Feng Ku
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The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic (imdb)
Shaolin Temple becomes suspect when several clan leaders are robbed and killed by the deadly Shaolin Palm technique. (imdb)
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. (imdb)
Director Yuen Chor's stylish saga follows two rival swordsmen who must set aside their differences and work together to prevent a villainous warlord from getting his hands on an ancient artifact known as the Peacock Dart -- the ultimate weapon. Lung Ti, Lieh Lo, Li Ching and Lily Li star in this swordplay classic featuring opulent sets, exquisite costuming, inventive fight choreography and action galore.
Bandits and heroes both come looking for the legendary fighter known as 'The Shadow Whip' (Tin Fung) who lives in seclusion with his apprentice Yang Kai-yun (Cheng Pei-pei) and the truth about a crime committed fifteen years ago... (kungfucinema.com)
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. (imdb)
An evil gang attacks the Chi school of Golden Sword Kung Fu. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. Young Fang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu) grows up in the school and treasures his father's broken sword and the memory of his father's sacrifice... (imdb)
RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1968) is a direct sequel to ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967), a seminal Hong Kong martial arts film that, unlike earlier swordplay films with Wang Yu (e.g. TWIN SWORDS, MAGNIFICENT TRIO), placed the emphasis on technique and training in order to defeat a superior enemy. (IMDB Comments)
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when he crosses his path with a beautiful girl in need, Pao Chiao. Even against impossible odds, he will prove a great warrior. (imdb)
A ruthless band of thugs kidnaps a young official to exchange for their leader who has been captured. Golden Swallow (Cheng Pei-pei) is sent to take on the thugs and free the prisoner (who is also her brother). Though she is able to handle the overwhelming odds, she is hit by a poison dart and gets help from a beggar who is really a kung-fu master in disguise (Vueh Hua). With his help, she forms a plan to get her brother back. (imdb)
Ku Feng plays the king eagle, a man who raises orphans to be his own personal goons in an outlaw band called the 13 Eagles. Ti Lung plays the rebel orphan who strikes out on his own, leading the rest of the group to want him dead. Ti Lung joins up with a mysterious warrior (Alexander Fu Sheng) and proceeds to take down the outlaw leader. (All Movie Guide)
In this installment of a phenomenal saga of the super natural, four young people are caught in a tug-o-war of evil between an Imperial Wizard and a corrupt General. Outrageous special effects galore! (imdb)
Hong Kong love-fantasy based on a Chinese legend about a prostitute brought back to life and her search for happiness in modern Hong Kong. (John Stanley)
Golden Swallow is living peacefully with her "friend" by a waterfall. She has seemingly given up her death-dealing ways but soon she is accused of going on a bloody rampage against an evil clan. As it turns out, the actual culprit is an old beau named Silver Roc who is impersonating her to draw her out into the open. A complicated love triangle develops as her affections are torn between the two men while all three must also deal with the evil kung-fu clan. (imdb)
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero. (imdb)
The last in a line of famous martial artists turns to robbery and kidnapping to acquire a manual for building guns in this wuxia/spy hybrid.
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 from the north to do their dirty work... (hkflix.com)
A corrupt lord has a life-threatening boil on his back, An herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure. He sends Sima Jun, A mercenery, to get the herb and bring it back before it's too late. A jealous aide saddles Sima Jun with six other fighters to accompany him, i.e. steal the herb when they get the chance and race back to the capital so the aide will get the credit. Sima Jun doesn't trust the six and none of them trust each other.
