San Kuai is an actor and martial arts director who worked on such films as Whatever You Say, My Darling Wife (1965), 10 Magnificent Killers (1977), and Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic (1990).
A juvenile offender is wrongly charged with a crime. His father, an honest policeman, is in charge of apprehending the wandering son. But things got worse when the real perpetrators of the crime shot down his father and he was accused of his death. It is now up to him to hunt them down and bring the...
The plot is centered on a young and mischievous Wong Fei Hung, who encounters a series of troubles, going to hit the wrong people to make inappropriate advances to a woman. His father decided to punish him for his behavior by having him train more in martial arts. Wong's father arranged for Beggar S...
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...
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.
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After a sudden spike of supply into the drug ridden streets, a staunch anti-narcotics cop hellbent on disrupting the flow of drugs beyond the Golden Triangle recruits the help of an attractive young ex-convict to infiltrate a major Thai based drug syndicate controlled by a ruthless drug lord who's e...
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 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...
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.
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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...
The film is about a secret agent with code number 999 who is attempting to capture a thief named Rolex. Agent 999's hunt leads him to a village that is inhabited by cannibals.
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The plot is based on the story of how "Jade Unicorn" Lu Jun Yi came to join the outlaw band at Liangshan Marsh and the outlaws' battle with the Zeng Family Fortress.
~~ Adapted from the classical Chinese novel Shi Nai'an's "Water Margin".
The upright and invincible leader of the Wulin clan Lord Yin Ke Feng helps the Luoyang government to escort two hundred million worth of gold annually and has never made a mistake. However, he accidentally loses his martial arts skills and the gold is stolen by Chao Hong, leader of the Flying Tigers...
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.
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...
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...
After avenging his brother's death, Chen Shen returned home to Shanghai. He told his mother (who became blind by crying for his son's death) that he would no longer fight. However, in the case of a film whose title contains the words "poing" and "fur", Chen does not keep his promise for very long. J...
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...
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...
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.
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The film is a homage to the 1964 martial arts film Buddha's Palm which starred Cho Tat Wah, who also acts in a supporting role in this film.
The film started as Charles and Chi visit Mainland China and discover an ancient cave that houses what is supposed to be the makeshift tomb of the legendary m...
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.
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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 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.
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~~ Adapted from the novel "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" (天龍八部, Tian L...
The noble Liu family are separated when bandits besiege their city, and some treasure goes missing. Many years later, a group of youngsters are tasked with finding the treasure and a Liu family heir. A swordsman gets caught up in the tale.
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The plot follows the titular sisters, Ruo Lien, Ruo Lan and Ruo Mei whose clan protects the famous mighty steel sword, a powerful weapon much sought after by their rivals, in particular the nasty Chu Tien Hsiang (played by the legendary actor Lo Lieh,) who aims to use it to become number one in the...
In this stirring saga of the "Martial Arts World," Lo Lieh plays a righteous swordsman trying to protect another hero's wife and daughter from a corrupt minister's murderous plans.
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"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.
The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.
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The noble Ten Tigers, one woman and nine men, protect their Cantonese region the villainous Lord Yung and his underlings. When Yung kidnaps the wife of one of the Tiger’s students, the Tigers disguise themselves as a Princess and her followers in an attempt to gain access to Yung’s palace on his bir...
A small Chinese town is being torn apart by a conflict between local farmers and Japanese soldiers of fortune, who have been brought to town to liberate supplies of a rare Chinese herb. A martial arts expert gifted in both Chinese and Japanese fighting disciplines passes through town, and takes it u...
The poor hard working folk of Eagle Mountain in Chiuchow were being exploited by a ruthless gangster who had taken illegal control of gold mining rights in the region. The kung fu kid can take no more of the bulling and torture and unleashes his kung fu skills on the gang.
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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...
Everyone’s favorite martial artist “"Bruce"” winds up fighting for his life and soul in hell against an evil Warlord intent on making him mincemeat – and he has recruited some of the 1970s most iconic B-movie characters to help dispatch the great one. But when that won’t do the trick, he uses monste...
A King Boxer named Chow visits a friend in Thailand. She introduces him to her boyfriend, who’s a Thai boxer. Chow saves the Thai boxer from some thugs and the two become friends. Chow teaches him the knife style. Meanwhile back in China, Chow’s brother and sister look after his kung fu school. A Ja...
A ruthless gang of renegade martial artists are raiding small towns across Canton, raping and pillaging as they go. After his mother is killed by the gang, the Man in White teams up with three kung fu experts to get revenge.
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The tribe of a remote island worships the legendary Snake Pearl. Two masters of kung fu visit the isle and discover they must defend the daughter of the murdered chief against a evil wizard.
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After turning against friends of his Kung Fu teacher, Cheung Li Kung is banished to Malaysia, but instead of reforming, Cheung sets up a casino to steal wages back from the miners who work for him. When he also kidnaps the local store owner’s daughter, and beats her after she refuses his advances, o...
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.
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Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally retarded brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped to force the cop to turn over a police informant.
As an advisor to a renowned U.S. casino and a prominent gambler, Ray has encountered many adventurous challenges in his career. When the Taiwanese gambler, Cheung challenges Ray to a gambling contest with him in Macau, Ray's adventures begins again. In Hong Kong, Ray's cousin introduces him to two f...
