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A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar. (imdb)

After a corrupt general occupies his village and terrorizes his family, San Te (Chia Hui Liu) vows revenge and leaves home to study the ancient fighting arts. He becomes a monk at the mythical Shaolin Temple, where he learns the secrets of all 35 chambers in a rigorous seven-year apprenticeship. But when he proposes a 36th chamber to teach the masses to defend themselves, he's cast out of the temple in this Shaw Brothers kung fu classic.

Two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament. (imdb)

A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Bai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger style from his father's training manual. (imdb)

A wandering swordsman protects a family from the wrath of a clan chief.

A young Kung Fu student (Shih Szu) seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Demon... (imdb)

Kung fu master Chen is tricked and his hands crippled by the villainous gangster and brothel-keeper Tuen, who also forces his sister into prostitution. No longer able to practice the martial arts, he becomes a lowly street entertainer, performing with his beloved trained monkey Ah Mao. Monkey is a petty thief and meets Chen and the two begin an odd friendly relationship until Tuen's men slaughter Chens pet monkey, causing Little Monkey to try and take revenge for him... (Wikipedia)

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.

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)

Lo Lieh directs himself in this serio-comic kung fu outing. (IMDB Comments)

DRAGON SWAMP (1969) is a costume fantasy adventure from Hong Kong's Shaw Bros. studio that offers a quaint tale involving a stolen sword, torn families and a mystical swamp region with all kinds of fantastic menaces to threaten the uninitiated. (IMDB Comments)

A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way. (IMDB)

A girl raised by apes uses her Monkey Style Kung Fu to rise to the position of royal guard, and eventually Empress. Soon after she is forced to choose between her evil husband and her natural instincts.

A group of young kung fu students must train and fight for years to avenge the slaying of their Master by a pair of seemingly invincible killers.

A princess goes into hiding when a bandit king takes over as Emperor of China. She eventually meets up with a young hero whom she joins on a quest to find and kill the bandit and return the crown to it's rightful owner.

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 band of robbers steal a treasure map and split it into eight pieces, one for each member, and vow to regroup three years later. But a determined cop will stop at nothing to hunt down the criminals. (imdb)

An undercover cop assigned to bust up a narcotics ring comes up against the mob's hired martial arts assassin. Both men are the best at what they do and in a battle to the death, only one will survive. (Rotten Tomatoes)

A vampiric sorcerer lives on human breast milk. He creates a small army of zombies by driving nine-inch spikes into the top of their skulls. (Stephen Bissette)

Left for dead on the street after being sexually assaulted by a violent gang of deviants and infected with a deadly sexually transmitted disease, a beautiful factory girl enlists the aid of a retired martial arts master in perfecting the skills that will allow her to seek deadly retribution. (Allmovie.com)

Chao Chun-fang (Lo Lieh), a mentally unbalanced lantern maker gets a chance to avenge his mistreatment by two rich and powerful men when one of the men (who are enemies, in fact) asks him to make special lanterns for an approaching festival. Chao then methodically kills three female family members of the two wealthy men and peels off their skin to use as a covering for the lanterns. (Allmovie.com)

A prince in succession for the throne must evade the plotting of his evil brothers in the weeks leading up to the new Emperor being chosen.

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.

The High Abbot of Shaolin Temple dispatches brother Chi San to learn new fighting styles and the techniques of modern weapon making in the hopes of combating the Chings. (HK Flix)

Two cops--both partners and best friends--find their friendship and their lives at stake when they try to take down a ruthless drug dealer. (imdb)

When his wife, also working for the the police, but in a different department, is being brutally murdered, a police officer begins to investigate the case on his own. Soon he has the hitwoman, who did it arrested, but must find out that things are not as easy as he thought. He has knocked at the wrong door and it turns out that the woman he has hold of may be his only ally. (imdb)

A modern day Robin Hood baffles Shanghai police in this Shaw Brothers classic. He goes by the name "The Lizard," and takes great joy in redistributing the wealth of the corrupt upper class - but who is this benevolent and fearless bandit? (allmovie.com)

A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee. (imdb)

After his parents' mysterious slaying, young Tung fights for his life, joins a local gang and avenges his parents' death by killing a rival crime lord. Flash forward: when Tung is released from prison, he rises up the ranks of the Taiwanese and Hong Kong underworlds, if only to prepare him for a final showdown with his brother, now the head of a local syndicate...

Three young men, witnesses to an accident, decide to rob the victim.

A bad guy walks into a town, kicks some children's toy ball away and challenges the students of a kung fu school to show what they're made of. (The Deuce)

After Chen Zhen's execution in Shanghai, the Japanese feared that his death would unite all Chinese kung fu schools against them. Fearing this, the Japanese gave orders to the head of the Hong Ku School, Miyamoto (Lo Lieh) to surpass all Chinese schools including the Ching Wu School. Miyamoto sends the Japanese along with their interpreter to the Ching Wu School ordering the leader & students to leave the School. When they refuse, the Japanese beat up the students and destroys the school... (imdb)

As the reign of the Ming Dynasty comes to a close, a corrupt magistrate draws the vengeance of three fearless warriors in this kung fu epic from director Chang Cheh. Tired of being exploited and overtaxed by the current magistrate, the citizens of a small community band together to prepare a petition to a visiting minister... (allmovie.com)

Chan Koon-tai stars in this cheesy, gory, Hong Kong horror film as Chin Ben, who discovers the tomb of an ancient mummy brain in Indonesia. The brain has the power to grant a wish as long as it is fed an animal brain every day. Chin plans to destroy the brain after he uses it to destroy his enemies, but soon the evil brain kills Chin's sister, possesses his girlfriend, and possesses Chin himself when he forgets to feed it.

