitar-playing, handsome playboy is a poor rich guy named Yang, who ventures off to Japan and joins a rock and roll band. A love triangle quickly develops between Yang and two girls, one of them played by the sensational...

Though many movies claim to be unique, Farewell To A Warrior is truly in a class by itself, Hong Kong cinema’s only big budget Chiu Chow opera spectacular. Starring renowned diva Hsiao Nan-Ying, it is a vivid dramatization of the 13th century Sung Dynasty battle that pitted the legendary General Cha...

After a series of lion dances in the opening minutes, Wong Fei Hung and his once-rival, now friend, find themselves and their martial arts schools pitted against a rival school which uses a kung fu expert Master Shan from the north to do their dirty work, although the expert doesn't realize he is be...

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)

Bobo, a village girl journeys to the big city in search of her father. Not long after her arrival, she witnesses a gang fight dominated by a man she was friends with as a child. Now known as Jaguar, he works as a bodyguard for mob boss Kam, who is having a row with one of his partners. Jaguar’s lust...

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...

A probation officer tries to help a prisoner who faces harassment from corrupt guards and inmates. (Source: IMDb)

Shaw Brothers’ number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man Kung Fu dynamo Big Brother Cheng and Kung Fu superstar Chen Kuan Tai were made for each other. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a lit...

When a gambling boss named Chen Yuan Lung ends up dead, he leaves his two sons, Chia Chin and Chia Kang in the custody of his good buddy Chiptooth. (Source: IMDB)

Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until he runs up against the savage underworld empire of Hong Kong's Triad mafia. Escaping to San Francisco, he again tangles with criminal gangs, but this...

“The Master” looks at movie piracy in Thailand and worldwide. It tells the story of a man who opened a bootleg video store that introduced art and rare films from around the world to Thai customers. Motivated by a love of cinema, in an era when art films were not available in Thailand, this shop sol...

The story concerns Danny Lee’s character as a manager of one of Macau’s casinos battling it out on the card table to settle a gambling score with a Japanese gambler played by Chen Ping. He enlists the help of Tsung Wa’s character and the battle of wits escalates. (Source: IMDB)

A ballistic kid is on a mission to clear his father’s name. (Source: IMDb)

One of three collaborative thieves is imprisoned and the other two always get stuck without their friend. When the imprisoned one is released, they reunited to give full play to their talents. (Letterboxd)

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

A nurse decides to take justice in her own hands to fight the crime-syndicates of Hong Kong after her sister is drugged and abused by some local drug dealers. (Source: IMDB)

A group of down-on-their-luck robbers pull off a spectacular job - only to find themselves hunted by cops and possible betrayers. (Source: IMDB)

A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts. (Source: IMDb)

Kung-fu and drama merge in this unusually poignant and popular action film from the golden age of martial arts. Lo Lieh is given one of his most memorable roles as a tough gas station attendant who plots to kidnap his boss's son, only to find himself and his girlfriend -- played by the incomparable...

Fong Sai Yuk and Hu Huei Chien are reluctantly enrolled in the Shaolin Temple, as they are being chased by an Imperial Guard. (Source: IMDB)

A petty thief who knows just enough kung fu to fight back when attacked, but not enough to do much damage. Soon, he undergoes training under the tutelage of a derelict posing as a ghost, who seeks to have him carry out his mission of revenge. (IMDB)

A master martial artist's silly disciple struggles to save a priceless pole with a spectacular secret from an evil white slaver, the slaver's duplicitous wife, and even his own bone-headed, but greedy, companion. (Source: IMDB)

Here Chang Siu Tai (Alexander Fu Sheng) is the son of Master Chang (played by Ku Feng), a renowned chiropractor/bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but...

