Shum Lo

Shum Lo

Born: March 1, 1925
in Hunan Province, China

Movies for Shum Lo...

Sleazy Dizzy
Title: Sleazy Dizzy
Released: June 15, 1990
Type: Movie
A common thief and an employee of a Hong Kong stock company try to help an amnesia-plagued undercover cop to regain his memory and locate the whereabouts of the 50 million dollars cash used in a drug deal. In the meantime, they try to avoid becoming victims of the crime-lord that was responsible for embezzling 50 million dollars out of the stock company.
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Killer's Nocturne
Title: Killer's Nocturne
Released: May 8, 1987
Type: Movie
Lo Tien Pei has retired as the king of gambling. But Yen Li Shan, who was humiliated by Lo years ago, is coming to town with fiery vengeance in his heart. Yen manages to buy the Endless Night, the top casino night club in Shanghai. Lo's son, Chi Feng, sees his father being forced by Yen to fall to his death. Chi Feng, trying to get revenge against Yen is badly beaten up. Chi Feng escapes and eventually leaves Shanghai. He takes on the meanest jobs, including boxing against a kangaroo, to eke out a living. Chi Feng eventually comes back to Shanghai for revenge...
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Sworn Brothers
Title: Sworn Brothers
Character: Chui's Father-in-Law
Released: March 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Cheung and Lau are two men who grew up together as brothers. However, they end up as enemies who hunt each other down after following different paths in life.
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Pursuit of a Killer
Title: Pursuit of a Killer
Character: Brother San
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: Movie
This is one of those -"who did it" -murder movies put out by Shaw Brothers. In this one, a bunch of Mainlanders come to Hong Kong for a better life. Instead, these Mainlanders are jobless and wind up killing, robbing, and selling drugs for a Dai Lo. Tired of getting chicken scratch from their Dai Lo for all the work they've done, the Mainlanders (about 4 or 5) decide to do a big job for themselves by trying to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry with all the Mainlanders being apprehended by the HKRP. They all to go to jail and do their time and get discharged. Once out, the Mainlanders are getting "rubbed off" one by one and the HKRP do not have a clue. Luckily, one member, Yeh Hung (Lo Meng), of the Mainlander gang is still in jail who still has time. So, Inspector Wong (Jason Pai Piao) decides to cut Yeh Hung loose and let him walk the streets as bait to bring the killer out.
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Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Title: Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Character: Teacher
Released: May 17, 1985
Type: Movie
Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.
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The Master Strikes Back
Title: The Master Strikes Back
Character: Villager
Released: January 19, 1985
Type: Movie
In The Master Strikes Back, Hong Kong's Steadicam pioneering director Sun Chung brings back legendary Ti Lung to play famous weapons instructor Tung Tieh-cheng, who is invited to teach a Ching official's soldiers, in this unofficial sequel to The Kung-fu Instructor. But after his son is kidnapped and castrated what follows is a chaotic, human whirlwind of slicing and dicing compliments of the highly touted martial arts director and one of Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates, Yuan Te.
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The Young Vagabond
Title: The Young Vagabond
Character: Bank manager
Released: January 2, 1985
Type: Movie
A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.
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Secret Service of the Imperial Court
Title: Secret Service of the Imperial Court
Character: Chao clan member
Released: October 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Secret Service of the Imperial Court was one of the last kung fu/swordplay films to be made at Hong Kong's Shaw Bros. studio. Set in the Ming Dynasty, it makes excellent use of the studio's vast array of sprawling sets and colorful costumes to give a real period flavor. It has a good cast, lots of large-scale fight action and an exciting storyline about a conflict between an honorable officer and a corrupt Eunuch.
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The Supreme Swordsman
Title: The Supreme Swordsman
Character: Uncle Shum
Released: October 10, 1984
Type: Movie
A rampaging swordsman slices and dices his way across China on a bloody mission to cut down every warrior in his way, and claim the blade of the legendary Supreme Swordsman in this Shaw Brothers classic starring Derek Yee and Jason Pai Piao, and directed by Keith Li Baak Ling. But when the son of a slain sword maker emerges as an unexpected challenger, the ruthless killer realizes that he may have finally met his match.
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Opium and the Kung Fu Master
Title: Opium and the Kung Fu Master
Character: Villager
Released: July 14, 1984
Type: Movie
A small town is protected by one of the famous Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. The town is very safe as Ti Lung and his Kung Fu students patrol for criminals. Enter the rival Kung Fu school whom Ti Lung's students have beaten in a lion dance competition and then humiliated in a brawl. The rival school is joined by an opium dealing Kung Fu master who plans to turn the town into a community of addicts!
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Descendant of the Sun
Title: Descendant of the Sun
Character: Royal Painter
Released: December 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Celebrated director Chu Yuan helms "Descendant Of The Sun", a Superman meets Hercules a la old style martial art film. Derek Yee is a magic solar baby sent Earthbound by a benevolent god, raised by an old carpenter, has martial art superpowers and "green kryptonite" loses them during solar eclipses. That's when the evil baby counterpart shows up. Demon-paced martial arts action by Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates Yuan Pin and Yuen Hua compliments Toho Studio style special optical effects.
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Shaolin Intruders
Title: Shaolin Intruders
Character: Tavern boss
Released: October 6, 1983
Type: Movie
On a routine courier mission, the prestigious Chin Hu chief was murdered by four mysterious monks. When all evidence points to Ching Hua, his friend Lei Hsin is determined to clear his name by barging in the Shaolin Temple thrice, and gets intwined in an intricate web of deception!
