Chin Chun

Chin Chun

Movies for Chin Chun...

Heroic Ones
Title: Heroic Ones
Released: July 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A naive kung-fu student (Lung Ti) falls under the influence of a corrupt master. Soon the student realizes his master plans to dominate the martial arts community by stealing a legendary martial arts book that's supposed to bestow its owner with extraordinary powers. And his master will stop at nothing - including murder - to possess that book. Now, with the help of a sympathetic female fighter and an intriguing drunk, the student must lead a rival kung-fu sect in a deadly tournament against his master and his kung-fu stablemates to keep the book out of the wrong hands.
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Bewitched
Title: Bewitched
Character: Doctor
Released: September 11, 1981
Type: Movie
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
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The Emperor and His Brother
Title: The Emperor and His Brother
Character: Chief Yu Wan Ling
Released: July 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A young boy betrays his family who hides a refugee and tells the pursuer where the hiding-place is - just because he wants a valuable telescope for reward. His father decides to kill the boy in order to restore the honor of the family.
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Money Is Lovely
Title: Money Is Lovely
Character: Company boss
Released: May 14, 1981
Type: Movie
A movie company secretly films the lives of two conmen.
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Rendezvous with Death
Title: Rendezvous with Death
Character: Adviser Wang
Released: October 17, 1980
Type: Movie
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. It’s not so much the plot – a master swordsman protects a treasure chest on a dangerous journey – that makes this great, but what Sun does with it, inspiring the cast and crew to some of their finest work.
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Absolute Monarch
Title: Absolute Monarch
Released: March 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Hong Kong Movie
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The Convict Killer
Title: The Convict Killer
Character: Police chief Chan
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Teng Piao went to jail for fifteen years on a frame up for drug smuggling. Now that he's out, along with his iron chain, Teng Piao is hungry for revenge. The man he wants to beat with his chain is Black Leopard Lam Fei. The problem for Teng Piao is that he doesn't know who he is, only that he has a picture of a black leopard tattooed on his chest.
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Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
Title: Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
Released: August 2, 1979
Type: Movie
Sequel to the comedy movie Lam Ah Chun
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The Gold Connection
Title: The Gold Connection
Released: May 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Martial arts teacher Ah Wei (Bruce Li) discovers a hidden stash of Vietnamese gold while scuba diving with his friends and divides it up between them. The gang who stole and stashed the gold track Wei and his friends down one by one, in order to get back what they believe to be their property. Wei must use his Kung Fu skills to defend himself, and the people he cares about, in this brutal and thrilling martial arts noir.
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Full Moon Scimitar
Title: Full Moon Scimitar
Character: Master Ma
Released: January 25, 1979
Type: Movie
A talented young swordsman has beaten many veterans before his inherited martial arts manual gets stolen. After encountering his first defeat in life, in despair, he comes across a gorgeous girl, daughter of the head of a mysterious sect.
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Mr. Funnybone Strikes Again
Title: Mr. Funnybone Strikes Again
Character: Dentist
Released: November 18, 1978
Type: Movie
The beloved king of Hong Kong comic book characters, Old Master Q, is back in live action again by popular demand. This hilarious sequel to Mr Funny-bone finds him, and his delightful sidekick "Big Potato", opening an Old-fashioned healing clinic - leading to a fun and fascinating clash (cultural and otherwise) when the old ways smack face first into ultra-modern Hong Kong. But, this being the great Mr Funny-bone, he triumphs in spite of himself and his large-cranium companion.
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Swordsman and Enchantress
Title: Swordsman and Enchantress
Character: Little Lord's servant (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Asian fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon recognized that its director Ang Lee was actually inspired by director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's wonderful tales of a "martial art world" where all wushu warriors try to attain the "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land." Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw's swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, in a fascinating and entertaining adventure of consummate swordmen and sorceresses.
