Tsai Hung

Tsai Hung

Born: December 29, 1942
in Taipei, Taiwan
Born on December 29, 1942, Tsai is a Taiwanese actor renowned in the local martial arts and action cinema. He signed with Shaw Brothers in the mid-1970s and starred in his most recognized work, The Condemned, as the second leading man. He had also appeared in various Chang Cheh's classics like Shaolin Temple, Chinatown Kid and The Brave Archer.

Movies for Tsai Hung...

Super Cops
Title: Super Cops
Character: Lung
Released: August 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Hoping to find their uncle in the big city, siblings Siu-Tong and Chee-Loy end up offending the local gangsters and attracting the drug traffickers. As if luck would have it, they are now the Interpol's best friends, as the police wants their assistance in trapping the bad guys at a triad banquet gathering…
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Picking Up Girls
Title: Picking Up Girls
Released: February 13, 1994
Type: Movie
The misadventures of a family of sex maniacs.
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Revanchist
Title: Revanchist
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Brothers Fay and Fong arrive in Shanghai dreaming of a future. They end up in the Horng Men gang, and Fong is sentenced to prison while his brother rises through the ranks. On an undercover mission in rival gang, Fay is killed and his brother seeks revenge.
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Sex Revenge
Title: Sex Revenge
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
Pong not only has lots of past and present girlfriends, but lots of triad type buddies that are up to no good.
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Pink Panther
Title: Pink Panther
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A gang of female bikers travel the streets of Hong Kong dishing out justice to the various misogynistic men who beat, abuse or rape women.
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Fatal Love
Title: Fatal Love
Character: Evan
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Note : Not to be confused with the movie of the same name which stars Michael Wong and Ellen Chan. May Lin mourns her husband, who was killed by gangsters after she and he had an argument about money. May swears revenge, then has plastic surgery, afterward assuming a new identity as Donna, a nightclub dancer and stripper.
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Character: Uncle Lo
Released: April 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Taiwanese action/crime flick starring Alexander Lo Rei
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Released: April 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Taiwanese action/crime flick starring Alexander Lo Rei
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
1992 film
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Heroes in Jail
Title: Heroes in Jail
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
1992 film
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Amazing Revenge
Title: Amazing Revenge
Released: October 10, 1988
Type: Movie
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Pink Thief
Title: Pink Thief
Character: Cha Lung
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: Movie
A group of young people are helped to illegally immigrate from China to Hong Kong by a local gang, but when they arrive they are immediately abused by the gang and paid little for the tasks they are given. Struggling to survive, the group turn to petty crime to make ends meet. When one of the group accidentally picks the pocket of a chief detective, he decides to use the group of desperate immigrants to help him infiltrate their gang.
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The Angry Young Man
Title: The Angry Young Man
Released: January 23, 1981
Type: Movie
University students in Taipei come under pressure when they are bullied by thugs and forced to enter a fight to the death karate tournament, where super kicker Hwang Jang Lee is the final opponent.
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Night of the Assassins
Title: Night of the Assassins
Released: November 11, 1980
Type: Movie
The swords never stop flying in this action-packed old school hit! Master Wu (Ko Keung from "Fatal Flying Guillotines"), after refusing to help the king continue his war, fights off a regiment of guards attempting to take him by force. Unfortunately, he cannot save his brother, but he can get revenge! Master Wu embarks on his journey for revenge and is joined by David Chiang ("Slice Of Death", "Challenge Of The Shaolin Masters"). Ninjas, gap-toothed kings, and a sword-wielding army are just a few of the obstacles Master Wu must overcome on his revenge quest.
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The Leg Fighters
Title: The Leg Fighters
Character: Ding Dong
Released: June 4, 1980
Type: Movie
When Pan, a South China martial artist is defeated and killed by Tan, a North China challenger in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.
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The Legend of Eight Knights
Title: The Legend of Eight Knights
Released: May 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Meteor City is planning an assault on the peaceful city of Yung. The king of Meteor City has employed the services of a demonic witch, with skills in black magic are second to none. However, Yung city is protected by 8 saintly knights of the Chinese eight virtues; Filial Piety, Sibling Harmony, Dedication, Trustworthiness, Propriety, Sacrifice, and Honor. With their saintly powers they manage to fight off the attackers and the demon witches magic powers, thereby restoring peace to the region.
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The Silver Spear
Title: The Silver Spear
Character: Silver Hair
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Fists fly when four generations of old-school fighters compete for Madame Green Plum's beautiful daughter in this action-packed martial arts classic. Kung fu masters Silver Spear, Red Leaf, Fast Steed and Green Lotus must survive dangerous obstacles and fight each other to the death to wed the lovely maiden of the Green Jade Villa and inherit her millions. Tin Peng, Meng Fei, Chan Sing, Doris Lung, Tin Yau and Tong Wai star.