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Bastard Swordsman
Title: Bastard Swordsman
Character: (Uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-fu school. Constantly mocked by the other students of the school, Yen counts as his only friend the daughter of the resident master. Any internal wrangling between the various members is put to one side when a swordsman from a rival clan reminds the master of the duel he must take part in once a decade. Unfortunately the defending clan chief is well aware that his rival is more powerful than himself. The expected defeat is further complicated when a wandering swordsman arrives on the scene and joins himself to the injured party, immediately adding to Yen's woes.
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Bastard Swordsman
Title: Bastard Swordsman
Character: Thundering Prognosticator (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-fu school. Constantly mocked by the other students of the school, Yen counts as his only friend the daughter of the resident master. Any internal wrangling between the various members is put to one side when a swordsman from a rival clan reminds the master of the duel he must take part in once a decade. Unfortunately the defending clan chief is well aware that his rival is more powerful than himself. The expected defeat is further complicated when a wandering swordsman arrives on the scene and joins himself to the injured party, immediately adding to Yen's woes.
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The Lady Is the Boss
Title: The Lady Is the Boss
Character: Wah Chaing Martial Arts Ass. member
Released: March 31, 1983
Type: Movie
Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.
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Tales of a Eunuch
Title: Tales of a Eunuch
Character: Han prince
Released: March 24, 1983
Type: Movie
The story follows a "loveable" rascal as he gambles and gets into various bits of trouble with outlaws and rebels. He eventually gets into a situation where he has to impersonate the eunuch servant of an elderly eunuch who is an evil martial art master. This gets the rascal involved with the emperor who is studying martial arts. The whole movie revolves around a quest for all the copies of a special Buddhist text.
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Roving Swordsman
Title: Roving Swordsman
Character: Manager of Happy Forest
Released: January 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Traveling swordsman Shen Sheng-yi (Ti Lung) and his lady friend match wits and swords with the last surviving member of the once great Murung family who is determined to rule the martial world by stealing plans to crafting firearms.
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My Rebellious Son
Title: My Rebellious Son
Character: Boss at eatery
Released: November 26, 1982
Type: Movie
Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.
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Tiger Killer
Title: Tiger Killer
Character: Mr Hu
Released: October 28, 1982
Type: Movie
TIGER KILLER (1982) is a straightforward adaptation of one story from the sprawling Chinese literary epic, "The Water Margin." It tells the tale of Wu Song, who slays a man-eating tiger preying on farmers and villagers and becomes the hero of the province, getting appointed as a constable by the local magistrate. He is reunited with his older brother, the short, disfigured Wu the Elder, a peddler of buns, who invites Wu Song to move in with him and his new wife. The wife, Golden Lotus, is an attractive young former maid who had been forced to marry Wu the Elder as punishment for getting caught in bed with her master by the master's wife. She takes a liking to the handsome, strong Wu Song, who rebuffs her attempts to seduce him. When Wu Song is sent on a long journey, the wife begins an affair with a rich local merchant. When Wu Song returns from his mission, he is met with shocking news which sets off a series of violent acts of retribution.
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Buddha's Palm
Title: Buddha's Palm
Character: Jia Ru of Dark Moon Clan
Released: August 20, 1982
Type: Movie
When Long Jian-fei is tossed from a cliff by the new sweetheart of his meanspirited ex-girlfriend, the friendly Dameng dragon-dog saves the hapless man's life, and brings him to Flame Cloud Devil, the blind master of the Buddha's Palm technique.
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The Fake Ghost Catchers
Title: The Fake Ghost Catchers
Character: Magistrate
Released: July 30, 1982
Type: Movie
This delightful action comedy came out a full two years before Ghostbusters premiered. Coincidence? You be the judge. Whatever the inspiration, nothing can compare to this amazing showcase of wushu and wizardry as one of the best all-star fighting casts take on spectres, spirits, and phantoms as well as each other.
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Human Lanterns
Title: Human Lanterns
Character: Restaurant Boss
Released: July 14, 1982
Type: Movie
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
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Passing Flickers
Title: Passing Flickers
Character: Movie producer
Released: April 6, 1982
Type: Movie
The main characters - the arrogant, harassed director, the sexy starlet, or naïve actors are familiar enough stereotypes. Along the way however, there is some fun to be had as more humorous incidents occur on the sound stage, together with dashes of nudity. Some of the events are presumably inspired by real life experiences, others have a distinct air of wishful fabrication. The over-the-top Kung Fu star, deserted by director and crew as he goes through his pointless extended routine, for instance. Or the action heroes, sweating in furs while they dutifully munch through their meal scene, 'snow' falling outside in studio land.
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House of Traps
Title: House of Traps
Character: Mr. Xu
Released: January 9, 1982
Type: Movie
It all started with The Five Venoms, the internationally loved kung-fu thriller. It continued through more than a dozen bloody good entertainments featuring the same actors in different roles. This is considered the last official "Venoms" movie, but what a film it is. There's one plasma-spurting attack after another as heroes and rogues alike try to solve the secrets of this hell house. The core Venoms themselves choreograph the gory fun in this fond farewell to their worldwide film series sensation!
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The Duel of the Century
Title: The Duel of the Century
Character: Hermit Pine
Released: October 22, 1981
Type: Movie
This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's last together for the Shaw Studios, but it's another action-filled winner. Liu Yung and Sun Chien team to investigate the martial arts murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, imposters, and one deadly duel after another. No less than three choreographers are on hand to handle the multitude of magnificent martial arts.
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Bloody Parrot
Title: Bloody Parrot
Character: Innkeeper
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who has nothing to do with the theft investigates and is led on the trail of the supernatural "Bloody Parrot". This leads to the "Parrot Brothel" and the star prostitute who walks around half naked. Strange things happen including a demonic possession, witches casting poison spells, disgusting autopsies and numerous sword fights. Then a dead constable turns into a vampire! This is all in the first 30 minutes!