A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse's. The scholar has a surgeon attach said unit, and he's off and running on his mission, only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle, such as jealous husbands and treacherous females. (imdb)

A tough-as-nails ex-cop, Alan, and a lawyer, Mary, accused of murder, team up with a unscrupulous lawyer, David, as they intend to solve the case of laundering dirty money. It turns out that David was involved, but was betrayed by his cohort Wilson. Now Alan, Mary, and David must fight Wilson and his henchmen. (imdb)

Five brothers, seperated at birth, are brought together by a mysterious, beautiful woman to restore honor to their father's estate.

A clan sends out two of their members (Lo Lieh and Chang Yi) to retrieve a powerful sword to prevent its misuse. Along the way they encounter a skilled swords-woman who is also after the sword (Cheng Pei-pei). A complex love tragedy develops when she falls in love with one of the men and thoughtlessly wounds the other. (imdb)

Wu Viet is a Vietnamese refugee who wants to leave his country behind and start over in the United States. First, he must make his way to Hong Kong, but as he passes through Thailand, he meets a beautiful woman who travels with him. Wu and his new love end up in a refugee camp in Thailand, where they discover many of their countrymen are disappearing under mysterious circumstances. (allmovie)

A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm. (imdb)

This film concerns Bullet (Yukari Oshima) a fierce female gangster who is fresh out of stir and her friend and fellow kung-fu enthusiast Chitty (Moon Lee). Though Bullet is free, she is being closely monitored by her cop father and his fearsome companion known only as "Big Aunt" (Sibelle Hu). As the film progresses, Bullet gets embroiled in the affairs of her friend May, who is being blackmailed into prostitution, by stealing some gems belonging to notorious gangster Chin Bo (Wong Chi-yeung). (Allmovie.com)

Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.

The Flying Dagger brothers and the Bewitchment sisters are competing bounty hunters who unite to hunt down Red Fox.

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)

Two long time friends must train a rookie in the art of assassination. (lostinlodos)

Master Tieh and his band of bounty hunters seek to apprehend four famous robbers...

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)

The plot centers on a martial arts tournament where the stoic Purple Robe Duke competes annually with the nefarious Fire Demon God, who always loses. This time, the Purple Robe Duke is poisoned from an attack by the Samurai Killer beforehand, forcing him into a state of secluded meditation in an underwater chamber to slow the poison's effects. His chief student Bai Baoyu sets out to retrieve an antidote, but must outwit and outfight forces intent on stopping him. (kungfucinema.com)

The martial world macguffin at the center of the action is a powerful weapon called the Phoenix Sword, and, in order to get it, the villains have kidnapped the daughter of its rightful owner, a kung fu master by the name of Chen. In response, Chen's former disciples, which include Polly, band together to wield the collective pummeling fist of justice.

One of the many similarly named actors to cash in on the success of the legendary Bruce Lee, Bruce Le stars in Bruce's Deadly Fingers as a man who must rescue one of his hero's former girlfriends. After the woman is taken by gangsters, Le discovers a book containing Lee's secrets, absorbs the material, and then evens the score. The film was directed by Joseph Kong. (allrovi.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)

In this vintage martial arts-adventure, a warrior (Gordon Liu), searching for a criminal on the run from the law, discovers a gang of thieves who plan to steal an irreplaceable Jade Buddha. He leaps into action to save the Buddha, but he discovers a variety of bizarre traps and gifted martial arts fights are laying in wait for him. Fists and Guts also stars Lo Lieh, best-known for his work in Five Fingers of Death, the first major martial arts hit in the United States. (allrovi.com)

When the boss of a highly profitable Triad family is forced to flee from Hong Kong, rival gangs swoop in to steal any piece of the action they can. York Koo (Andy Lau) becomes the family's acting boss, and must do what he can to handle the difficult situation, with mounting pressure from both the Hong Kong police, and rival families. (imdb)

This was renowned filmmaker Wong Jing's very first modern day adventure drama. In addition to writing and directing, he sent majestic superstar Ti Lung, Chen Hui-min (Five Element Ninja), Wang Lung-wei (the king of Shaw Brothers' screen villains), Lo Lieh (Shaw Brothers' first international star), and Wang Yu (Dirty Ho) on a deadly mission - all under the guidance of three great kung-fu choreographers, led by Tang Chia. (hkcinemagic.com)