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Swordsman and Enchantress
Title: Swordsman and Enchantress
Character: Lian Chengbi's guest (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Asian fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon recognized that its director Ang Lee was actually inspired by director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's wonderful tales of a "martial art world" where all wushu warriors try to attain the "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land." Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw's swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, in a fascinating and entertaining adventure of consummate swordmen and sorceresses.
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Sensual Pleasures
Title: Sensual Pleasures
Released: August 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Sensual Pleasures features a collection of three, ghost story, sexual vignettes starring a viscerally sensual trio of hardcore experience with the well endowed Chen Ping, Chinese adult film legend Shirley Yu and the innocent doe-eyed Shaw Yin-yin.
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The Contract
Title: The Contract
Character: MTV board of director
Released: August 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Struggling actor Chih-Wen (Michael Hui) got a raw deal from his company, MTV Studios. He signed a binding 8-year contract with the studio and was only given one opportunity to perform live thus far. Soon, he received a better deal with a rival company, who promised a 5-year contract and better opportunities to perform and make money. Since he cannot start working for the new company because of his current 8-year contract with MTV, he and his scientist-aspiring brother (Ricky Hui), with the help of magician Shih-Chieh (Sam Hui), attempt to steal the contract from his ruthless manager.
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Shaolin Mantis
Title: Shaolin Mantis
Character: Lord of Imperial Decree
Released: June 28, 1978
Type: Movie
When scholar Wei Fung is forcibly hired by the Manchu Emperor to infiltrate a clan of rebellious Ming Loyalists, his mission goes adrift when he falls in love with the clan's leader's granddaughter. Wei Fung must choose between his new love and his family, who will be put to death if he doesn't return to the palace successfully.
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Chinatown Kid
Title: Chinatown Kid
Character: Hot dog stall boss
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 Mighty Peking Man
Title: The Mighty Peking Man
Character: Man in the bedroom
Released: August 11, 1977
Type: Movie
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. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
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Confessions of a Private Secretary
Title: Confessions of a Private Secretary
Released: May 19, 1977
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers production
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Clans of Intrigue
Title: Clans of Intrigue
Character: Gambler
Released: March 5, 1977
Type: Movie
Chu Liuxiang is having drinks with his friend, Monk Wuhua. Gong Nanyan of the Holy Water Palace suddenly appears and accuses Chu of having stolen the palace's Heaven's One Holy Water and committed a series of murders. She agrees to give Chu a month's time to clear his name, or else the mistress of the palace will kill him. Chu's curiosity and eagerness to prove his innocence spur him to investigate the case.
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Lady Exterminator
Title: Lady Exterminator
Character: Extra
Released: January 20, 1977
Type: Movie
After a sudden spike of supply into the drug ridden streets, staunch anti-narcotics cop hellbent on disrupting the flow of drugs beyond the Golden Triangle recruits the help of an attractive young ex-convict to infiltrate a major Thai based drug syndicate controlled by a ruthless drug lord who's expanded their operations into Hong Kong. As our seductive undercover heroine gets inside and rises the ranks to the top, skepticism also rises as the boss' jealous moll smells a plant.
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The Oily Maniac
Title: The Oily Maniac
Character: Te Min's Defense Attorney
Released: September 18, 1976
Type: Movie
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
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Killers on Wheels
Title: Killers on Wheels
Character: Michael's Father
Released: August 26, 1976
Type: Movie
A quasi-vicious motorcycle gang messes with the wrong man.
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Big Times for the Crazy Bumpkins
Title: Big Times for the Crazy Bumpkins
Character: Mimi's father
Released: February 7, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1974, John Lo Mar co-directed The Crazy Bumpkins, a new variation on the time-tested, beloved Cantonese comedy "Country Bumpkin" tradition. That proved such a success that a sequel, Return Of The Crazy Bumpkins, soon appeared. Now, the third time's the charm, as John Lo Mar gets to both write and direct the third slapstick-filled installment, once again starring Yeh Feng and Wang Sha as the hapless and hilarious yokel Ah Niu and his crafty city-slicker Uncle Chou.
