Shih Szu
A ballet student from the age of six, at the age of sixteen she joined the Shaw Brothers Studio after secondary school and began appearing in films such as The Crimson Charm and The Rescue. However, the film that would rocket her to stardom would be her appearance opposite the famous Cheng Pei-Pei in 1971's The Lady Hermit. She then would go on to appear in numerous wuxia and kung fu films.
By the mid to late '70s, she was mostly relegated to supporting roles in films for such directors as Chang Cheh and Sun Chung. She also began to appear in films in Hong Kong and Taiwan outside of the Shaw Brothers such as The Revenger and The Heroes. Her last film at the Shaw Brothers studio was in 1980's A Deadly Secret, whereupon she returned to Taiwan and resumed her film career there. Her last appearance was in a Taiwanese television series in 1987.
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Yes, Sir! (1987)
報告班長
A look at young men's lives serving their mandatory time in the Taiwanese military.
The story of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937.
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Jade Tiger (1977)
白玉老虎
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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The swords never stop flying in this action-packed old school hit! Master Wu, after refusing to help the king continue his war, fights off a regiment of guards attempting to take him by force. Unfortunately, he cannot save his brother, but he can get revenge! Master Wu embarks on his journey for rev...
The Criminals (1976)
香港奇案
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...
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...
Chinese Evil Technique (1985)
中國邪術(符法奇兵鬥魔女)
Very weird magic fu, filled from start to finish with evil wizards, laserbeams, and crazy spells.
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Framed for the murder of a close friend following an annual reunion, Chi Kuan Chun must find the real assailant before he loses his own life. A bit of mysticism, double crossing and hidden foes hinder his efforts.
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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.
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Heroes of Song (1973)
龍虎會風雲
Swordswoman Meng Hung must work with Fan Tien Fu, to find and then protect the royal seals of the Song Dynasty. If they should fail, the dynasty will fall.
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Phoenix Luk gets framed by the beautiful Mandy for the robbery of the emperor's treasure.
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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.
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Pursuit of Vengeance (1977)
明月刀雪夜殲仇
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.
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The Mask of Vengeance (1980)
風流殘劍血無痕
A knife expert arrives to tell the ruler he is to be invaded during his annual knife skills challenge. He coaxes his old enemy (a deaf, blind old man) out of hiding. In return he grants the hero the prize of the knife skills.
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The Deadly Breaking Sword (1979)
風流斷劍小小刀
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...
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.
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The film is the tale of a noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman who find themselves up against the evil Crimson Charm gang of thieves and thugs.
The Third Sword (1978)
第三把飛刀
The lovely Fire Pheonix comes to the rescue of a young man who is the last survivor after his family has been killed. The entire Martial Arts World is dragged into the ensuing turmoil. Ambushed at every turn, our heroes must find a clue to the murders in a world where they cannot tell between friend...
A sword-filled thriller centering on the title location - an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings.
Clan of Amazons (1978)
陆小凤之绣花大盗
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.
A small village is taken over by the Japanese, who kill the town’s top kung fu fighter in order to scare the populace into submission. Escaping the wrath of the Japanese, the son of the master flees into the hills, where he trains with a group of rebels led by Gam Kei Chu. Fast-forward ten years, an...
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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Robert Wallace travels to Hong Kong to bust a gang of drug trafficker’s. There he finds help from Tang and Suzy, as well as his fellow Supermen Max & Jerry.
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The 4th son of the emperor fights to become the next emperor with the help of the people and of course Kung Fu.
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A Kung Fu warrior named Shao Tu wanders around helping the oppressed, but makes many deadly enemies along the way. One such enemy is Mao who leads his army of fighters and plans a deadly plot to bring about Shao Tu's downfall.
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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...
Marco Polo (1975)
馬哥波羅
Four friends learn Kung Fu to avenge the death of their friend against the Manchus.
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Lin Xiao Hong is coming to stay with Fang’s family after the death of her parents, even though there has been much turmoil and strife between the two sides of the family. And little does she know, she’s stepping into a hotbed of Fang household drama, too, where Master Fang supports his delinquent, g...
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.
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Lady Hermit (1971)
钟馗娘子
A young Kung Fu student seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Demon. She doesn't realize that the servant woman she befriends is actually the Kung Fu master she seeks. After the Black Demon's henchmen attack, the master reveals herself and eventually takes on the s...
The Shaw Brothers version of The Parent Trap, only they found real twins for the roles of the kids!
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Real life Shadow Boxing champion Chen Wo Fu stars as a humble construction worker who is compelled to mete out justice after his girlfriend is viciously assaulted by gangsters. Ku Ting is a quiet man and a lightning-fast shadow boxer who keeps his fighting skills a carefully guarded secret. But his...
Gu Hui, a member of the 'Wolf Head Gang' becomes unhappy after their new chief decides to abandon their old code of conduct.
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The Crooked Profligates (1982)
浪子名花金光黨
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...
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.
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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...
The Two Faces of Love (1974)
小海玉古，艾
The Heroes (1980)
少林英雄
After the Shaolin Temple is brought to ruin, Kao seeks revenge by plotting to kill the emperor.
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The story revolves around the adventures of the protagonist Di Yun, an ordinary young peasant, who is imprisoned after being framed. In his quest for vengeance, he accidentally acquires the Liancheng Swordplay manual, an ancient artifact not only prized for the skills detailed inside, but also for c...
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