A regional champion martial artist that moonlights as an honour-bound assassin, Tu Ta Shen, solidifies his reputation by challenging top fighters en route to the other champion, Nan Pa Tien, in order to unify both titles. Along the way he defeats a man who's shame in defeat drives him to suicide. Before he dies, recognizing Tu Ta Shen honour, he asks Tu Ta Shen to defeat a group of Manchu supporters led by none other that Nan Pa Tien. (imdb)

Joseph Velasco directs martial arts star Bruce Lee in the action film Ninja vs. Bruce Lee. A Japanese Ninja is tearing apart a Chinese police force. Using his Chinese kung fu skills, Bruce Lee takes on the Ninjitsu master in order to set things right. (allrovi.com)

The martial world is now awash in one-armed knights, who aren't inclined to make any permanent alliances among themselves. (imdb)

The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by sword-wielding ruffians, among other things. Her only hope is her betrayer's new wife, played by the strong and sensual Ivy Ling Po. Dawn may come, but the questions is: will it be too late? Director/writer Kao Li shows both restraint and sadism in this historical melodramatic tearjerker. (hkcinemagic.com)

Wanted by the Qing government, Ming loyalist and martial artist Hung Hei-kwun (Lo Meng) decides to hide out at Shaolin Temple by becoming a lay disciple. Hei-kwun takes with him the mischievous kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk (Wong Yu) and his friend Hu Hui-gan (Chien Hsiao-hou). After passing an entrance trial, the trio join the temple's lay disciple program for southern Shaolin practitioners that's run by monk Jin (Philip Kwok).

Back by popular demand! Five years after Chu Yuan's original two-part adaptation of Heaven Sword And Dragon Sabre comes this new chapter, created by no less than the entire Shaws Creation Section and a full trio of martial arts directors. 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. (hkcinemagic.com)

A famous martial arts master re-emerges on the scene. His presence causes many fighters to become worried. Secrets long buried begin to surface. This master must be stopped at all costs. But is he really who he says he is? David Chiang (5 Masters of Death, 7 Blows of the Dragon) heads an all-star Shaw Brothers stable cast in this action-drenched thriller. Return of the Deadly Blade is action in the Shaw tradition. (hkcinemagic.com)

One great movie deserves another, and this is one of those rare sequels that many feel is superior to the original. The audience certainly seemed to think so, making this one of the Shaw Studio's highest grossing movies ever. And why not? Ti Lung is back as Li Chin Huan, the renowned, charming, elegant, majestic, and yes, sentimental, swordsman who must face the Chief of the Money Clan and his legion of assassins for the fate of the "Martial Arts World". (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)

Political intrigue at its most exciting! The powerful Shanghai 13 has been secretly infiltrated by a band of traitors. Only Mr. Kao has the information to destroy the traitorous sects but they will stop at nothing to kill him before he can get to Hong Kong. (kungfumovies.net)

Little Tiger (Yuen Biao) left his hometown and went to Shanghai staying with his elder brother, Big Tiger (George Lam), who is a police officer. However, he accidentally got involved in robbing the National Salvation Funds. He also met Pao (Sandy Lam), a member of an acrobatic troupe, in this incident. Little Tiger was later invited to work for the triad society due to his outstanding fighting skills and swiftness. (hkcinemagic.com)

As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver called the 'Shaolin Handlock' while an old wolf-in-sheep's-clothing friend Fang Yun-piao pays the unwitting Li a visit. Fang flees the country after duping and killing Li with a fatal counter-measure. Vowing revenge, surviving son Li Cheng-ying and sister Li Meng-ping follows Fang's trail that leads to Thailand. (imdb)

Three of Shaw Brothers' finest martial arts directors, who, between them, had made more than a hundred classics, 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 mini-movie with maxi-action. (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)

Just when audiences thought the director couldn't get more spectacular and outrageous, he unleashed this eye-filling, mind-bending "Martial Arts World" sequel of clan rivalries, ninja atrocities, wizard sorceries, and the mythical Silkworm style that changes our hero into a veritable Spider-swordsman. The screen practically explodes with colorful characters and kung-fu -- all directed, co-written, and co-choreographed by Lu Chun-ku, and showcasing some of the best Shaw Brothers action stars. (hkcinemagic.com)

After one hundred men perish under mysterious circumstances in the vicinity of a lovely area known as Moonlit Sky, swordsman Feng Xiwu (Max Mok Siu-chung) decides to investigate and discovers beautiful maiden Shuiling (Mary Jean Reimer). The two fall almost instantly in love, but the girl's mother (Wei Chiu-hua) is a blood drinking, flesh eating spirit responsible for all of the recent deaths. (dighkmovies)

Old style kung fu films always had brothel, restaurant, and of course gambling scenes. Gambling films became popular in the early 80s, so it made sense to have an intense poker game standoff between early good guy, kung fu star Chen Kuan Tai, and early villain, kung fu star Lo Lieh. The fists and cards really fly in "Notorious Eight" as Chen proves once again that "flushing" out the bad guys makes great box office sense. (hkcinemagic.com)

Director Chu Yuan was already famous for his many collaborations with respected novelist Ku Lung and for his introduction of detective thriller ingredients into the martial arts movie genre. But this production was made even more special by the rare presence of superstar David Chiang. Here he gives another great performance as kung-fu knight Shen Lang, who stumbles across grave robbers while on the trail of a martial arts mass murderer. (hkcinemagic.com)