Ma and Xiao are manual laborers busting their tails in Shanghai at the beginning of the film, and Ma's first encounter with the crime lord Tan Si starts him off on the underworld influence ladder. Step by step, he earns the respect of everyone he meets, either with his strength of character or by beating them up. When he gets a really big break by defeating a Russian strongman, he indulges himself in a fancy cigarette holder, much like the one Tan Si uses. (wikipedia)
Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael (played by Michael Wong), an ambitious and murderous dope peddler. (imdb)
A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman. (imdb)
Quing is married to a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, she has plenty of money and can afford whatever surgical improvements she desires. Right now, Qing is making use of all her contacts to contrive to meet a mysterious chef named Mei, who is well-known for her specialty - dumplings. However, the reason why Qing is drawn to Mei's dumplings is not because she is a gourmand but because she wants to recreate her youthful beauty. (Berlinale)
A young man seeks vengence for the slaughter of his family by rich swordsman rebels. Armed with the skills taught by a master swordsman, his trusty sword, and his mother's Buddha Bells bracelet, no one is left alive in this of retribution. (lostinlodos)
Michelle Yeoh stars as Ming Ming, a bullwhip-wielding pilot and adventurer inspired heavily by Indiana Jones. Ming Ming gets involved in a rebel plot against the Japanese occupation of China during the 1930s. Her efforts are confounded then later aided by a con man whom she mistakes for a spy she is supposed to contact. (allmovie.com)
Though policewoman Hsie Wan-chin (Cynthia Yang) is merrily planning for her wedding with fellow cop Wilson Tsiang (Lawrence Ng), he is having an illicit affair with her best friend, May (Moon Lee). When Wilson tries to break things off, May doesn't take it well. When she learns that Wilson and Wan-chin are moving to England, she completely loses it. (allmovie.com)
"Vampire Buster" Lam Ching-Ying returns as Master Gao in this vampire-filled adventure. Here, he joins forces with his colleagues in ridding the world of restless ghosts, and he, himself, does battle with dozens of jumping Chinese vampires and creepy-looking zombies. Meanwhile, he must also deal with his corrupted senior colleague and a beautiful female ghost, who befriended his two pupils. (imdb)
Poon Ka Fai (Fai) had reached the summit of his career in his 20s - he was awarded the best new male actor academy award. Fai believed that his success was a result of his efforts and expertise. He did not treasure the opportunity and became more and more arrogant. As a result, Fai's career and popularity declined, and gradually he dropped from the main cast to minor roles, and was unemployed. Fai was very depressed... (Hong Kong Cinemagic)
Son of the Dragon (2006) - TV Mini-Series
In this action adventure set in ancient China, a thief (John Reardon) plots to steal royal jewels by masquerading as a prince and courting a beautiful princess. But when other suitors arrive to vie for her hand, the swindler's skills are put to the test. Meanwhile, the imposter prince and his con man pal (David Carradine) face the wrath of an enemy who frames them for the attempted murder of the princess.
Ying Ke-Feng, head of Peerless Manor, is an expert swordsman whose escort business transports 200,000 taels of silver to the capital each year. This year, however, he is afflicted with an infirmity that renders him unable to use his sword. Rather than give up this important commission and let the martial world know of his precarious health he means to entrust the consignment to two young knights in his manor, Hsiang Ting and Yun Piao-Piao. (imdb)
Herman Yau Lau-to spins this goo wak jai gangster yarn featuring Tony Leung Chiu-wai. The film opens with a gangland fight that breaks out at a screening of Young and Dangerous 3 -- which also happened to be made by this film's producers. During the fight, bumptious gangster Siu-chun (Jordan Chan Siu-chan) from the Hung Hing clan is about to be clobbered by Scum (Ngai Sing), a thug from the rival Tong Sheng gang, when he is saved by celebrated street fighter Hong Fei (Leung)... (allmovie.com)
The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from long distance. As the paranoid Emperor begins decapitating anyone he fears might be a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned with the excesses of his master. He leaves his post and takes up the quiet life of farming and raising a family. Eventually, though, his past catches up with him, and he must find a way to fight the flying guillotine if he is to save his head. (imdb)
Guo Jing and Yang Kang, the sons of two rebels, are sworn brothers from birth. As the rebels are killed by imperial guards, the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" and a taoist priest separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts for them to meet again 18 years later in a contest of abilities...
The headless corpse of Chao Clan and the theft of a jade tiger set in motion another noteworthy collaboration between three of the biggest names of Shaw Brothers cinema. Director Chor Yuen, martial arts novelist Ku Lung, and kung-fu superstar Ti Lung. At the center of it all is the jade tiger, a mysterious heirloom that contains the key to the bloodshed and betrayals that befall the powerful clans. (dvd)
Yeh Yung-tsu only directed a precious few films, making each all the more distinguished. This is one of his first, a sword-filled thriller centering on the title location - an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings. Award winning actor Ku Feng stars as the "Whip Devil," while the luminous and lethal Shih Szu plays "The Lady Hermit" who has a surprise in store for all the double-crossing masters of mayhem. (Hong Kong Cinemagic)
Two illegal immigrants meet a young kid and the three become best friends until one of them joins the Triads. Now the remaining two must fight the Triads in a battle to the death. (imdb)
Wan Tai, a revolutionary recruits three friends to steal 3000 rifles and 200,000 rounds of ammunition for the South China rebels. Before his death, a blood oath is made...