The traditional lion dance never looked so good as in Lion vs. Lion which captures the most impressive sequences of lion dancing on film. Lo Mang teams up with Wong Yu, as they inadvertently turn from vagabond kung fu school operators into anti-Ching, patriotic fighters. (Source: IMDb)

Taoist Priest Yu Ji is a victim of Magistrate Xu Gong's desire to kill General Sun Ce in a grab for power. Gong's plans go awry, as Yu Ji's spirit seeks revenge, after being publicly executed. (Source: IMDB)

An obnoxious restaurant delivery boy causing trouble with some local bad guys for the cook who secretly knows Kung Fu. (IMDB)

Emperor Chien Lung of the Chings dynasty attacked the corruption of the courts with the help of a young man who has the sense of the street. They then teach corrupt officials a lesson with spirit and style. This production proved to be so popular that director Li Han Hsiang took over to lead two suc...

Liao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelry store. Subsequently the three other gang members die, and their gold haul goes missing. Liao Jiang and his new gang member Huge Eyes are then forced to turn to a triad gang to help get back their gold from a rival group. (Sou...

Chiang plays a righteous character who helps an unjustly imprisoned swordsman accused of stealing. Together they break out of prison and serve notice to all the evil men in their lives that a new deadly duo is in town. (Source: IMDB)

Novice director Hsu Hsia and three other kung fu designers created this fight-filled tale of young rascal Wang Yu, caught between master martial arts actor Jen Shih Kuan and the incredible Huang Cheng Li. (Source: IMDB)

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...

An evil black-magic priest unleashes angry Japanese ghosts on a peaceful Chinese village. (Source: IMDB)

Most of the Liang family are murdered by Ling Guixing and the surviving son Liang Tianlai wows to bring him to justice. Fighting against corruption in several courts, his only main witness is beggar Afeng but as Ling has people around him willing to bribe and murder, soon Liang is left alone. All up...

Ah Ying is a former gangster trying to lead an honest life and occasionally using her fighting skills to help out the girls in the factory where she now works. (Source: IMDB)

Three refugees become sworn brothers during a war. One (Kuo Chui/Philip Kwok) works in a brothel, one (Chiang Sheng) in a gambling house, and the other (Lo Mang) in a martial arts school. They become embroiled in the war and are betrayed by one's mentor. (Source: IMDB)

Lu Shen is the ringleader of the Snake Sect, intent on reviving a deadly faction known as the “Five Poison Web.” In order to do so, he has an affair with the sexy ringleader of the Scorpion Sect. However, there is also the Centipede Sect to contend with, as well as other assorted martial artists, a...

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...

Chen Mei Ling is a new leader of backwater Kung Fu school in Hong Kong. She is struggling for new students and fights back old-fashioned style of teaching.

Chief constable and accomplished fighter Ling Tien Ying is well known for his remarkable success rate in his dangerous field. Ling, though, is also a ruthless constable who never spares the fleeing suspects he pursues and even earns a reprimand by his own brother for this grim determination. When tw...

A notorious villain had escaped from the royal palace with a priceless jade and presented to an evil prince who was weeding out of rebels. The usurper had hidden the stolen jade and all incriminating evidences in a pagoda that was full of booby traps. That was the beginning of the story whereby many...

'Tiger Killer' Wu Sung became a constable after his display of bravery. He stayed with his deformed brother and beautiful sister-in-law since then. However , when his sister-in-law tried to seduce him, he decided to leave...

An ambitious evil tribe intended to rule the martial world. Before they could achieve their goal, they had to steal a secret martial arts manuscript that depicted the details to produce firearms from a righteous family and fight a supremely intelligent swordsman Shen Sheng-yi who protected them......

Swordsman Lu Xiao-feng was baffled when his two pals had arranged a duel. Though the two were formidable swordsmen of the martial world but they had never crossed paths. Their duel thus aroused Lu’s curiosity to investigate the cause. When he was close to uncover some hidden conspiracies, some assas...

Tung Tieh-cheng, a famous weapons instructor is invited to teach Ching official's soldiers, But, after his son is kidnapped and castrated...

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