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Heroes of the Underground
Title: Heroes of the Underground
Character: Diner at inn
Released: January 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Besides martial arts, Bruce Lee's contribution to Chinese society was instilling a strong sense of nationalism. After his death, anti-Japanese films found new breathe especially in Taiwan. Based on a King Hu’s script, Heroes Of The Underground tapped into Lee's nationalistic fervor and the Confucian ethic of country above family and starred the popular Ching Li as a World War II, Chinese secret agent planted into the Japanese Headquarters at Changsha. Tears flow in the name of country pride.
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No End of Surprises
Title: No End of Surprises
Character: Inspector
Released: December 5, 1975
Type: Movie
No End of Surprises is a Hong Kong Comedy Drama starring Jackie Chan.
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The Spiritual Boxer
Title: The Spiritual Boxer
Character: Villager Losing Eggs to Ruey's Thug
Released: November 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Wang Yu plays Hsiao Chien, a con artist vagabond who uses his kung fu skills and parlor tricks to convince superstitious villagers that he can use his body as a vessel for angry gods. However, when the villagers are threatened by a hostile force, Chien must learn to use his skills to protect the innocent.
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Black Magic
Title: Black Magic
Character: Party guest/Doctor (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1975
Type: Movie
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.
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The Super Inframan
Title: The Super Inframan
Character: Chairman of meeting
Released: August 1, 1975
Type: Movie
The surface of the Earth is under attack, thousands of people are killed in this unprovoked attacked. The cause, Princess Dragonmon and her army of monsters have decided to invade. Princess Dragonmon is an alien whose race has been hiding under us for centuries waiting to attack at the time is right. A doctor has been preparing for something like this and turns his assistant Rayma into the cyborg hero known as Inframan. Now only Inframan stands between the Earth and Princess Dragonmon but when a close friend is captured and brainwashed, can she be stopped with this inside man feeding her info?
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The Girl with the Dexterous Touch
Title: The Girl with the Dexterous Touch
Released: July 30, 1975
Type: Movie
romantic comedy
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All Men Are Brothers
Title: All Men Are Brothers
Character: Townsfolk
Released: May 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring mythic characters familiar to every Chinese, and with a cast that has achieved an equally celebrated status among Shaw Brothers devotees.
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Salina
Title: Salina
Released: May 3, 1975
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Title: Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Character: Song Da's colleague
Released: September 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Forced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and pick the girl? Or will he leave the girl in favor of the bike? Or is there a chance for some sort of compromise?
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Shaolin Martial Arts
Title: Shaolin Martial Arts
Character: General's assistant
Released: August 3, 1974
Type: Movie
After the destruction of the Shaolin Temple, the Chings are in control and send their best students to wipe out all of the remaining Shaolin practioners. They almost succeed, but two students escape. They learn various Kung Fu styles from different teachers to combat the Ching's two kung fu fighters.
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Naughty! Naughty!
Title: Naughty! Naughty!
Character: Antique shop boss
Released: July 18, 1974
Type: Movie
Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will being thrown out of his Macau hotel. Kind- hearted hotel maid Hsiao Yen is the only one to help him in the world. One day, Wu plays a trick on the hotel owner. The scheme backfires and Wu has to flee to Hong Kong. Wu saves desperate painter Hsin. He convinces Hsin that his painting will sell if he is dead. After Hsin pretend to be dead, his paintings really can be sold well, but backfires finally. Then, Wu and Hsin team up and engage themselves full time in con games, gambling and sex inclusive. Finally, Wu is being chased by the ring enforcers but is saved. Finding himself in love with Hsiao Yen, Wu decides to turn a new leaf and live properly ever after.
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Scandal
Title: Scandal
Character: Policeman / Guard
Released: April 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Director Li Han-hsiang teams up with Michael Hui in this tongue in cheek tale of extramarital affairs and corruption. Michael Hui and Wang Sheng are two loafers who prove they are good for something after all.