Two men, one a civil engineer skilled in Chinese Kung Fu, the other a Muay Thai kickboxer, discover they are brothers. Together, both in and out of the ring, they must face a crime syndicate. (imdb)
Take two directors (Cheng Kang, who made the popular true crime thriller "The Criminals", and Hua Shan, who helmed the superheroes "Super Inframan"), a cast of the best and best-loved martial arts actors, then respected kung fu choreographer Tang Chia, and what do you have? The beloved cult sequel to the international "esoteric weapon/crazy cutlery" hit, "The Flying Guillotine", that's what! (hkcinemagic.com)
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. (imdb)
Legendary martial arts director Chang Cheh takes the helm for this sequel that finds Kuo Tsing's (Alexander Fu Sheng) happy union with the beautiful Huang Yung (Niu Niu) challenged after he is wounded in battle, and his feared nemesis assumes leadership of the Beggar Clan. (allrovi.com)
In this martial arts actioner, Bruce Le stars as a young student who attempts to keep peace between a European club and some Chinese students but finds himself a victim of hatred. (allrovi.com)
In what looks like a pre-revolution China, David Chiang plays a lovable pickpocket who runs afoul of a town's powerful gang and then gets shipped off to prison. (apessimistisneverdisappointed.com)
A martial arts expert and a thief, armed with the notorious Deadly Breaking Sword, join forces to fight an evil doctor with a deadly plan in this action-packed Shaw Brothers release. (cduniverse.com)
The Qianlong Emperor is not the legitimate successor to the throne since at birth he was exchanged with the Yongzheng Emperor's newborn daughter. He learns the truth when two senior members of the Red Flower Society, a subversive anti-government secret organisation, contact him years later, hoping that the emperor will help them in driving the Manchus away. To hide the truth about his heritage, the emperor orders the two men to be killed, although one of them escapes and is captured again later. (wikipedia.org)
His father slated for execution, a young warrior (Alexander Fu Sheng) attempts to procure the headsman's blade in order to prevent the sentence from being carried out. Distinguished by a teardrop design that has been forged into the steel, the executioner's blade proves an unusually difficult weapon to procure. (allrovi.com)
Judgement of an Assassin is most noteworthy for expanding the number and kinds of martial arts used in onscreen battles. In the story, Heh Mo-liis hard-pressed to keep his lady-love Shih Ming-chu out of the hands of the bad guys. In a related story, Cha Hung and Hua Szu Ku are an elderly unmarried couple. Both of them are swordfighters. Cha doesn't discover why Ku has remained with him despite his failure to marry her until the very end of their lives. (allrovi.com)
In the town of Ho Si, two prominent Chinese clans have a family feud dating back centuries. The ancestors of the malevolent Mong clan and the righteous Chows split up their territories with a property line and instituted laws to keep each faction from crossing those lines. Those brave enough to traverse the line have their legs cut off by the opposing clan. The Chows want to do away with this ridiculous law and establish relations with the Mongs. (wikipedia.org)
In The Master Strikes Back, Hong Kong's Steadicam pioneering director Sun Chung brings back legendary Ti Lung to play famous weapons instructor Tung Tieh-cheng, who is invited to teach a Ching official's soldiers, in this unofficial sequel to The Kung-fu Instructor. But after his son is kidnapped and castrated what follows is a chaotic, human whirlwind of slicing and dicing compliments of the highly touted martial arts director and one of Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates, Yuan Te. (hkcinemagic.com)
This is one of Sun Chung's last martial arts movies for Shaw Brothers, but it's a delightful winner starring international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng as the title character - who keeps testing the patience (and kung-fu skills) of his father, played by award-winning character actor Ku Feng. But when a corrupt local dignitary conspires with evil outsiders and even ninja, the father and son unite to take them all on in a non-stop display of comic action prowess. (hkcinemagic.com)
Although director Kuei Chih-hung is noted for horror flicks that best many of Hollywood's "slashers," he began with martial arts films under legendary Chang Cheh. In Godfather From Canton, Kuei returns to his roots starring the Yul Brynner of Shaolin movies Gordon Liu Chia-hui as policeman on the take who ends up becoming a powerful mob boss. (hkcinemagic.com)
As a crafty Eunuch (Lau Wing) is slowly wresting control of the Ming Dynasty from its weak-minded emperor and ordering the deaths of loyalists, Sergeant Zhao Bufu (Leung Kar-yan) breaks rank from his father's elite Brocade Guards and is forced to combat the entire force to uphold his honor and save the empire from ruin. In the Shaw tradition (though a very late film for them) it is very bloody but combines good outdoor locations with backlots pretty well. (myduckisdead.com)
"Be careful what you wish for" sums up The Soul of The Sword, which stars acclaimed actor Ti Lung as a swordsman whose sole purpose is to defeat "The Number One" swordsman, no matter what. The warrior's code dictates, to be number one there must be nobody else in life, so he gives up his lover and only to learn that "wanting is better than having" and that the terrorism of tradition in the end makes you lose. (hkcinemagic.com)
The leader of the Snake Sect has an affair with the sexy ringleader of the Scorpion Sect to revive the "Five Poison Web" (which is also this film's Chinese title). But there is also the Centipede Sect to contend with. Under the fluid direction of Chu Yuan and action choreographers Tang Chia and Yuen Cheung-yan (member of the martial art world's esteemed Yuan Family and brother of Matrix master Yuen Woo-ping), the result is a first class action film. (hkcinemagic.com)
The entire Shaw's script-writing section created this quintessential swordplay epic of the "Martial Arts World." It was entrusted it to neophyte director Li Pai-ling, who used no fewer than three cinematographers and four martial arts directors (not to mention a separate action director) to realize their vision. (hkcinemagic.com)
"The Twelve Gold Medallions" features an exhaustive "who's who" of martial arts swordplay films lead by veteran actor Yueh Hua, who later went on to star in Jackie Chan's "Rumble In The Bronx". Yueh plays a righteous knight trying to prevent the Chin invaders from destroying his country by preventing twelve gold medallions from reaching General Yueh. (hkcinemagic.com)
A mutilated nude body is found by a couple of joggers and a rascal, Kang, is chief suspect. Most of the film covers his life story in flashback, and the events which supposedly backgrounded his motives.