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Trouble Maker Coming
Title: Trouble Maker Coming
Character: White haired master
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Four grotesque masters of Kung Fu are destined to fight each other. Two only wish good for their people. The other two want to become the only two living masters. Thus, they hire and train an assassin to murder the others.
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The Lost Kung Fu Secrets
Title: The Lost Kung Fu Secrets
Character: General Tieh
Released: November 30, 1979
Type: Movie
The morale of the army is low as the countess sets out to overthrow the enemy army..
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One Foot Crane
Title: One Foot Crane
Character: Chu Chung San
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
As a child, Fong Lin I witnesses the murder of her lawman father at the hand of 4 outlaws. She devotes her life to Martial Arts, with the aim of taking revenge years later.
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Shaolin Devil and Shaolin Angel
Title: Shaolin Devil and Shaolin Angel
Character: Yellow headband
Released: September 14, 1978
Type: Movie
When a Shaolin warlord is murdered the Emperor must discover where the evil lies amongst the warlords. Calling upon a young commander, he sends him on a quest to avenge the warlords death.
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Dual Flying Kicks
Title: Dual Flying Kicks
Released: June 8, 1978
Type: Movie
A corrupt mayor of a town in Szechuan province allies himself with a group of bandits to gain control of the region by cutting off all supply routes to the town. Two police men both expert kickers are deployed to put an end to the mayors evil plot.
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The Brave Archer 2
Title: The Brave Archer 2
Character: Flying Bat
Released: May 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan rivalries in the "Martial Art World" lead to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named the new leader of the Beggar Clan. All this is mounted with sparkling energy by three kung-fu choreographers and a star-packed cast.
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Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword
Title: Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword
Character: Master Tsao Heng
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Crazy Sword, Blind Fist and Queer Strikes are three kung fu fanatics who team up with Mung, the debonair master in white. Together the four real friends smash a massive kung fu gang led by Moose Face, Tsai Hung. Once smashed the girls are freed from vice and valuables returned to their rightful owners. A kung fu rare classic from Goldig Films.
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The 72 Desperate Rebels
Title: The 72 Desperate Rebels
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: Movie
The Emperor's spy, the daughter of the killed governor Shih Han, a mysterious mercenary and a blind swordsman team up to defeat Chief Pirate, leader of the 72 Desperate Rebels, but eventually it will be his daughter who will decide the end of the movie. This movie has a sword eating lama, a bell trap formation with big bell wielding belles, people dressed in multi-color ku klux klan outfits and Chen Sing.Set in the Ming Dynasty, an infamous pirate finds 72 martial arts experts from all over China to help him battle the imperial government. Includes breathtaking kung fu fighting and plenty of ninja action.
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Return of the Kung Fu Dragon
Title: Return of the Kung Fu Dragon
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
The complicated story involves the military conquest of a peaceful island-nation by an evil despot and his sorcerer ally. His victory leaves the island's three heroic protectors dead, but, their young children are hidden away to grow to adulthood with different identities, unaware of their heritage, in hope that, in time, they might challenge and defeat the evil ruler. The charming Polly Kuan stars as one of these children who has been adopted by the conquerer himself, initially as an insult to the defeated hero, later as his protégé.
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Chinatown Kid
Title: Chinatown Kid
Character: Wan
Released: December 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until he runs up against the savage underworld empire of Hong Kong's Triad mafia. Escaping to San Francisco, he again tangles with criminal gangs, but this time fights his way to the top of the city's most feared gangster organization led by the White Dragon boss.
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The Brave Archer
Title: The Brave Archer
Character: Flying Bat (1st Weird 7)
Released: July 30, 1977
Type: Movie
Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts, and let them meet again when they have grown up, to determine whose abilities are better. Guo becomes the student of the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" while Yang Kang becomes the foster son of a Jurchen prince inadvertently.
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Shaolin Temple
Title: Shaolin Temple
Character: Qing General
Released: December 22, 1976
Type: Movie
There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
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The Beauty with Two Faces
Title: The Beauty with Two Faces
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: Movie
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The Everlasting Glory
Title: The Everlasting Glory
Released: July 19, 1976
Type: Movie
A most touching and consistently heart-gripping war drama depicts the heroic deeds of General Chang Tsu-chung who was even held in high esteem and dubbed as “Mars of China” by his Japanese counterpart, General Itagaki during Sino-Japanese war.