A mysterious masked assailant, referred to in the film as "Red Dress Man", is picking off members of Uncle Shen Pei's martial arts school one by one, only promising to reveal his true identity after he has killed 10 students... (flkcinema.com)

Kwei Wu (Jimmy Wang Yu) and his partner (Chin Ping) are homeward bound to destroy the "Phoenix Lute," a deadly weapon which accurately shoots poisonous needles up to 500 paces and can only be destroyed with the Kan curved sword. It's like a Western sword-and-sorcery film on drugs, featuring high-flying, frenetic paced swordplay. (hkcinemagic.com)

Three brothers are nominated by their teacher to escort the beautiful Miss Wan and light up her boyfriend. A much more difficult than expected as a rival to the bride multiplies the pitfalls along the way. And the three brothers must hit hard and run fast to meet the challenge of their mission! (hkmania.com)

The 18 Riders of Shaolin are a group of kung fu philanthropists who use their deadly skills to protect the weak and needy. But trouble brews when an evil kung fu master infiltrates the group and attempts to use trickery to rob them and destroy their clan. (hkcinemagic.com)

Tyron Hsu directs Lo Lieh, Yueh Hua, and Sang Gwan in the Hong Kong action film 99 Cycling Swords. When political rebels begin to cause trouble in a small town, the warlords command a village official (Lieh), to roust them. He in turn passes the job onto four martial arts masters. (tcm.com)

A valuable shipment of silver shimmers in the eyes of a deadly collection of determined thieves in this fast-moving martial arts classic starring Angela Mao, Lo Lieh, and Philip Kao Fei. When a lowly wagon driver with the skills of a martial arts master is hired by a legendary thief known as The Sparrow for the purpose of hijacking a large shipment of silver, the pair are quick to realize they're not the only ones looking to claim the treasure as their own. (allrovi.com)

In the last Big Boss (A.K.A.:Fists Of Fury), Cheng Chao-On was arrested after killing Hsiao Mi, "The Big Boss". In this sequel, his brother, Cheng Chao-Chun (Lo Lieh), visits his brother in Thailand. He then finds a job as an ice factory worker at the same ice factory that his brother worked at. While the previous film never explained why Chao An promised never to fight again, it was actually due to the fact that their father was killed in a fight. (imdb)

A peace-loving country boy finds that sometimes you have to fight back after moving to the city to live with his family in this martial arts classic starring Hong Kong cinema legends Lo Lieh and Bruce Liang. In this tale of an average citizen pushed to his limits, former Kung Fu Executioner star Billy Chong plays a city newcomer who quickly incurs the wrath of the city's most feared gang. (allrovi.com)

A reformed former drug kingpin (Bruce Le) goes undercover to investigate a newly opened opium route going through Mainland China. (imdb)

Two men raised in the shadowy world of the Triad underworld must manipulate the operations of the mob and each other's emotional lives, particularly when dealing with their beautiful best friend, Lin, the daughter of a powerful crime leader. (hkcinemagic.com)

Soon-to-be legendary director Chu Yuan had just joined the Shaw Brothers when he helmed this thriller of bickering bandits. Audiences loved watching three pairs of cunning male and female crooks trying to steal a million gold taels from the Fu Lai Treasury House...not knowing that one of them is actually an undercover hero. Even without him, there's no honor amongst thieves, so the double-crosses and deadly duels come fast and furious, all choreographed by Hsu Erh-niu. (hkcinemagic.com)

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, China is thrown into turmoil. The loyalists seek the return of Ming, the government determine to stay in power. One power hungry government official grabs the chance of promotion when he learns the whereabouts of both the Dynasty's Prince and the loyalists leader. The intervention of a mysterious Kung Fu Master with superb Shaolin techniques prevents their capture. The master's symbol is the lotus blossom, identical to that worn by another new arrival. (piratebay)

Martial artist Lo Lieh stars as the leader of a guerilla resistance movement against the tyrannical Butterfly Clan. Having wiped out both the Shaolin and Wu Tang, the Butterfly Clan's objective is clearly the destruction of any and all rival factions -- Lo Lieh, a wushu knight, and his rag-tag followers move in to challenge their oppressors in a deadly battle. (rottentomatoes.com)

One jade arhat would be enough for any man; eighteen is beyond comprehension. When the arhats are stolen and power falls into The Wrong Hands, it's definitely not an occasion for dancing in the streets. The heroes must do battle with the villains to win their Arhat Power back, or else. (allrovi.com)

Chin Tien Wei has been elected as chief of the Martial World after his three disciples managed to eliminate the most feared fighters in the world. However, not everyone is pleased at Wei's appointment as Chie many anonymous fighters and wizards are sent to his household. (hkcinemagic.com)

Police Captain Chao (Lo Lieh ) and Vice-captain Meng Hu (Wang Tao ) are known as the "Bandit Catchers." In a fight Meng Hu accidentally causes Captain Chao to get killed. He gives up fighting and becomes known around town as the "Coward Chen Chi". While working for a local family, he has to call upon his kung fu skills, as he is the only one who can save the town. (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)