When a notorious fiend known as the "Bat Without Wings" returns to his small village after a five-year absence and snatches up a prominent young maiden, it's up to her family and a resourceful swordsmen to brave the horrors of the underworld to bring her back home alive. With ghosts, a bamboo labyrinth, and a series of treacherous bat traps to contend with, these brave souls will be lucky just to make it out of the diabolical villain's lair alive. (allrovi.com)
Bruce Lee protege Bruce Li goes up against the Iron Hand for the woman he loves. (ebay.com)
After the death of Bruce Lee in 1973, a slew of imitators invaded the world of the kung fu flick. One of the more well-known is Bruce Li (aka Ho Chung Tao), who continued making sequels and what one might charitably call homages well into the 1980s. Dynamo would, were it just another kung fu flick, rank somewhere in the middle of the pack; if the plot is strictly connect-the-dots, the fight scenes aren't bad, and there are plenty of them. (allrovi.com)
A martial artist looking to lead a peaceful life after avenging the murder of his brother finds that it's not so easy to break the cycle of violence in this sequel to the popular Bruce Lee film starring Bruce Li. In avenging his brother's death Chen Shan (Li) nearly lost his life at the hands of the notorious Far East Organization. (allrovi.com)
A young warrior takes revenge on his master's murderer. (imdb)
The team of real-life kung-fu champion Chen Kuan-tai and director Pao Hsueh-li was a productive one, resulting in such classic hits as The Boxer From Shantung, Man Of Iron and Iron Bodyguard. This powerful saga is one of their last together, as well as one of their most sweeping. It tells of the battle between a usurper of the throne and the patriots, led by Chen, who backs a Yunnan Governor just after the revolution. (hkcinemagic.com)
Villain Lo Lieh's life changes for the better by the innocence of his love interest (Li Ching). It's a film that heralds the lesser of two evils motif at the expense of becoming a tragic love story leaving the audience in stunned, handkerchief land. (hkcinemagic.com)
Kuei Chih-hung was famous for his modern day crime thrillers, his horror flicks, and even his comedies, but many feel this was his best kung-fu film. Many also consider this real life martial arts champion Chen Kuan-tai's best performance. As a deeply, even obsessively, dedicated Chief Court Constable, he illuminates the screen with fighting skill and emotional passion. (hkcinemagic.com)
The martial arts film My Kung Fu 12 Kicks concerns a young man whose girlfriend is murdered. The man gets training from his roommate in a very powerful form of martial arts. He completes his arduous training and sets off to exact revenge. (allrovi.com)
A story of a coffinmaker who tells a story about a policeman who was murdered by his wife and her lover. Eventually released constable loose of some grave robbers, the constables ghost is out to make the lives of all those involved in his death miserable. (A Shaw Brothers production) (letterboxd.com)
Steven Lo Kit-sing and Joseph Chi Chong Chavez deliver this straight-ahead gangster flick about a lowly parking valet who be rockets to the top of the underworld. While he and his buddies aren't "borrowing" his clients cars for joyrides around Hong Kong island, Chan Yiu-hing (Simon Yam Tat-wah) runs afoul of local crime boss Lam (Ben Lam Kwok-bun). (allrovi.com)
Two juveniles get mixed up in a street gang, resulting in the murder of a rival gang leader. A crooked cop pins the murder on the boy, but a detective who knows the truth risks his career to help the kid out. (imdb)
There are many dangers on their journey to the Mansion on Golden Dragon Hill, where an evil warlord has stashed the princess he abducted from our heroes' realm. But the attack on the Golden Dragon Hill stronghold is just the beginning for the quintet... (hkcinemagic.com)
The Chief Inspector (Lo Wei) has summoned Agent 009 to Hong Kong after the previous agent was assassinated by seven killers lined up like a firing squad while trying to call for help in a telephone booth. Lily arrives from London attired in mod Carnaby Street gear with a plan to bring the Dark Angel gang to justice. They have their hands in drugs, smuggling, murder and anything else that turns a dirty profit. (brns.com)
There's hidden gold, ruthless bandits, precious jade, a drunken master beggar, a stolen royal emblem, the daunting Five Devils Rock, and even more in this exciting and surprising epic about a "Robin Hood" of the "Martial Arts World." (asia-team.net)
Novice star Jenny Hu and veteran co-star Margaret Tu Chuan join longtime matinee idol Paul Chang Chung in a battle against the notorious Black Falcon crime mob in Singapore. Together they face forgery, fire, and even poisoned needles to stop them. Watch for future famed director Wu Ma (The Dead and the Deadly) and award-winning actor Ku Feng (Avenging Eagles, Peking Opera Blues) in supporting roles as the fists fly and the bodies fall. (hkcinemagic.com)
Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discovers that this is all but a myth. (hkcinemagic.com)
Liu Yung, one of Bruce Lee's favorite co-stars, is the brother whose destiny is to become a top mobster. Danny Lee, (future co-star of John Woo's The Killer) is the brother fated to become a cop. More than five years before John Woo was to play out the same conflict in his international film festival favorite A Better Tomorrow, the Shawscope screen was filled with similarly powerful blood, sweat, and tears. (hkcinemagic.com)
Han Kuo Tsai and Ku Feng star in Crack Shadow Boxer as a pair of martial artists who protect a village from an attack by the dreaded Tiger Gang. The twosome employ a variety of techniques, including Shadow Boxing, Buffalo Strokes, and Interlink Flying Kicks. (allrovi.com)
Murder most foul, committed for greed, lust, and revenge... It's all here in the first of the studio's landmark true crime series -- filmed, in many cases, on the actual locations where they occurred. This anthology features three evocative stories ("Hidden Torsos," and "Valley of the Hanged" are the first two), but kung-fu fans can't miss the third segment, "The Stuntmen," which actually takes place inside the Shaws' martial arts movie unit. (hkcinemagic.com)