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Sinful Adulteress
Title: Sinful Adulteress
Character: Doctor
Released: February 28, 1974
Type: Movie
Director Ho Meng-hua gave erotica more legitimacy as he joined the list of reputable directors that began shooting soft porn with Sinful Adulteress. Starring the busty Chen Ping as a young wife of an older man that can’t satisfy her, and introducing the foxy Liu Hui-ling as the younger daughter of the old man’s first wife, it’s a sexcapade of licentious behavior that erupts through murder and greed.
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The Big Showdown
Title: The Big Showdown
Released: January 3, 1974
Type: Movie
After his father's brutal murder, Ton Tin-Kuo sets out to seek the killer. He is befriended by evil casino owner Don Yee, who actually sets Tong up to fight his bitter enemy Pau Tze-Pin, but Pau reveals the truth of Don Yee's tricks to Tong and later makes firm their alliance by rescuing him from prison and explaining that Don Yee is his father's murderer. When his sister is also killed by Don Yee, Tong thirsts for revenge!
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Land of the Brave
Title: Land of the Brave
Character: Power plant boss
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An electrical engineer discovers that terrorists are planning to sabotage a power plant
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The Fate of Lee Khan
Title: The Fate of Lee Khan
Character: Mongol constable on guard
Released: December 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-Chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.
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The Fate of Lee Khan
Title: The Fate of Lee Khan
Character: Constable Guarding Prisoners
Released: December 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-Chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.
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The Sugar Daddies
Title: The Sugar Daddies
Character: Gambler
Released: November 29, 1973
Type: Movie
During the day, Hu Tien lives as a respectable office employee, but when night falls, he unashamedly plunges headlong into an exciting world of lust and sex as a high-class Hong Kong pimp! Thanks to his uncanny knack for setting up prostitutes with "sugar daddies," Hu Tien starts living the high life. Things take an even more dramatic turn when the drop-dead gorgeous Irene (Betty Pei Ti from The Delinquent and Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan) enters the fray. Thanks to Hu Tien's involvement, this rough and tumble new vixen soon finds herself being the center of attention among all the wealthy sugar daddies. But is his relationship with Irene merely business or is there more to it?
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When Taekwondo Strikes
Title: When Taekwondo Strikes
Character: Restaurant manager Zhou
Released: September 9, 1973
Type: Movie
The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
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Duel of the Dragons
Title: Duel of the Dragons
Released: July 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Rebels try use the smuggling route to get the gold and map past the corrupt officials. Everybody was kung fu fighting.
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Payment In Blood
Title: Payment In Blood
Character: Mistaken boss
Released: July 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Fang Chih Kien (Elliot Ngok) witnesses a triad murder. When he picks the killer out of a lineup, the triad gang goes out of their way to make his family's life a living hell, until he can take no more and seeks revenge.
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Kung Fu King
Title: Kung Fu King
Released: May 20, 1973
Type: Movie
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None But the Brave
Title: None But the Brave
Character: Restaurant Chief
Released: May 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (Ou Wei) long lost sister who is actually dead. Cheng manages to fool the Captain for a while, but little by little, the Captain catches on to her and the revolutionist's plan to stop Chinese-Japanese relations.
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The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
Title: The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
Character: Uncle Xia
Released: March 31, 1973
Type: Movie
Hsiao Hu has been secretly training in martial arts, as his father (Tien Feng) has forbidden him. Later, some local store owners ask Ah to help protect them from a greedy Chinese extortion ring. Ah discovers that the crime lord behind the extortion had killed his father years before and is determined for revenge.
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The Villains
Title: The Villains
Character: Gambler
Released: March 9, 1973
Type: Movie
A poor orphan seeks help from her wealthy uncle and his sons.