The fabled center of Southeast Asia's illegal heroin, morphine, and amphetamine trade, known as the "Golden Triangle", occupies a corner of northern Thailand, another in the jungles of Laos, and the third deep in the mountains of Burma. A haven for drug lords, it has become a monument to the cultivation of opium. This story, filmed in this forbidden region, centers on rival bands of drug smugglers who converge in a fight to the death to determine who will reign supreme over the Golden Triangle. (hkcinemagic.com)

Other than that everything else is your basic run of the mill, no better than any other kung fu film film. Ha! As the story goes, gold is stolen from the government so undercover constables do there detective work. Decent fight scenes with a lot of weapon works. Carter of course can't use weapons but his fists and kicks are equally impressive, being consistent with the rest of the film. Good ending also saves the film. The constables goes through a handful of good fighters. (hkmdb.com)

Yue Hwa, Lo Lei and Shangkuan Ling-Feng are the principals in Green Dragon Inn. An emissary of the Ming dynasty is assigned to escort an accused killer to trial. After many days' journey, the escort and the "murderer" stop over at the eponymous inn. There a collection of Kung Fu masters are waiting...but whose side are they on? (allrovi.com)

Gordon Liu is Hong Kong's top detective -- and his kung fu skills have a way of coming in handy. (netflix.com)

Director Chu Yuan's titanic teaming with respected, inspired author Chin Yung created this unforgettable saga. Set during the Yuan Dynasty, it tells the fascinating story of the "Sacred Fire" sect, the Wu Tang swordsmanship clan, the disciples of the O Mei group, The Book of Chu Yang (which can make the reader immortal), and the destruction of Shaolin -- complete with a killer cliffhanger. And that's just the start of the fascinating intrigues and ingratiating characters found here. (hkcinemagic.com)

The thrills continue in this second part of this cherished adventure, created by the renowned director Chu Yuan and ingenious novelist Chin Yung. Only the union of the title weapons can save the six remaining martial arts sects who are vying for mastery. (hkcinemagic.com)

Michelle is a triad leader whose wedding is interrupted when a rival gang tires to kill her but manages to kill the groom instead. The bride subsequently takes revenge. (imdb)

Rebels in medieval China place secret documents in the hands of Shaolin priests. The list is entrusted by Abbot Wei Hung to a rebel who splits the list into three parts, giving two of the pieces to other rebels. But one of the three is the "Invisible Terrorist", a spy working for the evil general. (imdb)

He fights alone. He is mysterious. He is the Jade Fox, an intelligent Robin Hood type highway man. Follow his story of double crosses and deception as the Jade Fox becomes involved in a series of plots to murder him! Kung Fu - Both female and male fighting! Exciting challenge! (amazon.com)

Although King Cat was one of Chang I's earliest films, the young actor was already showing the promise that would make him the star of countless Shaw Brothers' martial arts movies. Chang plays Chan Chao, a knight of justice, who thwarts the plans of Minister Peng to assassinate the revered Judge Pao Cheng over and over again. Lo Lieh gives Chang a good run for his money as the evil and sinister henchman of Minister Peng. (hkcinemagic.com)

The emperor's right hand man frames the princess's fiancé, King Chi, who goes into hiding for ten years, vowing revenge. Meanwhile, the princess is married to King Chi's monkey. (imdb)

Lo Lieh is after Billy Chong because he believes the book in his possession will make him invulnerable. He sends his evil priest to sue black magic to fight while Billy uses the book to conjure up ghosts for help. (hkcinemagic.com)

This is one of writer/director Shen Chiang's last films, but it's an incredible action-packed adventure of a female Lone Ranger, decades before Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon made feminist-empowerment kung-fu films an international phenomenon. The wonderful Shih Szu is the title character, with Shaw Brothers' first international star, Lo Lieh, joining her as an adoring associate. (hkcinemagic.com)

When Hong Kong's new wave, gravity-defying action-look hit the scene in the early 1980's, so did a new wave of actors; Canto-pop stars. Little Dragon Maiden intelligently mixed the old with the new to create pure golden magic as kung-fu fighting veterans Chen Kuan-tai and Lo Lieh joined relative newcomer Leslie Cheung in a far-out, costume-action love story that really cooks. Cheung garnered international recognition in John Woo's A Better Tomorrow. (hkcinemagic.com)

The chase may be long, but the action is fast and furious is this tale of a dart master-for-hire and the innkeeper's daughter who loves him. He's under deadly threat from a police officer after he assassinates a Government Minister, while she's the target of murderous local bandits. The consummately versatile director, soon to be declared a master of the "esoteric weapon" kung-fu film, develops his style with this sharp thriller that really gets to the point. (hkcinemagic.com)

This martial arts film has a familiar story of revenge. After Chow's family is slaughtered by a group of men, he trains for almost 20 years with a Shaolin monk. After completing his studies, he sets off to avenge their memory. The cast includes genre stars Lo Lieh, Chi Kwan Chun, and Chen Sing. (allrovi.com)