Huang Feng both writes and directs this "Martial Arts World" thriller of a noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman up against the vicious Crimson Charm gang of thieves and cutthroats. The lovely and lethal Ivy Ling Po teams with the amazing Chang I (famous for his powerful presence in The Thundering Sword and The Silent Swordsman) for a classic tale of good versus evil in which the best man -- and one-armed woman -- wins. (hkcinemagic.com)
Shaw Brothers fans have known and loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon villain Cheng Pei-pei for decades as one of the sweetest, most attractive, most heroic stars ever in Asian cinema. She was only 20 years-old, and just three years into her remarkable career, when she took the lead in this fascinating martial arts murder mystery which combines battles with bullets. This kung-fu Nancy Drew must face a secret serial killer with too much blood on his hands to let her live. (hkcinemagic.com)
Four disabled but determined fighters band together to face a demonic foe in this thrilling martial arts classic. When the old master of the Lung Clan dies, fearsome student Mar Chen Hui takes charge by utilizing the Devil's Palm technique to cripple natural born leader Ku Feng and overpower the rest of the potential leaders. (allrovi.com)
Hong Kong wanted its own 007, and Shaw Brothers gave it to them in this superspy thriller featuring not one Goldfinger, but three golden Buddhas. The late, lamented Hong Kong movie magazine "Southern Screen" declared "The film is in the true Bond tradition, with beautiful girls, secret weapons, and a cunning foe." It also features a hidden treasure sought by a millionaire's daughter, who's thwarted at every turn by the evil Skeleton Gang. It adds up to plenty of campy fun. (hkcinemagic.com)
Respected veteran Yueh Feng made this "Martial Arts World" saga of a masked master of the "Black Sand Hand Technique," while Lily Ho, the star of "Princess Iron Fan" and "Angel With The Iron Fists", excels in a delightful dual leading role. When she teams up with Shu Pei-pei as a fellow swordswoman to vanquish a murdering robber, the comparisons to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are obvious, even though it came three decades later. (hkcinemagic.com)
Award-winning actor Ku Feng is Lei Chen-tien, a vicious, cunning, murderous brigand who wants the title treasure. Tsung Hua is Tai Tien-chou, the handsome swordsman who wants to avenge his father's death. Wang Ping is Wu Hsiao-yen, the lovely girl who must disguise herself as a boy to take on this pirate. Tien Feng both directs and co-stars as The Senior Master in this blade and battle-filled adventure of intrigue, treachery, and tragic triumph. (hkcinemagic.com)
Lo Wei remains internationally famous for directing Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan's first major movies. Cheng Pei-pei is now internationally famous for her superlative villainous role in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. But both were superstars in Hong Kong for decades prior, so any teaming of the superlative "swordswoman supreme" and the vaunted director/writer/actor is cause for celebration. (yesasia.com)
Welcome the "Bandit With A Thousand Faces" to the ranks of the great screen "outlaw heroes". Like Zorro, he uses a secret identity as a playboy to foil tyrannical Shan Yung county authorities. (hkcinemagic.com)
When Lee Sam, a ten-year veteran of the Hong Kong underworld, is released from prison, he dispatches two enemies and goes into hiding in Taipei where his old friend Billy is a boss. Billy is a hothead whose rivalries with other gangs put Sam at risk. After bailing Billy out a couple of times, Sam tries to get out of the Mob life. He retires to the coastal town of Tainam, works as a fishmonger, and falls in love with the sister of Crow, a 20-year-old who wants to work for Billy. (allrovi.com)
This 1990 Taiwanese production, which stars several leading Hong Kong actors such as Andy Lau and Chun Hsiang Ko, is one of the most relentless and grim war movies ever made. Set in the 50's, it tracks the journey of a ragtag bunch of Taiwanese soldiers and their families fleeing the communist occupiers along the Burmese border. (imdb)
Famed actor/director Yen Chuan helmed this martial arts melodrama of a lady-warrior who raises the son of the swordsman who scorned her, but arranges to have his sister raised by her sworn enemy, hoping to make the unknowing twins kill each other in a death duel. Essie Lin Chia is the evil lady-warrior while Lily Ho and Kao Yuen reunite after starring together in The Golden Knight for this suspense thriller of familial love gone wrong. (hkcinemagic.com)
In swordplay movies, females played a more central role in the plots and the swordswomen created in the genre are some of the most charismatic figures in Hong Kong cinema thanks in great part to Cheng Pei-pei. In The Jade Raksha, Cheng Pei-pei becomes a human combine harvester as she hacks and whacks a path through life avenging the death of her family under the moniker "The Jade Raksha." Cheng Pei-pei gained international recognition in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. (hkcinemagic.com)
One of Shaw Brothers' most productive directors, Sun Chung's action films had strong tension, snappy editing and slow motion which influenced up and coming martial arts director John Woo. Starring kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu, a ballistic kid on a mission to clear his father's name, The Kid With A Tattoo features plentiful ripsnorting martial arts by Jackie Chan's long time kung-fu classmates Yuen Hua and Yuan Pin, and Shaw Brothers' best martial arts fighting villain Wang Lung-wei. (hkcinemagic.com)
Rampaging bandits are raping and pillaging all over peaceful Chinese villages until the grieving dart master Liu Wen Lung sets out with his student, son, and servant to avenge his murdered wife and set things right. (hkcinemagic.com)
Fung shui expert takes us on a tour of HK and points out all the buildings and what causes either their good or bad fung shui.