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The Shaolin Avengers
Title: The Shaolin Avengers
Character: Feng Daode
Released: June 18, 1976
Type: Movie
Heroism and romance combine in an action-packed martial arts story. When the Shaolin are betrayed by White-Browed Hermit, hotheaded warrior-hero Fong Sai Yuk vows revenge.
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The Condemned
Title: The Condemned
Character: Feng Dagang
Released: May 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Chiang plays a righteous character who helps an unjustly imprisoned swordsman accused of stealing. Together they break out of prison and serve notice to all the evil men in their lives that a new deadly duo is in town.
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Super Dragon
Title: Super Dragon
Released: March 20, 1976
Type: Movie
Kung Fu idol, John Chang, stars as an escort and Kung Fu master. He meets his match when he comes up against a masked raider who wants his loot.
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China Armed Escort
Title: China Armed Escort
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
An emperor assigns his two superintendents Lung & Hu to wipe out the heads of the famous Justice Escort Service whom he sees as a threat to him in achieving total reign over the land.
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The Fantastic Magic Baby
Title: The Fantastic Magic Baby
Character: Ju Ling God fighter
Released: August 15, 1975
Type: Movie
In The Fantastic Magic Baby, director Chang Cheh weaves a wild and woolly yarn about how the legendary Monkey King and Goddess of Mercy battle and defeat the child god Hung Hai-erh then point him down the road to righteousness.
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The Death Player
Title: The Death Player
Released: July 5, 1975
Type: Movie
Chan Biu (Tsai Hung) is a crook who decides to rob from his own business. Smugglers, via a boat, smuggle in some items (concealed in a bag), he robs the recipient before agreeing with his collaborators to split up and share the loot at a derelict town.
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Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death
Title: Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death
Character: Nunchaku fighter
Released: February 16, 1975
Type: Movie
A young man (Bruce Li) unwittingly gets wrapped up in a money scam. When he refuses to give the cash back, the bad guys kidnap his girlfriend and hold her hostage in the Tower Of Death. Once there, he is given two options. Watch his girlfriend get thrown off the top or fight various martial artists on 7 different levels to win his girlfriend back.
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The Chinese Caper
Title: The Chinese Caper
Released: January 7, 1975
Type: Movie
An American ex-patriot is on the run from the law. There's no place to run or hide. His only hope is a girl with strong ties to the Chinese Mafia. It's kill or be killed as danger and death lurk behind every corner and in China, there are a thousand ways to die.
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Five Shaolin Masters
Title: Five Shaolin Masters
Character: Pao Yu-Lung, Flying Axe
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.
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Blood Revenge
Title: Blood Revenge
Released: July 10, 1974
Type: Movie
Chaozhou police constable Chiang and his wife are brutally killed by five escaped convicts whom he brought to justice three years ago. Their daughter Feng (Lu Hsiao Hui) is lucky to escape, and she sets out to avenge the murder of her parents. With the aid of martial arts expert Chuan (famous action star Philip Ko), Feng tracks down the thugs one by one and kills them with her "8-Step Successive Killing Kicks" kung fu.
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Whiplash
Title: Whiplash
Released: July 5, 1974
Type: Movie
The Empress Dowager flees when the allied forces descend upon the capital. During an attack by bandits, her jewels are lost in the mountains. Ten years later, a local villager finds the treasure. When news of the found jewels spreads, a group of bandits descends upon the town hoping to find the treasure, but first they’ll have to deal with the villager’s daughter, Tigress (Pei-Pei Cheng), who is quite dangerous due to her amazing fighting skills.
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The Tongfather
Title: The Tongfather
Character: Japanese killed in sauna
Released: May 10, 1974
Type: Movie
The violent tale of an undercover agent's mission to topple a Chinese opium ring that is headed by a ruthless kingpin known only as "The Tongfather."
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The Brave Lion
Title: The Brave Lion
Character: Wang Hsing
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
During Japan's invasion of China in World War II, two disgraced Japanese soldiers are given a second chance. Facing execution for various infractions, the two men are offered a reprieve if they take a special assignment. Since they can speak Chinese and know the territory, the men are assigned to the task of running a Chinese labor camp the Japanese operate in occupied territory. After the men take over, they work the prisoner's so hard the labor force rises up in revolt of their treatment.
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Flight Man
Title: Flight Man
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: Movie
Flight Man takes place in Taiwan in 1933, when the country was under Japanese occupation after the First Sino-Japanese War. The Taiwanese people have signed a petition to have the Japanese establish a Taiwan council, but instead this merely provokes the Japanese police to hunt down and round up everyone who signed the petition.
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The Screaming Tiger
Title: The Screaming Tiger
Character: Japanese thug
Released: August 16, 1973
Type: Movie
Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.