Cliff Lok, Nora Miao, and Lo Leih star in this martial arts flick concerning a contest held to determine which mighty warrior will receive the honor of carving his name into the treacherous Hero Tower, and the underhanded double crossings that the contestants resort to in hopes cheating their way to victory. (answers.com)

Priceless jewels are stolen from a large jewelry store. The police are about to arrest their main suspect when he is suddenly poisoned. (imdb)

Pao Hseuh-li started his film career as a cinematographer, beautifully lensing such important films as Golden Swallow. This was one of his films as director. Lo Lieh, soon to be Shaw Brothers' first international star, thanks to King Boxer, stars as Sung Dynasty patriot Chin Liang, who runs afoul of a corrupt and ambitious ex-friend. To avenge the villains' treachery, he must make an oath of death, purposely maiming himself to accomplish his ultimate triumph. (hkcinemagic.com)

While American and European movies feature "security guards," they are virtually never the kind of heroes who appear in many great kung-fu thrillers. This time Wu Ma, who had cut his teeth as Chang Cheh's assistant director, decided to go to the heart of the matter. He cast Lo Lieh, the Shaw Studios first international star (from King Boxer), as the best of the best, who must protect a shipment of silver from both thieves and treachery alike. (hkcinemagic.com)

Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain even greater acclaim for his soulful, powerful, intelligent, and beautifully-made martial arts epics. This stands alongside The Deadly Breaking Sword and The Kung-fu Instructor as one of his very best. (hkcinemagic.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)

Warlord Tung (Chui Fook Sang) has his illegal operations disturbed by a bandit queen named Violet (?!), and her gang. Little does he know however that his nemesis is none other than his own beloved do-gooder ass-kicking daughter (Angela Mao). Another source of potential problems is a mysterious martial art ace (Tien Peng) who stays in the area and who has trashed Tung's men in a brawl at the local inn. (hkcinemagi.com)

A pair of sisters rescue a martial arts expert from drowning, and in turn he agrees to help train them and their village to fight local thugs. (imdb)

A modern, boisterous updating of "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Seven Samurai" by way of "Beach of the War Gods," as terrified Chinese villagers recruit brave mercenary warriors to defend against maurauding Japanese invaders. (fareastflix.com)

An undercover detective uses a restaurant targeted by harassment by a criminal gang to infiltrate the gang and arrest its members. (imdb)

Chang Yi stars as the consummate title martial arts master who can defeat a squad of soldiers with just a fan. The lovely woman warriors Yu Hui, Shu Pei-pei, and Chiao Chiao are also on hand as undercover swordswomen and concubines who fight to the death to save their country...and themselves. (hkcinemagic.com)

A young and charming cavalier must use his martial arts skills when his life is threatened. (allrovi.com)

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. (imdb)

While the rest of the world celebrated the woman warriors of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hong Kong audiences knew that feminist empowerment kung-fu films had been around for decades. Here, Shen Yi (The Angel Strikes Again), Essie Lin Chia (Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman), and Pan Ying-tzu (The Eight Dragon Sword) are the swordswomen three -- taking on Shaw's first international superstar, Lo Lieh (King Boxer) for possession of the powerful Han Family Sword. (hkcinemagic.com)

Life for some Chinese peasants under the thumb of a vicious warlord is cruel in the extreme, and one young man must summon up all his courage and fighting skills to set matters right in this riveting drama packed with kung fu action. (amazon.com)

This sweeping martial arts saga tells the story of a young man (played by the impressive but little-remembered onetime kung fu superstar Lo Lieh), raised in the wild by his mother and the tiger she tamed while giving birth to him, who trains to return to civilization and avenge his father's cruel murder. (amazon.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)

Noted director Hsu Cheng-hung personally created the original story for this deadly family feud. The tone is set when the patriarch of the An Ping Security Service is shown to use a dozen killer coins as his personal kung-fu weapon. After they are hired to escort 200,000 taels worth of silver to safety, "flipping a coin" takes on a whole new meaning in this action-packed, emotional martial arts melodrama - choreographed by, and featuring, Liu Chia-liang and Tang Chia. (hkcinemagic.com)

The team of director Cheng Chang-ho and star Lo Lieh would become well known for King Boxer - the first internationally successful kung-fu film. This stirring saga of the "Martial Arts World" helped them prepare for that breakthrough. Lo Lieh plays a righteous swordsman, trying to protect another hero's wife and daughter from a corrupt minister's murderous plans. (hkcinemagic.com)

Of all the many kinds of films Ho Meng-Hua directed for the Shaw Brothers, quite possibly his most popular worldwide was "The Flying Guillotine". While he did not direct its like-titled sequel, he did help this great spinning beheader follow-up, which critics considered among his best. It stars the gorgeous Chen Ping ("The Miniskirt Gang", "Lady Exterminator") as the fearless title character who takes on an entire flying guillotine gang, despite the fact that she's pregnant! (hkcinemagic.com)

Meng Fei leads a group of deadly Foo fighters to smash a Manchu stronghold guarded by the dreaded Bearded Brigadeer Leung Kar Yan. Helping Meng Fei on his mission is the Lama Phillip Ko, a Taliban kung fu fighter, and a Shaolin monk. Top class action from the "Two On The Road" posse! (hkcinemagic.com)