An evil witch expells a fairy from her kingdom, and we meet up again with the fairy a thousand years later, when she meets and enchants a policeman. Now the policeman must try to win the fairy's heart while busting criminals--that's two full time jobs! (hkcinemagic.com)
Ching, Oi and Shui established a "Ghost Catching" company, knowing that there was an exhibition of two archaic mummies in the amusement park, they went to see whether there was any business opportunity. On the day of the exhibition, one old worker died on the body of the archaic mummy. In order to stabilize the hearts of the visitors, the owner of the amusement park then employed the "Ghost Catching" company to perform a scene of "Ghost Catching". (asianwiki.com)
Huang Fei-hung the greatest character in martial arts movie history, has been featured in many a gloriously filmed epic. But director Ho Meng-hua decided to cast Ku Feng, one of Shaws' finest actors, in the role, then film it hyper-realistically. The result is this unique experiment, as an all-too-human Huang Fei-hung battles a gangster's plan to frame him for robbery and murder. Despite the unusual approach, there's plenty of action as the Confucian Huang fights for honor, harmony, and health. (hkcinemagic.com)
The story of some Chinese reformers who escape from the Qing army and later battle the foreign expeditionary force during the Boxer Rebellion. (imdb)
A Hopping Ghost terrorizes a local warlord causing the local Tao Priest to compete for his services to rid the town of the menace. (imdb)
First off, despite the Porky's name this is not a raunchy comedy filled with nudity and major mayhem. Its a fairly pleasant teen comedy about a school where the boys and girls are originally at odds and they play practical jokes on one another. Loletta Lee is in it, ironic that later on in her career she was not averse to taking her clothes off, but its more of an ensemble piece. I think if you're under twenty one you'll enjoy it. (imdb)
Director Li Han-hsiang teams up again with the irreverent comedic talents of Michael Hui Kwun-man in this tongue-in-cheek drama. Corruption is strife in Wan Ping County in Hopei Province. Two good-for-nothing loafers Chen Ming (Michael Hui Kwun-man) and Chia Liang (Wang Sheng) arrive and turn the officials on their head. After a bout of blackmailing, they end up in positions of power themselves. It's all done with the best intentions, or so they believe. (hkcinemagic.com)
Upon returning home, sailor Yu (Richard Ng) is shock to discover that not only his wife left him, but the house has also subleted to an old maid May Wong (Josephine Siu). Both Yu and Wong have their own strange habits, and they live together under the same roof causes numerous hilarious incidents. Yu determines to quit sailing and fights for the custody of his eight years old daughter Sum Yee. He also decides to turn to be inventor. (hkcinemagic.com)
Jane, born in a lower-class family and neglected by her parents, becomes a rebellious girl. She enters a famous high school by personal relationship of her aunt. May, born in a rich family and spoiled by her parents, is very capricious. Isolated by her classmates, Jane keeps silent and swallow everything. Not until one day, when she rescued May, who has constantly saved Jane from being embarrassed in class, Jane shows her power and is greatly respected by May. (imdb)
Piggy tires of working for his uncle on a pig farm, and moves to Kowloon to work as a car parking attendant, taking the new name of Stanley. He befriends a fellow attendant, appropriately named Parkman, who steals cars at night. This is basically a buddy film about the misadventures of two young men trying to make an impression in a big and greedy city. (hkmdb.com)