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The Emperor and His Brother
Title: The Emperor and His Brother
Character: Ma Shan Chun
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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Corpse Mania
Title: Corpse Mania
Character: Mr. Ma
Released: June 3, 1981
Type: Movie
A necrophiliac killer is murdering the prostitutes at Madame Lan's brothel.
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Challenge of the Gamesters
Title: Challenge of the Gamesters
Character: Jiu
Released: April 30, 1981
Type: Movie
A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.
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The Tiger and the Widow
Title: The Tiger and the Widow
Character: Third Lord
Released: February 25, 1981
Type: Movie
The movie is about an illegal salt smuggling ring run by Tanny and her male partner, who spend most of the movie arguing which one of them is going to sacrifice him/herself and surrender to the police.
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A Bride's Nightmare
Title: A Bride's Nightmare
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Gambler's Delight
Title: Gambler's Delight
Character: Pak Hok Kuen
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The story concerns with Danny Lee's character as a manager of one of Macau's casinos battling it out on the card table to settle a gambling score with a Japanese gambler played by Chen Ping. He enlists the help of Tsung Wa's character and the battle of wits escalates.
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Bat without Wings
Title: Bat without Wings
Character: Waiter
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: Movie
When a notorious fiend known as the "Bat Without Wings" returns to his small village after a five-year absence and kidnaps a young maiden, it's up to her family and a resourceful swordsmen to brave the horrors of the underworld to bring her back home alive.
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Lost Souls
Title: Lost Souls
Character: Refugee's relative
Released: November 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Determined to escape from the harsh regime of China to the freedom of Hong Kong, three youths are captured by Mr. Hok, a sadistic human smuggler who subjects them to an unrelenting assault of degradation. Pushed to the limits of human endurance, the prisoners must fight for their lives in an unforgettable, action-packed climax.
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Hex
Title: Hex
Character: Old Man Fishing at Pond
Released: July 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau-ying awaits certain death from tuberculosis. The new servant girl, Yi-wah takes pity on her mistress' plight and the pair proceed to drown him one evening. They dump his body in a near-by pond but Sau-ying believes that the man's bloated corpse has risen from the bog to seek vengeance.
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The Kid with a Tattoo
Title: The Kid with a Tattoo
Character: Restaurant manager
Released: June 17, 1980
Type: Movie
One of Shaw Brothers' most productive directors, Sun Chung's action films had strong tension, snappy editing and slow motion which influenced up and coming martial arts director John Woo. Starring kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu, a ballistic kid on a mission to clear his father's name, The Kid With A Tattoo features plentiful ripsnorting martial arts by Jackie Chan's long time kung-fu classmates Yuen Hua and Yuan Pin, and Shaw Brothers' best martial arts fighting villain Wang Lung-wei.
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Haunted Tales
Title: Haunted Tales
Character: Mr. Wang
Released: April 19, 1980
Type: Movie
1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take her with him. 2. A caretaker wins the lottery thanks to the saucer spirit. Things begin to go wrong when he breaks his promise to it.
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Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
Title: Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
Character: Eunuch Ho Te-Ching
Released: March 1, 1980
Type: Movie
The year is 1756 and the Emperor journeys to Soochow, where he encounters a famous courtesan and gets involved with in all sorts of un-emperor-like activities.
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The Convict Killer
Title: The Convict Killer
Character: [Scenes cut]
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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Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
Title: Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
Character: Li Chen Chow's Pawn Shop Staff
Released: December 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Ming partisan Chu who is on the run from Manchu forces. Local merchant and kung fu enthusiast Li Chen-chau gives the fugitive shelter in his pawnshop and quietly recruits some of his fellow martial master associates to help protect the lad. When Li's professional rival rats him out, Manchu official Liang not only orchestras his army but fools a couple other kung fu masters including Beggar Su into helping his cause. After a heated battle, Li manages to convince Su to joining his cause, thus forming the Ten Tigers.
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Return of the Dead
Title: Return of the Dead
Character: Qin Zhen-He
Released: December 21, 1979
Type: Movie
Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
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The Deadly Breaking Sword
Title: The Deadly Breaking Sword
Character: Boss Luo
Released: December 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Leaving behind an inch of sword in the spent corpses of his opponents, Tuan Changqing is known as the Deadly Breaking Sword. After barely surviving a duel, one of his foes is treated by the diabolical Dr. Kuo, who uses his powers of mind control to transform the man into a somnambulistic killer. After Tuan Changqing teams up with Rabelaisian gambler Xiao Dao, the story proceeds as a comical kung fu buddy flick.
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The Magnificent Ruffians
Title: The Magnificent Ruffians
Character: Cashier Zhuo
Released: September 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
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The Tigress of Shaolin
Title: The Tigress of Shaolin
Character: Ah San's father
Released: September 14, 1979
Type: Movie
Hui Ying-hung, legendary director Chang Cheh's discovery, and the protege of equally legendary director Liu Chia-liang co-stars with Liu's nephew, Liu Chia-yung in this fast-paced, action packed comedy of kung-fu characters. Liu Chia-yung is saved from drug smugglers by Hui Ying-hung, whose godfather is a drunken master and whose leprous godmother is mistress of the fairly off-putting Leprosy Boxing style.
