Poon Man Wa

Poon Man Wa is a makeup artist who worked in films from 1977-2003.

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Set during the chaotic period of the Ming-Qing dynasty transition, Tae Yul, the best swordsman in Joseon, lives in seclusion with his daughter Tae Ok in the mountains after failing to protect and prevent the downfall of Gwanghaegun of Joseon. As Tae Yul's eyesight begins to fail due to an old injury...

Located in Canton at the end of the 19th century, this martial arts film depicts the position taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung against the plundering of China by foreign forces (English, French and American). When Aunt Yee returns from a fully Westernized America, Wong Fei-Hung...

A film on Chinese musical.

The God of Cookery, a brilliant chef who sits in judgement of those who would challenge his title, loses his title when a jealous chef reveals him to be a con-man and humiliates him publicly. As this new chef takes on the God of Cookery's role, the former God tries to pull himself back on top again,...

Eddie is a Hong Kong police officer who is hired by Interpol to capture a crime lord known as Snakehead, and prevent him from kidnapping a chosen boy with special powers and a medallion that gives superhuman power and immortality.

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

Because of genetic modifications, Black Mask has superhuman fighting and healing powers. He is searching for top geneticists around the world who might be able to reverse his modifications, which have blocked his emotions. Elsewhere, someone is augmenting the DNA of top pro-wrestlers with animal ge...

A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet. (Source: IMDb)

A royal guard from the Ming Dynasty and the rapist-killer he chases are frozen in ice during a fight. They are discovered in the 1980s and are transported to Hong Kong as historical artefacts. There they are defrosted and continue their rivalry.

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)

Lieutenant-Colonel Lam is an officer of the American army who has been entrusted by the American army with a top secret mission. The mission is to enter Vietnam to destroy an old American bunker filled with missiles before Viet Cong can take it. Due to the dangerous nature of the mission, a group of...

When Hsiang Ming’s wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him. (Source: Letterboxd)

Plainclothes policemen Brian and Mike use an elderly woman's apartment for surveillance, hoping to catch a fugitive gangster. They develop a warm relationship with their hostess, whom they call "granny." Meanwhile, each man develops a romantic relationship: Brian with a strange wandering teenage gir...

An abused woman in Hong Kong experiences flashbacks from a prior life when she was Golden Lotus, a beautiful woman in ancient China. As she tries to interpret these visions, she realizes that both versions of her are being victimized. She begins reenacting incidents from the past in her modern life...

A 1991 HK action movie from Ringo Lamm starring Hung Sammo. Police officer Pitt's partner Lau was killed by the triads. The case also involves the seizure of a number of pornographic photos of politicians from an earlier investigation. The murder was witnessed by chef Fat Goose, and Pitt forces him...

A gang of Chinese criminals migrate to Hong Kong in search of easy pickings. After pulling a few jobs and killing a couple of cops, they turn their sight on Tse Sui Luen Jewelry Company. But the robbery is miserably botched. Some of the crooks are tricked and killed by police super sleuth, Detective...

Crank and Fatty, two remarkably incompetent cops whose inept investigations lead to rape, torture, duplicity, and murder. (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)

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 --...

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)

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...

Shih Erh, a Taoist disciple monk, collects a scholar named Tsui Hung Chuen after he inadvertently burned his house after fighting a demon. Shih Erh and his master Wu Men Chu house Tsui and try to protect him from the demons and spirits that roam around; however, Tsui meets a benevolent female ghost...

In the year 2043, an evil crime lord, M. Bison, is trying to take over the world. He was arrested and was sentenced to jail by the Judge. M. Bison's minions, Kent, Sagat, and Toyota travel to the year 1993 to kill the Judge before he has a chance to get into office. During a battle with M.Bison's mi...

Years later, a woman narrates her personal story of the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941. She's Nam, young, attractive, daughter of a wealthy rice merchant, and prey to painful, disabling seizures. Her boyhood friend is Coolie Keung, whose family used to have wealth; he's now impoverished, a t...

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".

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...

The Eagle Shooting Heroes is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau. It is a parody of Louis Cha's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. It was filmed with the cast of Ashes of Time, during a lull in the filming. Multi-strand plot is about Ou Yang Feng and his cousin, who aim to ove...

During the Ming Dynasty, Tsao Sui Yan, the power-hungry and ruthless eunuch leader of East Chamber, craves his own kingdom. He intends on destroying the rebelling clans by using a traitorous secretary's children as bait. Ultimately, the two warring factions - the rebels led by Chow Wai On and Mo Yan...