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The Bastard
Title: The Bastard
Character: Prison guard
Released: February 6, 1973
Type: Movie
Little Bastard searches for the parents who abandoned him as an infant, with the help of Little Beggar. He finds his father, who is a powerful and wealthy manl and is taken in by him and his family. Before long Little Bastard is seduced by his attractive cousin, making Little Beggar very jealous. However, the seduction and family welcome are all part of a nefarious plan.
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The Thunderbolt Fist
Title: The Thunderbolt Fist
Character: Seller of red ginseng
Released: December 30, 1972
Type: Movie
A small village is taken over by the nasty Japanese, who kill the town's top kung fu fighter in order to scare the populace into submission. Escaping the wrath of the Japanese, the son of the master flees into the hills, where he trains with a group of rebels led by Gam Kei-Chu. Fast-forward ten years, and Chuen returns to the village armed with his father's secret technique of the Thunderbolt Fist with the hopes of killing the leader of the Japanese.
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Trilogy of Swordsmanship
Title: Trilogy of Swordsmanship
Character: Officer
Released: November 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both writes and directs kung-fu courtesans battling brigands, and the "godfather of the kung-fu film," Chang Cheh, creates a cliff-hanging, swashbuckling mini-movie with maxi-action.
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Man of Iron
Title: Man of Iron
Released: October 13, 1972
Type: Movie
Man of Iron was positioned as something of a follow-up to Boxer From Shantung, the rise-and-fall story of Ma Yung Chen and it reunites the directors and some of the cast in a similar but much slighter tale of a lesser gangster's rise and fall in Shanghai. While the opening narration specifically recalls the events and tragic conclusion of BOXER, this one is set 20 years later in the same section of Shanghai but otherwise has nothing to do with the events or characters of the previous film.
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Hapkido
Title: Hapkido
Character: Chicken Seller
Released: October 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Yu Ying, Kao and Fan return to China to start a martial arts school but are bullied by the Japanese competitor who runs the Black Bear school. The harassment leads to intense conflicts between them.
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The Water Margin
Title: The Water Margin
Character: Lu's servant (uncredited)
Released: March 17, 1972
Type: Movie
The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
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I Am Crazy About You
Title: I Am Crazy About You
Released: November 5, 1971
Type: Movie
A father endeavours to reform his irresponsible children.
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Duel of Fists
Title: Duel of Fists
Character: Thai Boxing stadium manager
Released: October 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Two men, one a businessman skilled in Kung Fu, the other a kickboxer discover they are brothers, and together, both in and out of the ring, they must face a crime syndicate. One of the first films to use the martial art of Muay Thai.
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The Shadow Whip
Title: The Shadow Whip
Character: Martial artist after Fang
Released: August 6, 1971
Type: Movie
This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in multiple murders and a major heist. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father's brutal death, she demonstrates why she was Hong Kong's number one swordswoman and no slouch with the whip either!
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The Crimson Charm
Title: The Crimson Charm
Character: Crimson Charm thug
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman go up against the vicious Crimson Charm gang of thieves and cutthroats. The lovely and lethal Ivy Ling Po teams with the amazing Chang I for a classic tale of good versus evil in which the best man and one-armed woman wins.
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The Blade Spares None
Title: The Blade Spares None
Character: Martial Arts contestant
Released: April 30, 1971
Type: Movie
Ho Li-Chun, a pretty but ruthless swordswoman, and three challengers are participating in an open tournament at Prince Kuei's Palace. A knight, Chen Jo-Yu, is defeated in the tournament. He flees and later returns with knight Tang Ching-Yun who wields a strange sword. They get trapped but Ho deliberately sets both free after seeing Tang's weapon which she recognizes as the same weapon once used by Sun Tien-Chen, a foe of the Ho family. She decides to investigate. She finds out Prince Kuei actually is Sun, who killed the real prince years ago and assumed his identity. Ho joins forces with Chen and Tang. The trio slays Sun in a desperate confrontation at the palace.