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Beach of the War Gods
Title: Beach of the War Gods
Character: Japanese Soldier
Released: July 13, 1973
Type: Movie
In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.
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The Big Fellow
Title: The Big Fellow
Character: Boss Pai Liang
Released: June 30, 1973
Type: Movie
Charles Heung does battle with ruthless triads during the early years of the republic
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Imperial Tomb Raiders
Title: Imperial Tomb Raiders
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
When Emperor Xian Feng (1831-1861) favourite concubine Cao died, he had her secretly buried in a huge cavern of the remote Qing Gang Mountains. Rumour has it that the "Eternal night-shining Pearl" was buried with her. About 20 years later it appears that 1 of 8 palace maiden, chosen to follow her to the death, escaped and is now most wanted by a bunch of unscrupulous bandits, who want her to lead to them to that hidden location. They encounter unexpected resistance, when they are opposed by a quintet of women fighters and a male government official.
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White Butterfly Killer
Title: White Butterfly Killer
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A girl who witnesses the brutal murder of her grandfather plots revenge on the killers who are involved in an opium smuggling ring. Unbeknownst to them, she becomes "The White Butterfly Killer," unleashing her deadly kung fu power.
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The Big Fight
Title: The Big Fight
Released: September 30, 1972
Type: Movie
This film is set during the Japanese occupation of China circa WWII. In it, the Japanese occupiers (and the Chinese Quislings who work for them) are portrayed as total monsters who kill children and rape all women. The heroes are resistance fighters who oppose the occupation.
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One-Armed Boxer
Title: One-Armed Boxer
Character: Karate Fighter (broken arm)
Released: August 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
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The Story of Daisy
Title: The Story of Daisy
Released: January 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
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The Ferocious Brothers
Title: The Ferocious Brothers
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A man returns to Japan to avenge the death of his father.
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Triangular Duel
Title: Triangular Duel
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Kon Loong, a rickshaw boy, learns kung-fu from master Auyang Tin-Kin, for three years of practice. Kon Loong is recognized as the best among all the students. One day, when the master is out for a journey, another fighting association sends a challenge to the school, and Kon Loong accepts it. He goes with four other brothers, but they are badly defeated by their opponents, who hired the help of a Japanese karate fighter. When the master returns, he will have to save the school's honour, in a duel against the two other schools.
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Shadow Girl
Title: Shadow Girl
Character: Ho Kung-Mou (Four Terrors)
Released: September 10, 1971
Type: Movie
The director Hsin Chi is a Taiwanese, and is famous for the Taiwanese-speaking movies. This movie was his first movie shot for Hong Kong company, Shaw Brothers.
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Mission Impossible
Title: Mission Impossible
Character: Earth's nemesis
Released: March 5, 1971
Type: Movie
A swordplay flick that takes on a ghostly feeling later on the film.
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A Story of Lou Po-Wen
Title: A Story of Lou Po-Wen
Released: February 18, 1971
Type: Movie
Tsu Hong Wu is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life that was obviously geared toward younger audiences. The tale actually begins in Heaven, where the various gods are busy paving the way for a new emperor. The very basic facts of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life are ostensibly correct, but it takes a rather unexpected turn into traditional giant monster territory, with a Taoist priest summoning a gigantic red-haired ogre (amusingly referred to as ‘superman’ in the subtitles) to destroy our heroes, who are in turn rescued when a golden dragon (the animal manifestation of one of the deities from earlier in the film) rises from the ocean to do battle with said ogre
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The Evil Karate
Title: The Evil Karate
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The setting is the underground lair of Devil's Gate, home to the ruthless and extremely powerful King Hades Yen (O Yau Man). Yen instructs the '7 Monsters Of Poison' to find Lo Tien Hung who apparently has a secret Jade Pendant. This Jade Pendant bears markings as to the whereabouts of a manuscript which yields great powers to the person who manages to get hold of it. The 'Monsters 7' have 10 days to find Lo Tien Hung or face the wrath of Yen...
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Thunderstorm Sword
Title: Thunderstorm Sword
Released: April 13, 1970
Type: Movie
A swordsman and swordswoman fight to protect Lady Liu who is trying to return to power. She's traveling in a coffin, the heroes can only hope they all aren't sent home in one.
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The Seisure Soul Sword of a Blind Girl
Title: The Seisure Soul Sword of a Blind Girl
Released: April 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Cheung Ching Ching is superb, as usual, playing a blind girl who learns martial arts from an old master and who takes revenge on the Red Devil who murdered her entire family. Brilliant sword film as you'd expect from master auteur Joseph Kuo. —Wu Tang Collection