Chuck (Philip Chan), Jimmy (Waise Lee) and Lucky (Michael Wong) are blood brothers. Jimmy's cousin Jake, acts as a go-between, arranges a trafficking of counterfeit U.S. notes between Jimmy's group and the local triad society in Taiwan. Jake, however, is a double-crosses by informing the police of the trafficking. At the ambush, police injures Lucky and arrests him, while the rest have a narrow escape and land on a boat back to Hong Kong. (imdb)
Alan Wong is a Hong Kong youth who is bent to climb up the social ladder. With the help of a foreign businessman's mistress and mixed ethnicity woman Erica, he joins a real estate company and he knows how to grasp on to opportunities and gets into high position. Later he meets Cheung Ting Ting, a Mainland Chinese girl who illegally came to Hong Kong and sees her pities her and also falls in love in her. (imdb)
A detective and a group of wilderness children try to prevent jewel thieves from plundering Chinese shrines. (Moviefone)
Martyr Sun Zhongshan was captured by the Japanese and his comrades were all killed. Only Hua managed to survive and escaped, Hua was desperate to rescue Sun and he wrote to inform five legendary men in Canton for help. Soon after the delivery of the letters, Hua was taken by the Japanese. Luckily, the five men received the letters and came to Shanghai. (asianwiki)
A red headed villain (with a blue headed son), a witch and the warriors and monk that fight the two badguys. (The Movie Database)
AKA Ruthless Revenge; Two con artists scheme a small town that they're kung fu masters and exploit money from them. A girl takes over the business, but the Big boss wants the money, so he kills her father. Two con men change their ways, learn kung fu to get revenge. (imdb)
The young emperor Kangxi is attempting to select a bride. His mother has arranged for young available women to visit him so that he may choose. (imdb)
The film is about Ming, a famous photographer that is suspected of killing womens and committing necrophilia on their bodies, his buddy (who's a cop, played by Wai Lam) embarks in a quest to clear Ming's name. (imdb)
A hopping vampire father and son are resurrected in downtown Taipei. When they get separated the little vampire is taken in by a crippled street performer and his gum-selling little sister. The father finds some work as a hopping vampire on a movie set and there he meets a nice young woman. (Wu Tang Collection)
Ye Zhuang-Zi is a country boy who wants to see the bigger world. He sets off and meets up with a boat captain who is transporting an opera troupe. He falls in love with one of the stars, Ge Yi-Qing, but her mother demands a huge dowry payment. Ye Zhuang-Zi, a poor country lad, gets into smuggling drugs and guns to raise some cash. Things get further complicated for Ye Zhuang-Zi who is soon dumped by Ge Yi-Qing after she meets a rich man. (everipedia)
Lo Chen, the maker of such elegant romances as Shepherd Girl and The Joy Of Spring, takes a hard right turn into hard-boiled mystery. Ivy Ling Po, star of The Love Eterne as well as A Cause To Kill, plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who uncovers a pit of deceit, double-crosses, extortion and murder after murder. (HKCinemagic)
Empress Dowager Cixi goes from just another pretty face in the harem of the concubines to the First Lady of Vice via various strategies and manipulations in a most-ambitious political conspiracy with spine-chilling viciousness. (imdb)
Chu Chi Kit returns to HK from Taiwan after many years in hiding, and immediately resumes his relationship with old flame May and rejoins his old friend Cramp in a drug operation. But times are different, and their big boss Lui now cares more about business than loyalty.