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Dirty Ho
Title: Dirty Ho
Character: The Emperor
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
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A Slice of Death
Title: A Slice of Death
Character: Head Abbot
Released: July 11, 1979
Type: Movie
While international favorite David Chiang was best known for his roles as a grinning, streetwise, fighter in many Chang Cheh-directed classics, he rarely played a noble warrior monk. But here he portrays the great Chih Shim, the monk who saved the Southern Shaolin Temple. Making this production all the more notable is Lo Lieh, Shaws' first international star, who returns to a role he also made famous - that of Shaolin renegade Pai Mei. This, and even more, makes for a true martial arts epic of the first order.
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The Kung Fu Instructor
Title: The Kung Fu Instructor
Character: Chow Ping's uncle
Released: June 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Two rival clans have unsuccessfully tried to hire the master of the good clan to teach his clan. Not willing to take no for an answer, they frame the master for a dirty deed that he didn't commit, which forces him to kill a man in battle. The townspeople attempt to kill him and he is forced to flee to the evil clan.
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Monkey Kung Fu
Title: Monkey Kung Fu
Character: Restaurant owner
Released: May 5, 1979
Type: Movie
A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.
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The Last Judgement
Title: The Last Judgement
Character: Corrupt judge
Released: April 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Most of the Liang family are murdered by Ling Guixing and the surviving son Liang Tianlai (Ng Wai-Kwok) wows to bring him to justice. Fighting against corruption in several courts, his only main witness is beggar Afeng but as Ling has people around him willing to bribe and murder, soon Liang is left alone. All up until he meets what seems like the last upstanding official...
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Young Lovers
Title: Young Lovers
Character: Uncle Zhong
Released: March 13, 1979
Type: Movie
In the vein of "Romeo And Juliet", Hong Kong style, the small ensemble cast and little-known director Michihko do a big league job with their rendition of "Romeo And Juliet" in "The Young Lovers". Although poor boy (Derek Erh Tung-Sheng) and rich girl (Yu An-An) are from opposite ends of the spectrum, their undying love refuses to let anyone get in their way, including their parents. Shakespeare would be moved.
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The Shadow Boxing
Title: The Shadow Boxing
Character: Restaurant boss
Released: February 13, 1979
Type: Movie
Liu Chia-Liang returns to the success of his first directed film, "The Spiritual Boxer", which also stars the original film's bumbling ghost controller, Wang Yu. Hoping to make the lightning of success strike in the same place, Liu had his two brothers Lau Kar Wing and Gordon Liu not only act but also help with the fights. The end result is a martial arts film masterpiece filled with breathtaking action and set pieces.
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The Scandalous Warlord
Title: The Scandalous Warlord
Character: Opera manager
Released: February 9, 1979
Type: Movie
Applauded director Li Han Hsiang was one of few directors who made soft porn acceptable to mainstream audiences using the thematic device of "sex on a mission" cynicism, suggesting that sex was the ultimate power. In the sex comedy "The Scandalous Warlord", the true power behind the country's many warlords was the prostitutes that these men would routinely visit. Therefore, the power in this film lies in the hands of the sassy Shirley Yu and the titillating Shaw Yin Yin.
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Full Moon Scimitar
Title: Full Moon Scimitar
Character: 3rd Master's Servant (uncredited)
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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Swordsman and Enchantress
Title: Swordsman and Enchantress
Character: Doctor Fei
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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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
Title: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
Character: Chiu Ming's fighter
Released: October 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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. So just sit back and enjoy the movie event which spawned a legacy that continues even today with a long-running, internationally loved television series, a role-playing game, and even collectible replicas of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre themselves!
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Title: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Character: Chiu Ming's fighter
Released: October 18, 1978
Type: Movie
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, 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.
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The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
Title: The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
Character: Flower Draw's manager
Released: October 6, 1978
Type: Movie
In the 18th century, Emperor Chien Lung makes a journey into Southern China.
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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 Five Venoms
Title: The Five Venoms
Character: Fruit Vendor
Released: August 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
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The Cunning Hustler
Title: The Cunning Hustler
Released: July 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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Legend of the Bat
Title: Legend of the Bat
Character: Yuan Yang Sword Master
Released: July 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Following "Clans Of Intrigue"'s success, director Chu Yuan, novelist Ku Lung, and superstar Ti Lung re-teamed for another adventure featuring sexy knight Chu Liu-Hsiang. This time, he travels to the mysterious Island Of The Bats, where he encounters treacherous monks, beautiful women, and a strange Prince. The movie is also a significant milestone in the amount of female flesh revealed on screen, proving that Shaw movies can balance the yin of cheesecake with the yang of beefcake.
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The Mad Monk Strikes Again
Title: The Mad Monk Strikes Again
Character: Wang Xiao Bao's father
Released: March 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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Clan of Amazons
Title: Clan of Amazons
Character: One of Lu's friends
Released: February 19, 1978
Type: Movie
The Embroidery Bandit is stealing treasures while blinding his victims. The hero Liu Xiaofeng is called in to solve the mystery. The evidence points to the all-woman Clan of the Red Shoes - but appearances can be deceptive.
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Title: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Character: Abbot in Charge of Dining Hall
Released: February 2, 1978
Type: Movie
The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge.
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Flying Guillotine II
Title: Flying Guillotine II
Character: Emperor's bodyguard
Released: January 19, 1978
Type: Movie
The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.
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Pursuit of Vengeance
Title: Pursuit of Vengeance
Character: Ding Qiu
Released: December 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Master of the "swordplay thriller" genre, Chor Yuen and renowned kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia tell the fabulous tale of the "Fastest Swordsman in the World" facing the "1000 Face Devil" and no less than seven murderers.
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Dreams Of Eroticism
Title: Dreams Of Eroticism
Character: Grandfather
Released: November 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A timeless and titillating tale of the immoral private lives of the royal court's high officials. All the bed and body hopping is not exclusive to the family, either. Their maids and servants get involved as well, leading to flesh, fibs, and suicide, among other things. Taken all together, this is an all-time classic of sumptuous sexuality.
