Yen-Ping Chu

Yen-Ping Chu
Total Credits at Criticker: 3 (Actor), 30 (Director), 3 (Writer)
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The Prisoner
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercernaries is being assembled. (imdb)
Fantasy Mission Force
Similar to "The Dirty Dozen" or one of that nature. Japan is trying to take over the world and the generals of the allied forces trying to stop the Japanese have been taken prisoner (imdb)
Young Dragons: Kung Fu Kids
Three young boys learn the art of kung fu from their grandfather, a martial arts expert, and are able to hold their own on a trip to the city. (All Movie Guide)
Kung Fu Dunk
An orphaned boy, brought up at a kung fu school, is discovered to have great basketball talent by a down and out hustler who becomes his agent. He joins First University's team, and with the help of his agent, takes the team to the finals. The only problem is that the finals have been rigged! Can Ajie save the day using his now-dead master's technique?
Requital
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...
Flying Dagger
The Flying Dagger brothers and the Bewitchment sisters are competing bounty hunters who unite to hunt down Red Fox.
Just Call Me Nobody
Ancient China. Poor young cobbler Wu Di (Xiao Shen Yang) lives with his mother (Chen Hui-chuen) and is crazy about martial-arts picture books. One day he repairs the shoe of wandering swordswoman Yuelou (Kelly Lin) and later helps save her in a fight with wanted criminal Tian Baguang (Chang Li-wei), even though he has no martial-arts training. She tells him she owes him a life and can be found on Qin Mountain if he ever needs her. (Film Business Asia)
The Treasure Hunter
In the northwest desert where countless prosperous dynasties have flourish and fallen, there is rumour of a buried treasure of unbelievable riches. A group of mysterious guardians have kept the map to the location of the treasure safe, until a fierce rivalry erupts.
Golden Queen\
Set in a time-warp fantasyland wherein World War II somehow co-exists with punk rock fashions, wu xia plot twists, and trappings from James Bond, Tarzan and samurai movies, this opens with notorious freedom fighter Black Fox (Brigitte Lin...very chic in a wooly hat and eye-patch)...dragged into a P.O.W. camp run by Chinese Nazis. Fox is first in our crack squad of nutty, gorgeous women, introduced with mini-bios listing their names, ages and crimes... (The Spinning Image)
End of the Road
The Sergeant of the Anti-communist National Army Tang, was captured in a Burmese-Communist war. He came across Fan Lun (Tony Leung) and Ya Din. The three people fled to Army He Zhi-jian. At that time Tai Bei Communist came to power and He's army was forced to set off to fight against the communists. He's army won the Pyrrhic's victory and Ya Din died in the battle. After He's army successfully went to Tai Bei Communist Army's place, their prior mission was to kill Commander Lou. (hkcinemagic.com)
A Home Too Far
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)
Forever Friends
A couple of friends join the Taiwanese army to fight the Mainland Chinese. But life in the army isn't all that they dreamed off.... (imdb)
Killing Two Birds with One Stone
During the reign of Emperor Jia Jing of the Ming Dynasty, the evil court official Yan Song relies on the emperor favoritism towards him, becoming overbearing and domineering. An honest official Zhang Ying Long impeaches Yan Song with a Ten Cimes Five Deceits against him. But instead he gets flogged 30 times, and banished to a far off frontier Guizhou. (imdb)
A Book of Heroes
Having learned that the underworld society smuggled a batch of gold, the police authority sent Hu Pai and so on to watch and arrest. But unexpectedly it's robbed by the 5th Rat of another gang. Therefore, Hu Pai was demoted as a traffic policeman. (hkcinemagic.com)
Shaolin Popey
Pi Shao Ting (also 四毛) is the son of a director. He is a student in Hong Kong High School. He falls in love with principal's granddaughter Anne, which makes her boyfriend Tie Ying angry. He often bullies Pi Shao Ting. Thus, Pi Shao Ting determines to date Anne in order to provoke him. However, Tie Ying has the right to punish every student. Later, Pi Shao Ting's father is required to travel to the Mainland with his wife and children (including Pi Shao Ting) due to work commitments (Wikipedia)
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
The story begins with a mysterious woman named Jinx who hires less than intelligent killers Red Lemon and Yellow Lemon to chop off the right palm of the master of Wu-Long Temple. A hilarious adventure displaying the talents of child martial arts masters. (Tai Seng)
Slave of the Sword
During a period of upheaval, an itinerant performer has a troupe of four children, one of whom is his daughter Mu-Lin. Jump ahead 15 years, he's ready to retire and has arranged Mu-Lin's marriage. (imdb)
Wan pi jia zu
The story begins in a small rural village. The son lives with the father, and the daughter with mother, their parents constantly quarreling, often resulting in physical confrontations. The children are content with their lives, but their parents feel differently and suggest they go to the city in search of soul-mates. When they arrive in town wacky shenanigans and misadventures ensue as they find out that maybe they didn't have to go searching so far after all.
Angel Heart
A young Chinese woman is struggling with her inner torment. (imdb)
Jail in Burning Island
A young police officer "makes a mess" of a police operation, shoots a man in self-defense, and ends up in prison. There he learns that the world isn't black and white, but has many shades of gray, and makes new friends and enemies. (imdb)
Zhong Guo long
Two young Shaolin fighters go to Hawaii and get mixed up in international espionage while befriending some locals.
Seven Foxes
Billionaire Suen falls seriously ill, he hopes to find his only son who has been missing for twenty years to inherit his fortune. Meanwhile, he tells his butlers to find a killer, to kill him when he is joyful, so that he won't suffer too much from his illness. Suen meets a woman and asks her to move in, in return he promises to pass his fortune to her. Thief Yee, Scammer Tao, and Single Fong all flood in and assert that they are the son of Suen. (The Movie Database)
The War Dogs
When a Taiwanese policeman is sent to the Thai Burma border as an undercover agent, things go wrong when he flips sides, a task force of elite commandos must be deployed to get him back or risk losing 5 billion in cash. More great action from the team that brought you, Book of Heroes and the Kung Fu Kids series. (Wu Tang Collection)
Pink Force Commando
In a world where cowboys coexist with Chinese thugs, Arab swordsmen, Nazi troops, Klansmen and spandex-bearing superheroines. Brigette Lin is the "Jackal", a renegade mercenary who betrayed her gang to his Nazi Commander lover and stealing a cache of gold. A year later reunited her gang led by "Cat", a golden sword costumed woman. (Wu Tang Collection)
Return of Fat Dragon
A gambler returns to his boxing career, only to find that his son is being held hostage until he throws a match.
Oolong Courtyard
Kung Fu apprentices at the Oolong Courtyard school are suspicious when two outsiders try to join the prestigious academy despite their strange behavior.
Hunting List
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.
Lady in Heat
An anthology of three erotic stories. A salesman is unable to control his libido. Two couples are sexually unsatisfied. A woman has a steamy affair with the policewoman investigating a crime. (imdb)
Trouble Maker
A meek, middle-aged schoolteacher is put in charge of a class of trouble makers. Unable to withstand the torments they put him through, he runs away to a Shaolin temple. At the temple, he studies martial arts under the guidance of an old master. With his new skills, he returns to school and whips his misbehaving students into shape. (imdb)
The Four Sheepish Dummies
Here's an ultra-obscure Taiwanese comedy directed by schlockmeister Chu Yen-ping (Fantasy Mission Force, Island of Fire) in which the great Brigitte Lin (Chungking Express) teams up with four Charlie Chaplins to find lost treasure. The Charlies are goofy fellows who get into slapstick shenanigans and appear to have a Three Stooges-like bond with each other. - Review by Will Sloan