Starring the stunning, teenage heartthrob Pat Ting Hung, The Butterfly Chalice marks the important directing debut of the kung-fu film genre's most principle figure Chang Cheh, as he burst the martial arts and swordplay movie doors wide open, announcing the beginning of the end for the Cantonese musicals. The Story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. (listal.com)

Set in a land before time, this martial-arts story chronicles the courage of a brave warrior who is equally adept at fighting real and mythical foes. (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)

A policeman and his girlfriend are suspected of leaking information about a sensitive case involving an organization of communists. (imdb)

Very rare kung fu basher directed by and featuring the legendary Lo Lieh and featuring Chan Wai Man. (ebay.com)

After several years, a legendary swordsman returns to save the villagers from a highly trained army of swordsmen and their leader. (imdb)

An evil Eunuch imperial is making advances on becoming the ultimate power in ancient China, but first he has to stop a group of stealthy fighters that hold the key to his downfall in this chop-socky kung-fu tale of political intrigue and high-flying kicks. Of all the political factions in ancient China, the most power-hungry of them all is the feared Wang, a Eunuch that will stop at nothing to gain control of the throne. (allrovi.com)

Heroes of Sung stars one of the original kung-fu ladies of the silver screen Shih Szu playing swordswoman Meng Hung who must work with Fan Tien-fu, played by perennial Shaws bad guy Lo Lieh (although he's good in this) to find then protect the royal seals of the Sung Dynasty. If they should fail, the dynasty will fall. Shih's magnificent performance earned her the female hero role in the Shaws-Hammer Studio hit "Dracula" and the 7 Golden Vampires. (hkcinemagic.com)

Kung-fu and drama merge in this unusually poignant and popular action film from the golden age of martial arts. Lo Lieh is given one of his most memorable roles as a tough gas station attendant who plots to kidnap his boss's son, only to find himself and his girlfriend -- played by the incomparable Hu Chin -- enmeshed in a web of greed and murder from which it is impossible to break free. (hkcinemagic.com)

Five Fingers of Death star Lo Lieh is featured in this martial arts marathon that tells of a mysterious killer who annihilates all of his opponents. A group of fighters teams to use new fighting skills and techniques to stop the culprit. (amazon.com)

Ti Lung stars as a killer gangster with a really bad wig at the start of the movie. He is hunting down Alan Hsu, and happens to kill him right when Hsu had ran back to his house and put his daughter in his arms. The problems begin right away in this movie. There is one of those great scenes that I have seen in many HK movies where a child is pointing a gun (a toy gun in this movie) at the person who killed their parents. The story heads in a good direction, at least that's what I thought. (imdb)

The plot of the film has the title character, a robber who behaves kind of like Zorro or Robin Hood wandering the country side stealing from the rich and helping the oppressed. Meanwhile some bad guys wander in the town and kill two Imperial Envoys, taking their credentials and blaming The Swift Knight. It transpires that they are looking for a certain young woman and her brother...and so is a mysterious beggar. (unseenfilms.blogspot.com)

THE RESCUE (1971) is a Hong Kong-produced martial arts adventure about a group of Song Dynasty loyalists opposing Tartar Rule in 13th century China. Their aim in the film is to rescue Prime Minister Wen (Fang Mien) from a Tartar prison and spirit him to safety in the south of China. (imdb)

Angie (Sally Yeh), a college student from Canada, returns to her native Hong Kong to work on a Master's thesis focusing on the superstition. Her topic will get much-needed attention as the ... (imdb)

The story of Ho, a chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most feared crime bosses in Hong Kong. (imdb)

A different take on the life of famous Chinese folk hero Hung Hei Kwan, also known as 'The Red Dragon'. (imdb)

Ah Chaan and Fat Chug were good partners in the Police Force. Both of them had helped in solving many criminal and civil cases despite their silly behaviour. In order to persuade Ah Fong to marry him, he provide a living space for Ah Fong's aunt and her daughter named Ah Jane. Ah Chaan was attracted by Jane's charm and lovely personality and tried everything to please her. A dominant criminal had made a plot were chased by the police. (hkcinemagic.com)

An evil son becomes emperor. His brothers plot to kill him but they'll have to get through his henchman and his palace of traps first.

There's a murderer who goes by the moniker Devil Swordsman gallivanting around the countryside in an outfit that looks like a ninja cloak by way of a KKK robe who's killing all of the major kung fu masters and clan leaders with a single swipe to the face. One of his first victims is the head of the White Dragon tribe, whose son, Shan, is played by Dorian Tan Tao-Liang. Shan naturally assumes the role of detective in order to avenge his father, since that's what people do in these movies. (shaolinchamber36.com)

A red haired martial arts special constable is deployed by the Manchus to round up all the Ming loyalists and eliminate them. The 7 men of Kung Fu prove to be too powerful for him and his posse of fighters and zombies. (youtube)

Chan Wai Man is Ah Keung, a thug and assassin who tries to go straight after his job becomes to dangerous. A series of events plunges him back into his former lifestyle and he find himself up against his old buddy who has now become a cop. Fights choreographed by Chan Wai Man. (The Movie Database)