In this film, set in ancient times in China, Leslie Cheung plays an agent, Ouyang Feng, hiring famous bounty-hunters. His character is portrayed as a fallen swordsman driven by greed and heartless to both friend and foe. He was perpetually being spiteful of love as his own love history was not nearl...

During the Ming Dynasty, the Sunflower Manual was stolen from the palace and a Jinyi Wei team is sent to retrieve it. The Jinyi Wei attack Lin Zhen Nan and his son Lin Ping Zhi, and the Lins separate to avoid their pursuers. Lin Zhen Nan meets Linghu Chong and Yue Ling Shan from the Mount Hua Sect,...

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...

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)

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...

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)

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...

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...

Between heaven and earth exists the Zu mountain range, where the immortals of Omei live, the highest mountain of Zu, but the kingdom is in danger by Amnesia, a renegade immortal who wants to rule over Zu and the whole world. White Brows, Zu's leader, appeals to his most expert fighters to defeat and...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

A couple inherit a small farm where they find ten magic pearls that contain the spirits of fairies. When their farm is invaded, they swallow five pearls each and give birth to the fairies reborn as children with supernatural powers.

Zhuo Yi Hang is raised by his master, Tzu Yang, to be his successor in the leadership of their clan. Yi Hang meets Lian Ni Shang, a warrior adopted by wolves and accepted by a tribe led by the evil magic twins Ji Wu Shuang, in a lake, and they fall in love with each other. Yi Hang promises to trust...

A monk from Tibet is sent to Hong Kong by his master. He is to recover a magical bottle to which he has the cap from a lawyer. When these items were united long ago they protected Tibet from invasion by the evil Black Section of Esoteric Buddhism. The monk meets and protects a woman who is acting as...

David died a virgin, and the Doomsday Book says a virgin ghost has no right for reincarnation until he deflowers a human virgin. David assumes the human shape and goes after Yen despite the fact she has a protective boyfriend. (Source: IMDB)

The film opens with a noted scientist bursting into flames in a church belfry at the exact moment that a number of satellites fail. Dr. Ken Tak, a renowned computer scientist, soon learns that two of his colleagues, who met with similarly grizzly ends, were approached by a shadowy organization calle...

A legend tells us that in a distant place, beyond the limits of the earth, there is a man with a broken heart and infinite power. Abandoned by his relatives, the legacy of the powers of the old man becomes a battlefield for evil strangers.

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

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...

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)

170 years ago, a wise monk made a section of land known as the Villains Valley, a sanctuary. Anyone who came to the valley was considered protected and safe from the law. The proclamation also stated that they should have a chance at repentance. The Master of Eva Palace, who is now master of the mar...

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.

Tiger, a fierce champion pro-boxer, is a gentle giant outside the ring. So when he accidentally injures a reporter during an interview, Tiger forswears his boxing career to care for the wheelchair bound journalist. Unbeknownst to Tiger, the reporter is exaggerating the severity of his injuries in th...

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.

The story of Beijing Opera School, its teacher Master Yu and his students. Loosely based on the life and teaching methods of Master Yu Jim-yuen of the China Drama Academy in Hong Kong, where talents such as Jackie Chan and the film's star Sammo Hung were trained. (Source: MyDramaList)

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

Phoenix Luk gets framed by the beautiful Mandy for the robbery of the emperor's treasure. (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)

A wandering swordsman protects a family from the wrath of a clan chief. (Source: IMDB)

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...

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 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...

Clan of the Amazons, is a 1978 Hong Kong film adapted from Xiuhua Dadao of Gu Long's Lu Xiaofeng novel series. The film was directed by Chor Yuen, produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio.

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...

Tong Pak Fu is a poet that is bored with his 8 wives until the day where he falls in love with Chou Heung. He becomes a servant in her house under the name of Wah On. But there are conflicts between the two families. After several fights against warriors with supernatural powers, the lovers will abl...

The movie shows the great achievements and remarkable changes that Foshan has made in the past 40 years as the frontline of reform and opening up. The story depicts the different experiences, encounters and life choices of Foshan people, such as Ye Zhi Kuan, who has lived in Foshan since his ances...

The film revolves around two rebellious high school students and brothers Paul and Dee, and Paul's relationship with Sze, a Vietnamese refugee. Paul and Dee's father is a prison officer who is very strict to his sons. When Officer Chan, who is divorced, decides to marry a younger woman, his two sons...

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

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)

Action adventure in which the formula for a cancer-curing medicine is stolen, and a kung-fu fighting team must overcome rivals and doublecrosses in order to get it back Source: IMDb

Following Ko Chun's earlier years as he battles for the position he was destined for: The God of Gamblers.