A corrupt Hong Kong police officer flees to Japan with diamonds worth millions, where a Ninja group is protecting him. Two undercover cops from Hong Kong, Muscles and Ricky, travel to Japan to apprehend the renegade cop.
When the two cops encounter the ninjas, Ricky is kidnapped during the fight....
A woman lies dying in a women's prison after giving birth and recounts to a pickpocket how she ended up there after her husband was murdered by thugs, one of whom also raped her. The pickpocket agrees to raise her daughter to seek revenge, but in hopes of breaking the cycle of violence she hands the...
Countless hours spent enunciating dialogue over Hong Kong movie productions comes in handy when a professional dubber reads a dastardly scheme on the soundless lips of a bad guy and resolves to put a stop to things.
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A young man, Cheung Da Gong, travels from place to place earning a living as a fighter. He fights at times on a stage before spectators, as a hired bodyguard and altruistically to protect shopkeepers from thugs looking to collect protection money. One day, Cheung receives a letter which prompts him...
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...
A fairly raw and gritty film about the criminal underworld of human trafficking. A son comes home to find his mother murdered and his blind sister raped and nearly sold into prostitution. The brash young man is not about to let it slide.
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A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters – one of whom betrayed the hero’s father and left him to die.
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Beggar So is trying to train brother and sister team Chung and Gam Fa, with mixed results! But an enemy from Beggar So's past, Grasshopper Bill Chan and his brother Cougar start causing trouble and throw Beggar So out of his house. Grasshopper Bill helps Kai to be pledged in marriage to Gam Fa again...
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...
Lei Ming is a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
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Shek Kin plays the head of a large crime family. His sons get into all sorts of trouble with the other triad bosses. They both escalate the situation with drugs and murder and create a bitter feud with a rival family.
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From its evocative title to its gritty filming to its gutsy plot, this sizzling crime thriller struck a chord with international audiences. The robberies, ambushes, double-crosses, and murders multiply as a hitman, a robber gang, and two obsessed cops clash with increasing deadliness and danger
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Defeated in a match at Shaolin, Wu Kung wanders China till he finds his own temple and style of fighting: Tang Sao Do Karate. Years later, student and ninth successor, Hsi Man Kwong challenges and crumbles all the Chinese kung fu schools in the area.
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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.
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Young Tiger one day partakes in a Kung Fu contest without really knowing the ramifications. He wins the contest and the grand prize—the right to marry the daughter of the town’s most wealthy figure. Marriage is not that easy for Tiger as the daughter, Ting, just flat out refuses to marry him so in a...
Seeking to avenge the death of his father, murdered by gangsters while he had not paid for his protection, a novice dumonastery tirelessly strives, with the help of students and a drunkard, to learn the advanced techniques of the Kung Fu. If you are looking for Jackie Chan, he is the choreographer o...
A low budget kung fu movie - an ambitious martial arts student infiltrates a murderous gang in the hope of finding the man who killed his father.
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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.
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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...
Cheung Lik and Lau Wing are both being trained in kung fu, one by a good master (Fong Yau,), and one by a bad master (San Kuai.) Cheung Lik and San Kuai must team up to defeat ten killers which come to their training ground in such rapid succession, there's hardly any break from the action at all!
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Trapped in the world of smuggling young women, our hero, in this 1973 Hong Kong film, is a cop and has fallen for a young maiden. But she is captured by smugglers. She also happens to be related to somebody at a kung fu school. The cop goes undercover and joins the gang an then systematically goes a...
The winner of a fight is murdered when he refuses to throw a fight. A kick boxing teacher enters the ring to earn money for the dead man's mother. The teacher is also pressured to throw fights but refuses leading to a battle that may not be survivable.
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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.
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A young kung-fu fanatic learns the Mangouse style from a drunken master so that he flees from the city a band of ruthless fighters.(Source: IMDB)* No connection with Fearless Hyena went on with Jackie. Chan. This film features an actor named Jackie Chen.
Kam, a hapkido master, takes on a mass of Japanese bushido experts in occupied China. Zatoichi, the blind swordsman, is hired by the Japanese as a last resort to take on the might of Kam’s boot.
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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...
Bruce Lee has just died, but the BSI is swinging into action to salvage the situation. Aided by the brilliant professor Lucas, cells from the martial arts master are removed and grown into 3 adult Bruce Lee clones. After undergoing training to bring their skills up to the level of their 'father', th...
This prime example of director/co-writer Chang Cheh's mastery takes place in Seoul right after the Korean War, as a Kung Fu master, combat instructor, explosives expert, and missile specialist heroically represent the Book of Revelation's four riders against murder, corruption, jealous and greed.
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Fan Ke and Wen Lie are back, and this time they're up against a powerful Japanese crime syndicate. Not only that, but Killer, the head villain from "Duel of Fists", has escaped prison and wants retribution. Killer's revenge plot leads to Wen Lie's girlfriend's kidnapping and forces the two heroes to...
Filmed on location in Bangkok, the story concerns a Hong Kong engineer, Fan Ko, who goes to Thailand to find his long-lost half-brother, Wenile, who is a Muay Thai boxer.
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...
Twenty-four years ago, the "God of the sword" Yang Chang Feng was betrayed and murdered by one of his relatives. Today, his son Fu Hong Xue, himself a seasoned speltist, undertakes to avenge his father's death. During his journey, Hong Xue meets kindness and treachery, conflicts with love and hatred...