Immortal Warriors is a Taiwanese Martial Arts movie action directed by Jackie Chan. Excellent martial arts epic about the takeover of the Sung dynasty by the Ching and two royal children (Polly and Mang Fei) that were saved when the royal family was executed. When they grow up they are trained in secret, in the hopes they will be able to get revenge and restore the Sung dynasty. (Wu Tang Collection)

Individually, they're pretty small, but when they band together and combine their awesome kung fu powers, this vengeful group of young beggars becomes a fighting force to be reckoned with. It's the young doing battle against murderers, extortionists and thugs -- and winning. (Wu Tang Collection)

After her entire family is wiped out by Swordsmen of various clans the young vagabond soon comes of age and sets out on her one woman vengeance trail. One by one she kills all the Swordsmen she dares to challenge with her trusted deadly blade. Her most feared and deadly foe is Peerless Swallow the top Swordsman in China Will she finally meet her match or will fate cast a dark shadow. (Wu Tang Collection)

AKA Snake in the Crane's Shadow; The kung-fu jungle explodes with fury when the masters of combat clash to the death! The Snake Master crosses paths with The Mistress of the Crane Style in search of a stolen treasure. Joining this all-star cast Is the Beggar Clan, who helps the Snake and Crane battle the Golden Eagle- Master of Flight. Hooks, claws, hands and feet collide in this ULTRA-RARE KUNG-FU CLASSIC! (Wu Tang Collection)

An orphan girl (Lilly Lee) studies Crane boxing for 10 years to revenge on the ones who slaughtered her family. (imdb)

AKA The Furious Killer;

Angela Mao rips through her enemies! Fierce females Angela Mao and Judy Lee search and seize the Five Phoenix's Night-Shing Pearl from the wicked bandits of the Black Wind Fortress. Tieh Ying-Hung, as the leader of the woman's gang, vows to overthrow the fortress in order to restore law and order. Can she conquer the fortress and its massive army of kung fu masters and death defying traps?

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)

A story of the illegal immigrant experience of people from the mainland of China who have made it to Hong Kong for a better life.

The bulk of this movie is Joseph Kong's BRUCE & SHAOLIN BRONZEMEN (1982), a film that runs 79 minutes. A small chunk of another Joseph Kong movie also lensed in the Philippines, BRUCE'S DEADLY FINGERS (1976), is implemented to pad the movie out to 87 minutes. Incidentally, a handful of dialog scenes from the BRONZEMEN version are excised which mercilessly confuses an already limited narrative. (Cool Ass Cinema)

A jewel thief (Lin Chong) decides to turn over a new leaf. He starts anew as a professional singer; but before long, the he becomes suspect again for a series of robberies. He sets up a trap to snare the copycat thief, but will it snare him instead? (HKCinemagic)

Master Maolung is so obsessed with the supernatural that he keeps an eye on the “yin” wife of his eldest disciple, Hu Yaotu. Hu succeeds in keeping the master concealed. A century later, everybody has a new life without memory of the past. Maolung’s loyal but evil follower swears to take revenge and save his master from the subdued world at any price.

Raymond's (Andy Lau) lawyer license has been suspended. He has sacrificed his career to save his mom Lan (Deanie Ip). Right at that time every piece of evidence points to Raymond as the murderer of a policeman who had been hostile to him. The only person who has proofs of his innocence is his mother, now suffering from terminal disease but trying her best to sustain her life just for his son. (neofilmshop.com)

Inspector Lee and his team of investigating officers look into the strange disappearance of a respectable loan shark. (imdb)

3 Idealistic officers, He Zhong Heng (Piao), Luo Zhnag (Chien) and Ying Hao (Sau-Yin), find corruption and deceit rule the department, magistrate and jailers. Will they succumb to corruption? What cost must be paid to stay true to ideals? (imdb)

A wronged female ghost is out for revenge.

Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.

Yet another Wong Jing gambling comedy but this time a TV movie production.

Evil Ming dynasty eunuch bullies the emperor and forms a group of invincible kung fu fighters to defeat any competition.

1985 movie

A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.

As the Heng Seng Index teaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is "easy come, easy go".

Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance.

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.

An anthology based on some marital shenanigans by the Shaw Brothers studio. in Credits: Episode in Credits: Exhausted (12 mins) in Credits: Episode 2: Dumpling Noodles (3 mins) in Credits: Episode 3: Green Hat (74 mins)

If the Three Stooges had been Chinese, with one woman, this could very well have been one of their movies. Veteran director Lu Chun-ku leads handsome Liu Yung, pretty Liang Yun-Hsin, and “Thundering Mantis,” Liang Chia-Jen in a madcap mixup filled with cons, double-crosses, and triple plots. Add “Dirty Ho” himself, Wang Yu, to the proceedings, and you’ve got a winner for any fans of action or comedy.

A young girl runs away from her abusive father to join a group of circus performances, expecting that one day she will be the greatest trapeze artist. Later, she falls in love with one of the members of the circus staff who used to be a trapeze performer in previous times.