An ambitious disciple killed the chief of Wu Tang Clan to frame his illegitimate child. Then he proclaimed himself the new chief and ordered the killing of the run-away foe. Meanwhile the latter vowed to avenge his father’s death and began to learn the invincible ‘ Silkworm ‘ martial arts...

Jackie Chan stars as a hot-shot lawyer hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, Jackie is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until th...

Ling narrates as the daughter of a master sword-maker. She pines after the affection of two workers Ding On and Iron Head, but soon events take a violent turn as rogues start to cause trouble in the local village. Once Ding On discovers who murdered his father he sets off on a quest for revenge, wh...

Tung is a street cop in Hong Kong who is friends with a Triad dai lo named Fai. Fai hires a hitman to murder a business rival; the hit goes wrong and Fai, implicated in the incident, goes on the run. This leaves Tung in the put upon position to look after Fai's affairs.

Yao Long and May Yip are orphans who live in Russia with their adoptive family. Through the years, the two fall in love and promise that they will be together forever. One fateful day, Yao witnesses a murder being committed by a mysterious assassin. Shortly after this, he is captured and brainwashed...

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...

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

A firefighter salvages a spiritual shrine from an old burning building, which releases the gentle ghost of a Chinese opera singer, killed in a stage fire 30 years before. Grateful for saving her, the ghost falls for the firefighter and will stop at nothing to ensure his safety from the evils that lu...

Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by drowning him in the ocean. His mistress, in attempts to flee the village, dies when she plummets into a pool of quicksand. Years later, people swimming in the ocean mysteriously vanishes, and their bodie...

A tough, violent look inside Hong Kong underworld. Sworn Brothers is the dramatic, tragic story of two men brought up closer than most brothers. Now they find they stand on different sides of the law. (Source: IMDB)

An anthology of three stories, each dealing with paranormal activities that begin at the stroke of midnight. "Headless Soul" is a murder mystery involving a decapitated victim; police officer Fung (Jerry Lamb) has been instructed to be on night-watch at the murder scene and assigned to locate the vi...

An American FBI agent travels to Hong Kong to arrest a criminal newspaper editor, Ronny Dak who prints counterfeit money using the newspaper's presses. While investigating Dak's crimes, Cindy hooks up with her old friend Judy Yu, an undercover cop, and an intrepid journalist to battle his kung fu h...

Biu and Ting are two simple and honest guys, working in a jewelry store owned by cunning Ms Chou, who keeps picking on Ting. The usually silent Ting loses his cool when he is blamed for the theft. In a fit of rage, he plans to kidnap Ms Chou for ransom, along with his friend Biu. However, they end u...

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 disillusioned cop and a swindler with a heart team up to destroy an evil triad boss. (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...

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)

The maiden voyage of a glamorous new express train from Shanghai, called "The Millionaires Express", has a little more excitement than was planned for the high government officials, wealthy merchants and their wives, who make up most of the passengers.

Developer Tsang Siu Chi schemes to land a multi-billion dollar contract with the Prince of the Kuwaiti Royal Family. The Prince is a filial son who regrets the passing of his father, so Tsang seeks out his father to help him hoodwink the Prince. (Source: lovehkfilm)

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...

A shy teacher makes the mistake of borrowing a book which happens to contain stolen plates to make American dollar bills. (Source: IMDB)

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

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.

'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...

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...

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The story of twin brothers who separated at birth but grew up to be supreme martial artists. Raised to take revenge on each other they soon find themselves becoming good friends. Together they vow to take the martial arts world by storm and search for their true identities. Jiang Xiao Yu, better kn...

Separated at birth and brought up by rivalling masters, twins Hua Wu Que and Xiao Yu Er reunite 18 years later to collaborate and combine forces so as to nullify a conspiracy to take over the martial arts world. This attempt by movie director Wong Jing to turn renowned novelist Gu Long’s classic mar...

Chan Dai-Ha (Frankie Lam) sells Chinese desserts and falls in love with a wealthy girl named Gei Hao-Yee (Kenix Kwok). Each time Dai-Ha tries to help Hao-Yee, he does something wrong and angers her instead. One day, Hao-Yee and her servant falls down a hill and he saves them. Without thanking him, s...

After the demon teaching Yan Beifei helped the Central Plains master defeat Liu Shengyijian, his family was slaughtered, and his son Yan Guhong was taken away by his slain father and enemy Qin Baichuan. Hong escapes secretly and is raised by Xin Xiaoyue and trained as a killer. After receiving the o...

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