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The Duel
Title: The Duel
Character: Old Liu
Released: April 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Tan Jen-chieh's life spins out of control when he’s forced into exile to clear his name following the murder of his adopted father. He's hunted in the streets. His lover, Butterfly, turns to prostitution. And his father's likely killer – a smooth operator known as the Rambler – is always lingering nearby. But before Tan and the Rambler can slit each other's throats, they learn they've been double-crossed and go two against everyone in a rage of double-edged vengeance.
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Deaf and Mute Heroine
Title: Deaf and Mute Heroine
Released: February 17, 1971
Type: Movie
Chang Cheh-influenced swordplay film puts a female spin on the genre with its titular heroine. Helen Ma stars as the “can’t hear, can’t talk” swordswoman who makes off with some pearls and bloodily dispatches the many comers who futilely attempt to retrieve them from her. According to Jeff Goodhartz, THE DEAF AND MUTE HEROINE “trumps anything that King Hu or Chang Cheh were unleashing at the time.”
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The New One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Chieftain Lin Shing
Released: February 7, 1971
Type: Movie
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.
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The Lady Hermit
Title: The Lady Hermit
Character: Woodcutter
Released: January 22, 1971
Type: Movie
A young Kung Fu student seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Demon. She doesn't realize that the servant woman she befriends is actually the kung fu master she seeks. After Black Demons henchmen attack, the master reveals herself and eventually takes on the student to train her so that they may both defeat the villian. A love triangle complicates things when another student asks for training as well.
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The Chinese Boxer
Title: The Chinese Boxer
Character: Casino gambler/Master Kita's man
Released: November 27, 1970
Type: Movie
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
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My Son
Title: My Son
Released: June 26, 1970
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.
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Vengeance!
Title: Vengeance!
Character: Theatre doorman
Released: May 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A violent martial artist is bent on avenging his older brother, who was killed by a cabal of four wicked businessmen and a cheating wife.
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Heads for Sale
Title: Heads for Sale
Character: Master Jin's officer
Released: May 6, 1970
Type: Movie
This tale is about a decapitating swordswoman who will let nothing stand in her way when she falls in love with a bandit's son. Chiao Chiao, made famous in One-Armed Swordsman, is the girl who won't let such trifles as craniums keep her from freeing her man from jail.
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The Golden Knight
Title: The Golden Knight
Character: Chief Stewart Li
Released: April 17, 1970
Type: Movie
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.
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Brothers Five
Title: Brothers Five
Character: Wang's thug blocking Kao Chih's way
Released: March 26, 1970
Type: Movie
The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
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Lady of Steel
Title: Lady of Steel
Character: Innkeeper
Released: February 27, 1970
Type: Movie
A young swordswoman named Fang Ying-qi (Cheng Pei-Pei) sets out to join a gathering of the martial world’s leading warriors under the banner of Lord Xia (Fang Mien) and the Flying Dragon Clan. Their mission is to organize the defense of their country against invading Jin forces. Fang also intends to avenge the murder of her parents 20 years past by bandit leader Han Shi-xiong (Huang Chung-hsin). Han has since taken on a new, false identity as a reputable member of the Flying Dragon Clan while secretly working with the Jin to bring down the resistance. Han uses cunning and a network of criminal fighters in an attempt to assassinate Fang, and when that fails, to frame her as a traitor. Once his true identity and intentions are revealed, a determined Fang must rely on her deadly sword skills and assistance from a clever beggar clan leader (Yueh Hua) to stop Han and restore her reputation.
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A Cause to Kill
Title: A Cause to Kill
Character: Mr Wei's associate
Released: January 15, 1970
Type: Movie
Ivy Ling Po, star of The Temple of the Red Lotus, tears up the screen as a jealous, murderous movie star, who, like seemingly all "film noir" vixens, wants to kill off her husband. While she's infuriated that the hitman she hires bungles the job, she's delighted that her husband is found guilty for the killer's "murder".