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
Title: The Dream of the Red Chamber
Character: Imperial Edit's reader
Released: October 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted.
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The Sentimental Swordsman
Title: The Sentimental Swordsman
Character: Hua Feng
Released: October 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Due to his own extreme ideals, famed swordsman Li has lost everyone dear to him. After his life is saved by a rival swordsman, Li's overwhelming pride means he forsakes the woman he loves and lets her marry his saviour. Li's only comfort is alcohol and the simple life he has now accepted. On one such journey, the lonely swordsman befriends the exceptionally skilled, yet secretive Fei who has his own pressures to contend with. The person behind Li's troubles proves to be elusive, though all the clues seem to point to the legendary 'Plum Blossom Bandit', a disguised figure whose identity has long proved elusive to the martial world.
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Death Duel
Title: Death Duel
Character: Ferryman for Divine Sword Mansion
Released: July 6, 1977
Type: Movie
The Third Master is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and strength bring armies of challengers to his door, seeking the title for themselves. Not to be defeated, the Third Master fights evil, saves damsels in distress, and duels rival swordsmen to the death.
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The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung
Title: The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung
Character: Man offer to pay tax for Qing
Released: June 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Emperor Chien Lung uses disguises to experience life among his subjects.
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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: Shaolin monk/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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Executioners from Shaolin
Title: Executioners from Shaolin
Character: Uncle Fang
Released: February 16, 1977
Type: Movie
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 Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger style from his father's training manual.
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Shaolin Temple
Title: Shaolin Temple
Character: Shaolin Master of Library
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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Love Swindler
Title: Love Swindler
Character: (segment "Deadly Injections")
Released: September 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Vaunted director Li Han-Hsiang reveals the way of the world in this anthology film of four stories that feature far more swindlers and swindling than lovers or love. There's fake acupuncturists, gullible counterfeiters, a jewelry heist in a VD clinic, and a salesgirl's subtle scam in these short cinematic stories of gulls, dopes, marks, and fools and the cons, cheaters, charlatans, and connivers who trick them. It's four times the fraud as the cheats, gyps, and rip-offs come fast and furious!
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Brotherhood
Title: Brotherhood
Character: Yu / 3rd Uncle Cai
Released: July 20, 1976
Type: Movie
Liao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelery store. Subsequently the three other gang members die, and their gold haul goes missing. Liao Jiang and his new gang member Huge Eyes are then forced to turn to a triad gang to help get back their gold from a rival group.
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Emperor Chien Lung
Title: Emperor Chien Lung
Character: Chief Eunuch Jing An
Released: June 2, 1976
Type: Movie
Emperor Chien Lung, bored with imperial traditions, disguises himself as a commoner to experience a different side of life.
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The Condemned
Title: The Condemned
Character: Man in Sheng's house
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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Challenge of the Masters
Title: Challenge of the Masters
Character: Village Elder
Released: May 7, 1976
Type: Movie
The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with the abuse and goes to learn from his fathers master. After one of the rival schools members kills some of the towns people Wong Fei-hong becomes enraged trains even more comes back and gets his revenge.
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The Dragon Missile
Title: The Dragon Missile
Character: Mr. Shum
Released: April 24, 1976
Type: Movie
Lo Lieh stars as Sima Jun, a killer working for a corrupt lord whose orders are followed without question or hesitation. When the lord suffers from a life-threatening boil on his back, he is told by the Imperial doctor that an herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure and is grown in a remote village by an herbalist named Tan. Lo is sent on a mission to get the herb and bring it back before it's too late.
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The Last Tempest
Title: The Last Tempest
Character: Eunuch Wang Shang
Released: February 21, 1976
Type: Movie
Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectively is overshadowed by the ever-present power of the Dowager Empress. When his attempts to reform the Imperial system are thwarted by the Dowager Empress, he attempts to curb her power. His efforts are not successful, and this failure leads directly to his own death and the end of Imperial rule in China. The Dowager Empress, though, ends her days comfortably and in peace.
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Heroes of the Underground
Title: Heroes of the Underground
Character: Inn Clerk
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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Cuties Parade
Title: Cuties Parade
Released: December 24, 1975
Type: Movie
A romantic Shaw Brothers musical.
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The Spiritual Boxer
Title: The Spiritual Boxer
Character: Bun/Noodle Stall Boss
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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Fearful Interlude
Title: Fearful Interlude
Character: (segment "The Cold Skeleton")
Released: September 13, 1975
Type: Movie
Accompanied by his old manservant, scholar Sung Li Ho (Hong Hoi) is on his way to the capital for the imperial exam. They spend a night in the house of Mrs. Yuan and Li Ho takes a fancy to her pretty daughter, Pei Fang (Dana). Li Ho is discovered by a maid peeping at Pei Fang as she takes a bath. He slips and falls into the bathtub, creating a most embarrassing situation. His old servant is also implicated and both are beaten up before being thrown out. Continuing their journey in the desolate countryside, they come across woodcutter Hsi Hsueh Kuei who puts them up for the night. Captivated by the beauty of the owner’s two daughters, who are vampires, he spends a night with them and turns into a skeleton. Chased by the vampires, Shun Lai makes a narrow escape.
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The Taxi Driver
Title: The Taxi Driver
Character: Uncle Tsang
Released: August 28, 1975
Type: Movie
It stars David Chiang, as the taxi driver whose adventures reveal Hong Kong's verve with wit, compassion and loads of action.