In a wealthy household, there is a fair amount of enmity between the mother-in-law and her daughter towards the new wife of the son. When the daughter is murdered, Yan-niang is caught with the murder weapon in her hand and the dear old mother-in-law immediately accuses her of being the killer and her weak-spined son just mumbles and doesn't defend his wife. The judicial system rushes a judgment through - guilty - execution scheduled... - BrianNaas
Cha Dick violated the doctrine of his denomination and was punished by his master with the evil spirit of the crocodile. Cha Dick killed his master when he failed to snatch a jade bracelet from him, which could relieve the crocodile's evil. Wo Tin travels from Hong Kong to Thailand for business, having been invited by his brother. A young Thai woman, Lala, accompanies him and they pick up a wounded young woman before being embroiled in crocodile evil.
Wai is the leader of a gang of rascals who rape Mo Yi Hing. The police arrived moments before Chiang, Wai’s head gunman, was to shoot Yi Hing dead. Yi Hing is no angel and goes to prison, but she keeps trying to escape, to take revenge on Wai. Wai is a pretty tough guy, but he fears for his life and tries to have Yi Hing killed.
An HK police officer sends his son to America to protect him from the influence of the HK triads. However, his son becomes enmired in Chinatown triad dealings in America and returns to Hong Kong as a marked and wanted man. A troubled youth and his friends attempt to rob a gambling house, but things take a fatal turn and inadvertently take an important logbook, causing the ruthless boss to hunt them down.
Si hai you xia AKA: Four Dragons Dir: Ji Shang Lu Cast: Ken Lo, Siu-Ho Chin Hng Kong 1992
Gold Tortoise is troubled that fairies are having such fun in heaven while people on earth are dying from drought.
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
A clever Shaw Brothers wuxia comedy about a young antihero (Tony Leung Siu Hung) getting himself and his friend (Max Mok) into all kinds of trouble and ultimately defeating the "Heavenly Demon" (Chen Kuan Tai). Lightning fast action, pleasant humor, great acting, and a helpful modern-day narrator make this an unusually enjoyable Shaw Brothers production.
A military plane carrying a nuclear load explodes mid-air after being hit by mysterious electronic rays. Secret agents are immediately ordered to trace its source. Sculptor Liang Tien Hong finds himself in the middle of this mishap.
David (Qiao Zhuang) and Mona (Yu Qian) are a spoiled brother-and-sister duo who carelessly use the family fortune to while away their time. David's friend Hanming (Yang Fan) introduces him to the lovely Danfeng (Jenny Wu), and despite Hanming's quiet infatuation with her, David moves in quickly. David and Danfeng get married, but lasting bliss is not in the cards. Mona develops a serious case of jealousy against Danfeng for snatching her brother AND being the object of Hanming's affection.
Fresh from his smashing directorial debut comedy, "Let's Make Laugh", Alfred Cheung Kin-Ting returns to the screen with this seriocomic look at the clash of cultures that results when a Mainland Chinese peasant brings his family to Hong Kong. "Family Light Affair", whose Chinese title literally translates as "City Lights", is the director/writer's warm-hearted memoir of street life in the early 1980s, featuring an eclectic cast of pop music and kung fu stars who shine in their poignant roles.
In “82 Tenants” the widow Zhang and Bing, her new young consort, want to sell an apartment house to a property developer but old man Zhang's will provides that the current tenants can stay there as long as they want or the building survives. So it is clear who the villains are—joining the greedy couple is Chao who has purchased all the land around the building but needs this final piece so he can know everything down and build a money-spinning edifice.
A man's frustration at being stuck at his dead-end job with no promotion or raise in sight, along with the antics of his domineering wife, cause him to write a very harshly-worded letter to his boss, telling him he's quitting.
Lily Ho, is a secret agent out to thwart the sale of a powerful explosive to the wrong people. It’s a female, Chinese James bond.