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The Love Auction
Title: The Love Auction
Character: Doctor in hospital
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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River of Tears
Title: River of Tears
Released: November 25, 1969
Type: Movie
Mysterious songstress Fang Biyu is loved by two brothers, Qiwei and Qijun. After freeing herself from the clutches of gangsters, she gives her heart to Qiwei. Tragedy comes knocking on the door when one of the gangsters comes out of prison, and Qiwei dies in a car accident. Blamed for her husband's death, Biyu is forced to go back to singing to make a living, but hopes to reunite with her son and return to the family one day.
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Raw Courage
Title: Raw Courage
Character: Li
Released: August 13, 1969
Type: Movie
After the Ming Emperor is overthrown and his infant son put in the care of the Black Dragon Society, a traitorous martial arts clan attacks the society and forces two inexperienced swordsmen to flee with the infant and begin a dangerous journey in search of allies.
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The Invincible Fist
Title: The Invincible Fist
Character: Watermelon Seller
Released: June 30, 1969
Type: Movie
Here Lo Lieh plays a dedicated chief constable for Tsang Chou village, who falls in love with the blind daughter of a bandit who is wreaking havoc.
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Raw Passions
Title: Raw Passions
Character: Lin's lawyer
Released: April 8, 1969
Type: Movie
Ivy Ling Po 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.
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Title: Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Chief Killed by Furtive King
Released: February 28, 1969
Type: Movie
Eight demon swordsmen and their gang have spread menace across many sword teaching schools. The students seek the help of Fang who alone can combat them. Will Fang take up the challenge.
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Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Title: Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Character: Dancing nighclub visitor
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw Bros. romantic comedy.
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Duel at the Supreme Gate
Title: Duel at the Supreme Gate
Released: July 25, 1968
Type: Movie
This kung fu classic focuses on a contested succession at the Supreme Gate School. When turncoat Shen Darong kills several of the Supreme Gate students, the survivors are forced to accept him as their leader. Or are they? The students organize a tournament for Shen to prove his skills, inviting other formidable warriors in the hopes that someone can defeat him.
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That Fiery Girl
Title: That Fiery Girl
Character: troop leader
Released: July 17, 1968
Type: Movie
The bandits of Hulu Valley murder the chief of Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map. In retaliation, the clan’s leading swordsman Feng-chun (Chan Leung) infiltrates the bandit’s fortress hideout in anticipation of a surprise attack by a larger force and unexpectedly finds himself romantically involved with the bandit leader’s feisty daughter (Cheng Pei-Pei).
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The Assassin
Title: The Assassin
Character: Man Deliver Silver to Ying
Released: December 22, 1967
Type: Movie
Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple pleasures until an accidental meeting with another patriot sets him back on the road to bloody, brutal vengeance.
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The Midnight Murder
Title: The Midnight Murder
Released: September 5, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Mirror
Title: The Mirror
Character: Tao Ah-Jiu
Released: August 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Property company chairman Hu Zian was attracted to his secretary Sun Yuxia's beauty and competence. One day after dinner when Hu was escorting Sun home, he received from a child on the street a box containing a mirror and two silver coins engraved with dragons.
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The One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Street Gambler
Released: July 26, 1967
Type: Movie
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
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Moonlight Serenade
Title: Moonlight Serenade
Character: Villager
Released: April 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most romantic dramas can handle.
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Too Late for Love
Title: Too Late for Love
Character: Dr Shen
Released: March 29, 1967
Type: Movie
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.
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Hong Kong Nocturne
Title: Hong Kong Nocturne
Character: Japanese cafe customer
Released: February 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A musical about 3 sisters, singers and dancers, and their dad, a magician performing in nightclubs until they make their own life.
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The Magnificent Trio
Title: The Magnificent Trio
Character: Minister Yuan's Officer
Released: November 8, 1966
Type: Movie
A wandering swordsman named Lu Fang who is returning from battle discovers that several farmers have kidnapped the local magistrate’s daughter. He sides with them after learning that this is an act of desperation to improve their low standard of living.