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The Empress Dowager
Title: The Empress Dowager
Character: Eunuch Wang Shang
Released: July 23, 1975
Type: Movie
This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to the screen in this memorable epic.
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Big Brother Cheng
Title: Big Brother Cheng
Released: July 16, 1975
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man kung-fu dynamo Big Brother Cheng and kung-fu superstar Chen Kuan-tai were made for each other. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager who socks it to the thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean, Big Brother Cheng made his first appearance in the extremely popular The Tea House, the success of which spawned this even more successful sequel.
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Temperament of Life
Title: Temperament of Life
Released: April 3, 1975
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers comedy.
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Night of the Devil Bride
Title: Night of the Devil Bride
Character: Doctor Chang
Released: March 15, 1975
Type: Movie
A wronged female ghost is out for revenge.
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Forbidden Tales of Two Cities
Title: Forbidden Tales of Two Cities
Character: Head of telegraph office
Released: January 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Li Han-hsiang, one of the most experienced and respected filmmakers in Hong Kong, wrote and directed this charming and fascinating comedy of amorous complications and modern morals in the very middle of his forty year career. The two cities are Macau, where a love quartet is the source for sexy merriment, and Hong Kong, where a gambler tells a charming woman why there are four shackles hanging from his apartment ceiling!
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Sinful Confession
Title: Sinful Confession
Character: Mahjong gambler
Released: August 16, 1974
Type: Movie
Arguably the funniest of the four famous Hui brothers, Michael has a tour-de-force vehicle in this naughty little comedy playing four different characters, each one in a compromising situation. And the laughs do come big and hearty as Hui bounces his cheeky humour off a terrific large supporting cast including the sophisticated Hu-chin and the lovely Pai Hsiao-man. Keeping the Benny Hill-style hi-jinks afloat is stalwart Shaw director Li han-hsiang who manages to switch flawlessly between these cheeky flings and his period epics.
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Sorrow of the Gentry
Title: Sorrow of the Gentry
Character: Doctor Zhou
Released: July 19, 1974
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Cheeky Little Angels
Title: Cheeky Little Angels
Character: Nightclub visitor
Released: July 6, 1974
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Rivals of Kung Fu
Title: Rivals of Kung Fu
Character: Uncle Bing
Released: May 25, 1974
Type: Movie
Huang Fei-hung is back, in a new adventure written and directed by veteran Huang filmmaker Wang Feng. Newcomer Shih Chung-tien stars as the Confucian healer who fights jealous villains with wisdom, intelligence, and fabulous kung-fu.
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Hong Kong 73
Title: Hong Kong 73
Character: Mr Hui
Released: April 24, 1974
Type: Movie
As the Heng Seng Index reaches 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’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.
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Iron Bodyguard
Title: Iron Bodyguard
Character: Tong's friend at brothel
Released: December 8, 1973
Type: Movie
An Iron Bodyguard called Wang Wu meets a scholar and forms a strong friendship with him after they fight some villains together. The scholar is a member of the reformists - a group of scholars pressing for social reform in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty. The Emperor is actually all for reforms, and appoints this group to run the country. This doesn't suit the Empress Dowager though, as she has no intention of losing her power. She orders the reformists to be arrested, and Chen Kuan Tai hence gets drawn into politics despite having no real political views himself.
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The Ghost Lovers
Title: The Ghost Lovers
Character: Priest
Released: December 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Song dynasty lotus and Han Shilong before marry, Korea's home office, thedragon's heart ached. After lotus appeared dead, the dragon as the reunion was determined to marry, have a friend Zhang Tie strongly opposed, and find a Taoistspirits. The dragon the obstacles of their marriage, lotus to spend a night after the found.
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The Sugar Daddies
Title: The Sugar Daddies
Character: Boss Wang
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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The Happiest Moment
Title: The Happiest Moment
Character: Mr Hua
Released: November 8, 1973
Type: Movie
Michael Hui plays four characters in this three-chapter, Hong Kong erotic comedy anthology set in Northern China during WWII.
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The Pirate
Title: The Pirate
Character: Casino Clerk
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Pirate Chang Pao-Chai springs a leak after an otherwise successful raid on a foreign ship. He goes ashore to get materials to patch his ship up, where he encounters corrupt Qing officials and poor, oppressed peasants. Being a good man at heart, he decides to help out and becomes an even bigger outlaw in the process.
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Call to Arms
Title: Call to Arms
Character: Master Lin
Released: January 18, 1973
Type: Movie
The aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupies the put-upon Chao kingdom while the hero-filled Wei empire is paralysed by an indecisive ruler.
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The Delinquent
Title: The Delinquent
Character: Stepfather
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Delivery boy Chung rings an order to a local martial arts school. He shows that he too is a kung fu student when he punches a bag and also kicks out the instructor for his money. Chung has a tough life. His father constantly nags him to work hard. One day, his is heckled by Chien-Pe, a disabled thug who runs a gang. Chung fights and beats them up and as a result, he is fired from his job. Chien turns to his boss, Tai Chung, to get Chung.
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The Thunderbolt Fist
Title: The Thunderbolt Fist
Character: Gin Chi's villager
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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Finger of Doom
Title: Finger of Doom
Character: Inn-keeper
Released: April 14, 1972
Type: Movie
This creepy kung fu film fight-fest centers on the evil Madame Kung Sun and her poisonous "Finger of Doom", a unique supernatural power which allows her to transform normal, everyday people into horrifying zombies! In the face of this devastating talent, only one person has the guts to stop Madame Kung Sun in her chilling bid for martial arts supremacy - the villainess' own sister. But it's not something she can do alone, so this heroic young woman joins forces with three world-weary martial artists, The brothers-in-arms were actually looking to retire from the world of Jiang Hu, but now find themselves thrown back into the mix, embarking on one last mission to save the world from machinations of the venomous Madame Kung Sun!
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The Water Margin
Title: The Water Margin
Character: Chief clerk Chang
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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The Boxer from Shantung
Title: The Boxer from Shantung
Character: Tea House Owner
Released: February 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
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Pursuit
Title: Pursuit
Character: Lin Zhou
Released: January 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Instructor Lin who is home from training the imperial troops for several years. He meets his wife and runs into his brother who has become a monk at the local temple. His superior Lord Gao, strangely decides to rape Lin's wife in the temple but Lin interrupts the crime. His brother is enraged and tries to kill Gao but Lin stops him with the help of Lin's training brother and old friend Lu who works for Gao. Lin is loyal to the Commissioner and will not do anything to harm his son. Once back at the Commissioner's house, Gao and Lu hatch a plan to discredit and eventually kill Lin all with the Commissioner's approval. The plan is put into motion and Lin is unjustly arrested for trespassing on imperial property.
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Sunset
Title: Sunset
Character: Uncle Li
Released: November 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Teenage heart throbs Ching Li and Paul Chin Pei come across like Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in the musical Sunset, a musical romp that plays similar to one of Hollywood's famous "Beach Party" movies. A car load of girls meets a car load of boys and Ching and Paul ultimately fall in love. Yet the film takes an acrid twist and turns out to be more like a Shakespearian tragedy than a beach-babe party.
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The Swift Knight
Title: The Swift Knight
Character: Magistrate
Released: August 25, 1971
Type: Movie
In a rare reversal of typecasting, Shaw Brothers' perennial bad guy Lo Lieh breaks tradition to play the honorable and noble swordsman in The Swift Knight. It's a tale of brave knights, chivalry and fair maidens where the Swift Knight (Lo Lieh) finds himself involved in romance, court intrigue and deadly jousts while trying to protect the lives of a pair of siblings as the fate of the throne depends on them.
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The Long Years
Title: The Long Years
Released: May 28, 1971
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Six Assassins
Title: Six Assassins
Character: Minister Cui Yin
Released: March 25, 1971
Type: Movie
A magician-warrior who protects a man from an ambush, not knowing of his true villainous nature. But he discovers the truth after his wife and friend are killed and must now fight to set things right.
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The New One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Blacksmith Ba
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 Night Is Young
Title: The Night Is Young
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
shaw production
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The Iron Buddha
Title: The Iron Buddha
Character: Wang Wu
Released: November 12, 1970
Type: Movie
After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally.
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The Price of Love
Title: The Price of Love
Character: Grandfather Chuang
Released: November 6, 1970
Type: Movie
Teddy plays some physically deformed musical genius named Wu Sheng who falls for a blind girl named Jui Fang (Chin Ping). Is love really blind? According to Wu Sheng, probably so, but when Jui Fang is on the verge of regaining her eyesight from an operation, Wu Sheng packs up and leaves the country for fear of Jui Fang disowning him once her eyes gets a look at Wu Sheng.
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A Time for Love
Title: A Time for Love
Character: Uncle Suen
Released: October 16, 1970
Type: Movie
A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
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Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers?
Title: Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers?
Character: Village Chief Wang
Released: September 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Six guitar playing, rock and roll singing and dancing young people on a boating trip are stranded on a rural island off of Hong Kong during a typhoon. They become suspicious of a woman who matches the radio bulletin description of a murderess who killed twelve men. Can she be trusted? Is she laying a trap for a local youth housesitting a mansion?
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Vengeance!
Title: Vengeance!
Character: Innkeeper Wang Wu
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
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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A Place to Call Home
Title: A Place to Call Home
Character: Boozard
Released: April 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Li Ching plays one of three daughters, whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she is adopted. But things get even worse when she goes in search of her real mother. Finally, after almost a double tragedy, she realizes what so many knew all along: There's no place like home.
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The Flying Dagger
Title: The Flying Dagger
Character: Uncle Fan Kun
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: Movie
The Yu family earn the ire of the Green Dragon clan when the daughter kills the clan chief's son. The Green Dragon chief wounds family head Yu Yuan with his flying daggers, and kills many others who try to protect the noble family. Wandering swordsman Ying Qing saves the family in a fight, using his own flying dagger skills, but his allegiances and motives are unclear.
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The Sword of Swords
Title: The Sword of Swords
Character: Uncle Chung/Li Rong
Released: August 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A noble swordsman fights to recover the magical blade that has protected his country for centuries after being blinded and betrayed by a ruthless villain. A cunning killer has blinded the brave warrior chosen to defend his country with an enchanted sword, and murdered his family. After recovering, the sightless defender sets out to recover the weapon, and seek revenge against his murderous nemesis.
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Forever Diamonds
Title: Forever Diamonds
Character: Father Ding
Released: July 7, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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The Bells of Death
Title: The Bells of Death
Character: Pays Ye for a Hit
Released: June 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A simple woodcutter named Wei Fu finds his world shattered when three murderous horsemen arrive to kill his family and kidnap his sister. Left with nothing but his mother’s bell-laden bracelet, he sets out to seek his revenge. Lucky for him, Wei Fu encounters a master swordsman, who takes him under his wing.