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The Mating Season
Title: The Mating Season
Released: September 14, 1966
Type: Movie
The Weiss Advertising Co under manageress Lo Yu Chun (Pat Ting Hung) and the Jen An Advertising Co. managed by playboy Tsao Chung Nien (Peter Chen Ho) are business rivals. The former works hard but without much success. The latter, with most of his staff perusing racing form or yellow journals, gets far more business. The anticipated arrival of a business tycoon from Malaya starts another battle and Lo Yu Chun goes all out to win over the prospective customer.
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Come Drink with Me
Title: Come Drink with Me
Character: Waiter
Released: April 7, 1966
Type: Movie
Golden Swallow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.
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The Lark
Title: The Lark
Released: July 28, 1965
Type: Movie
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her career.
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Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
Title: Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
Released: May 27, 1965
Type: Movie
FAIRY, GHOST, VIXEN (1965) consists of three fanciful tales that may be loosely classified as ghost stories, but they're presented and designed more along the lines of traditional fairy tales. They're beautifully staged and photographed and have a timeless quality about them with a moral at the end of each.
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A Beggar's Daughter
Title: A Beggar's Daughter
Released: January 29, 1965
Type: Movie
This is an adaptation of the folk story, “Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane”. Jin Yu Nu, a beggar’s daughter, is a beautiful and kind girl. On a snowy day she saves the life of a poor scholar, Mo Ji. When Mo recovers, he marries Jin with love and gratitude. Mo wins the third place in the imperial examinations, but now he is looked down upon because his wife is a beggar's daughter. Extremely embarrassed and ashamed, Mo wants to divorce but has no excuse. Jin then jumps into the river and Mo has deep regrets but it is too late. Later, Mo’s senior Ambassador Lin appreciates his talents and wants to marry him his daughter. On the wedding night, the bride orders Mo to kneel in her room and beats him hard with a cane. Not until then does Mo know his bride is actually Jin, who has been saved by Lin. At the end, Lin knows Jin still loves Mo and helps the couple reunite.
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The Story of Sue San
Title: The Story of Sue San
Character: Imperial edict reader
Released: September 30, 1964
Type: Movie
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.
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The Adulteress
Title: The Adulteress
Character: Royal Decree reader
Released: August 8, 1963
Type: Movie
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
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Love Without End
Title: Love Without End
Released: October 12, 1961
Type: Movie
Li Qingqing, an orphan, just arrives in Hong Kong and becomes a singer who sacrifices everything for her man.
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Between Tears and Laughter
Title: Between Tears and Laughter
Released: November 10, 1960
Type: Movie
This is the story of three ladies who live together in an apartment in Hong Kong and what happens to them. First, there is Shuxian, whose husband left her and has a son in the hospital who can't walk. Then, there is Meifen, a romance novelist who pines for a deceased lover and, finally Manli, a young lady with some sass who is expecting a visit from Mr. Zheng, a man she has been a pen pal with for a year. She also has been dating someone else, not happily. The film goes through all three lives.
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The Enchanting Shadow
Title: The Enchanting Shadow
Character: Carriage driver
Released: August 18, 1960
Type: Movie
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.
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Back Door
Title: Back Door
Character: Party waiter
Released: May 27, 1960
Type: Movie
A middle-aged couple adopt a young girl.
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A Shadow over the Chateau
Title: A Shadow over the Chateau
Released: March 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Hong Kong crime drama thriller film.
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The Kingdom and the Beauty
Title: The Kingdom and the Beauty
Character: Royal Guard
Released: June 29, 1959
Type: Movie
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.
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Diau Charn
Title: Diau Charn
Character: General
Released: May 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale with iconic actress Linda Lin Dai (Lam Doi) in the titular role of Diau Charn, one of the four storied beauties of ancient China.