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The Magnificent Swordsman
Title: The Magnificent Swordsman
Character: Village Chief
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Lone swordsman Jiang Dan-Feng (Wong Chung-Shun) is ambushed by a pair of bandits and quickly despatches them. One of them, as he is dying, asks Jiang to take his personal effects to his sister. This being a Wuxia film, our hero is bound by a strict code of honour, and he agrees. The bandit’s sister, Xiu Xiu (Shu Pei-Pei), is surprisingly forgiving and tells him that he got mixed up in a bad crowd of robbers before he died. As it happens, these self-same bandits are threatening to tear up the village at any moment, and Jiang prepares to defend it despite being despised by the town folk for killing Xiu Xiu’s brother.
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King Drummer
Title: King Drummer
Character: Uncle Chang
Released: November 15, 1967
Type: Movie
Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival group. When the new arrival becomes a hit, he earns the jealous wrath of the predecessor. Meanwhile, the young drummer's mother is fervently against his music career. With the gorgeous Lily Ho as the manageress of the band and some terrific drumming set pieces, the whole thing, needless to say, comes off with a bang.
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The Mirror and the Lichee
Title: The Mirror and the Lichee
Character: Uncle Li
Released: November 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.
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Operation Lipstick
Title: Operation Lipstick
Character: Nightclub boss
Released: September 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Li Bing, a nightclub entertainer and a reformed thief was caught up in a fight against a criminal syndicate after forcing a cohort to return the wallet he previously stole from an assistant of a scientist who has just recently completed a doomsday device.
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Blue Skies
Title: Blue Skies
Character: Chen Yu Shan
Released: September 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Hsiao Yun's rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she's forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. The girl makes the most of her fortuitous opportunity, creating a huge splash in her debut as an entertainer, a fact which forever changes her life! However, this newfound meteoric rise to fame begins to take a toll on her personal life. For one thing, it starts to complicate her burgeoning romance with her pianist lover. And secondly, she soon finds herself the receiver of some sexual overtures from the producer of her show. What will poor Hsiao Yun do? And will blue skies be smiling at her by story's end?
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The Cave of the Silken Web
Title: The Cave of the Silken Web
Released: August 21, 1967
Type: Movie
Monkey King, Pig and Friar Sand must rescue his master Buddhist monk from seven witches / spiders who believe themselves to be immortal if they eat the monk's flesh. The third part of the Shaw Brothers film series about Monkey King after the novel "Journey to the West."
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The King with My Face
Title: The King with My Face
Character: Lord Yuen
Released: July 4, 1967
Type: Movie
THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
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The Thundering Sword
Title: The Thundering Sword
Character: Tak Mong
Released: May 8, 1967
Type: Movie
A righteous clan’s effort to seek out and destroy the powerful Thundering Sword turns into a tragedy as a fierce, yet impulsive beauty falls in love with the leading clansman, mistakenly poisons his brother and only makes matters worse in an attempt to make amends.
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The Sword and the Lute
Title: The Sword and the Lute
Character: Martial arts expert invited by Hu
Released: April 20, 1967
Type: Movie
The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting members of their different clans.
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Too Late for Love
Title: Too Late for Love
Character: Bing 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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Madam Slender Plum
Title: Madam Slender Plum
Character: Mei's bar manager
Released: February 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Before director Lo Wei helped to discover Bruce Lee and the king of kung-fu comedy Jackie Chan, in Madam Slender Plum, Lo perpetuates the career of yet another Shaw's non-action, femme fatale starlet; the sleek and sexy, puppy-eyed Eurasian Jenny Hu. It's a melodrama with a touch of murder-mystery in the vein of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie where Diana Chang plays the mother with Jenny playing her oldest daughter.
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The Pearl Phoenix
Title: The Pearl Phoenix
Character: Magistrate Zhou
Released: February 4, 1967
Type: Movie
Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of the Swinging Sixties but considerably more in touch with their Chinese roots. This one is complete with a gender-bending tale where the male lead is played by female and the female lead poses as a man, plus movie queen Li Ching and the singing voices of Ivy Ling Po and Jing Ting. Sit back and enjoy!
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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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Sweet and Wild
Title: Sweet and Wild
Character: Uncle Ma
Released: August 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Young love and its comedy of errors. Hsiao Fang, played by Li Ching, is a spunky young girl not afraid to fight back against hooligans. Unfortunately, she mistakes the handsome Ma Ta-hai, for one such hoodlum. The two are immediately attracted but refuse to admit their true feelings. The real hooligans are from a rich family led by a devious Madam who devise a revenge plot. With plot twists, mistaken identities, along with some terrific musical numbers, romance has never been this much fun.
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Come Drink with Me
Title: Come Drink with Me
Character: Jade Faced Tiger's Man #5
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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Till the End of Time
Title: Till the End of Time
Character: Hsueh-Ling's uncle
Released: March 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Jenny Wu is a singer who charms the well-to-do Peter Chen, but his parents object to a union between their only son and a lowly cabaret singer. He ignores their advice and marries her anyway, and for a time, they find some manner of wedded bliss. But the years are not entirely kind. He works hard to make ends meet, but his health pays the price.
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Downhill They Ride
Title: Downhill They Ride
Released: February 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Northeastern China is infested with bandits. Hsiao Kai (Paul Chang Chung), a wandering knight, captures a white horse from thieves. His skilful handling of the horse earns his admiration of fellow traveler Chu Ching Hsu (Wong Chung Shun). They arrive at Lo Lung Kow, where the villagers hunt for a living and are constantly terrorized by bandits. Grocer Ting Tze Pao (Ngai Ping Ngo) returns from his negotiations with the bandits with bad news. They intend to collect furs from the villagers at a fixed price. Village leader Mu (Yuen Sam and his daughter Tsui Ying (Pat ting Hung) run a tavern. She wonders how the white horse belonging to a Sinkiang youth named Sha Yi Ti (Man Ling) is now in the possession of Hsiao Kai.