Dorian Tan Tao-Liang

Dorian Tan Tao-Liang

Born: December 22, 1947
in Busan, South Korea
Tan Tao-liang is a Korean martial arts instructor and former film actor. He has used numerous pseudonyms throughout his career, most frequently Delon Tam, Dorian Tan Tao-liang, Tan Tao-liang, Delon Tan, Dorian Tan, and Delon Tanners. Noted for his leg holding and hopping skills, Tan was nicknamed "Flash Legs"

Movies for Dorian Tan Tao-Liang...

Top Fighter
Title: Top Fighter
Character: Himself
Released: June 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Welcome to the world of the martial arts. A voyage for the times of the martial arts cinema, from the beginning in China in the 6th Century A.C. by a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, until the actual time and the influence in the world, with interviews to actors and historians, and a review to the most important movies of all times and to the most famous action movies actors. A magnificent jewel of this genre what nobody wouldn't lose.
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Jungle Heat
Title: Jungle Heat
Released: May 25, 1985
Type: Movie
Towards the end of the Vietnam war, the US is running low on drivers for their supplies so they bring in a new lot of recruits and have to train them to survive in the dangers of wartorn Vietnam. The recruits are trained briefly by an American officer but are quickly handed off to their South Vietnamese officers and are made to go out into the dangers of Vietnam without getting the protection they need by the Americans who are more concerned with withdrawing their own troops instead of protecting the South Vietnamese
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Ninja in the Killing Field
Title: Ninja in the Killing Field
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The government seems powerless against the brutal activities of the ninjas and requests the help of the powerful task force of the American drug fighting organization. The US authorities send their best man on a high-explosive mission to eliminate the unscrupulous killer ninja clan and destroy their drug ring.
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Horror Holiday
Title: Horror Holiday
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Action film starring John Cheung as a traveler to Thailand who gets embroiled in a secret exchange of film. Along with a detective (Dorian Tan), he is eventually confronted by the thugs and dispatches them in various ways before heading back to Hong Kong. While in Thailand, his girlfriend (Sibelle Hu) is murdered and he picks up a new girl before leaving.
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The Kung Fu Emperor
Title: The Kung Fu Emperor
Character: Pai Tang Wa
Released: October 3, 1981
Type: Movie
Don't expect a long life if you are one of the emperor's fourteen sons! For instance, Ninth Prince meets an "accident" while hunting. The (unnamed) Manchu emperor is old and ill, and speculation about his successor is rife. But the powerful Lord Long, who is not a son of the emp, wants the throne as well. To stay alive, Fourth Prince keeps secret his kung fu lessons and plays the fool. Fourth Prince then leaves palace life to live among the poor. He befriends a ragged band on commoners and, eventually, returns to the palace to prevent Lord Long's rise to the throne after the last prince is killed.
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The Revenger
Title: The Revenger
Released: December 4, 1980
Type: Movie
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The Heroes
Title: The Heroes
Character: Si Ying
Released: October 23, 1980
Type: Movie
Former Shaolin man Marshal Kao takes his former classmates prisoner and, instead of executing them, proposes to his Qing commander that he torture them until they're willing to fight on behalf of the Qings. The 'torture' comes to look increasingly like strenuous kung fu training with Kao putting the prisoners through their paces. The Qing governor and his aides become suspicious of Kao's motives, although the beautiful Princess Shao Lung develops her own ideas about him.
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The Leg Fighters
Title: The Leg Fighters
Character: Tan Hai-chi
Released: June 4, 1980
Type: Movie
When Pan, a South China martial artist is defeated and killed by Tan, a North China challenger in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.
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The Eight Escorts
Title: The Eight Escorts
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
In Wuiyng County a violent jewel thief is harming the business of local merchants. As they nervously await the delivery of a shipment, they hire an experienced martial arts expert to protect it, who in turn hand-picks a team of seven other fighters to take on the thieves.
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Blooded Treasury Fight
Title: Blooded Treasury Fight
Character: Marshal Chow Kwan Han
Released: November 29, 1979
Type: Movie
Master thief Chow Kwan-hai is the only person who knows the location of a stash of valuable pearls. With the help of a mismatched gang of criminals, assassins and pickpockets, Chow leads a suicidal mission to the Bloody Mill to find the treasure and hopefully make it back alive.
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Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire
Title: Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire
Character: Escaped Convict #1
Released: July 11, 1979
Type: Movie
During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.
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Revenge of a Shaolin Master
Title: Revenge of a Shaolin Master
Character: Chan Hu Lin
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
When an innocent man is framed for a crime he did not commit by a government official desperate to assume complete power over his impoverished region, he must escape from his prison cell and expose the corrupt leader in this action-packed martial arts classic featuring fight choreography by Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon mastermind Yuen-Woo Ping. An important food shipment has been hijacked by a vicious band of thieves, and the man in charge of the transport (Lee Chan-Hu) has been framed for the crime and tortured in front of his family. Later escaping into the wilderness to meet up with his loyal followers, the wrongly accused man attempts to elude the nefarious politician's assassins long enough to expose his plan to the unsuspecting public.
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Hero of the Time
Title: Hero of the Time
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Hong Kong martial arts adventure.
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The Tattoo Connection
Title: The Tattoo Connection
Character: Dong Ho
Released: July 27, 1978
Type: Movie
When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart because his girlfriend wants him to leave his criminal organization.
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Showdown at the Cotton Mill
Title: Showdown at the Cotton Mill
Character: Kao Chin-Chung
Released: July 14, 1978
Type: Movie
The Wu Tang hire a formidable leg fighter Kao to fight the Saholin Loyalist Hu Hui Chien
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Challenge of Death
Title: Challenge of Death
Released: July 12, 1978
Type: Movie
Lee Tso Nam's Challenge of Death features students of two different schools of martial arts, Snake Fist and Dragon Fist, teaming up in order to stop a drug smuggler who fights with the dreaded Spider Claws.
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Dual Flying Kicks
Title: Dual Flying Kicks
Released: June 8, 1978
Type: Movie
A corrupt mayor of a town in Szechuan province allies himself with a group of bandits to gain control of the region by cutting off all supply routes to the town. Two police men both expert kickers are deployed to put an end to the mayors evil plot.
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Shaolin Invincibles
Title: Shaolin Invincibles
Character: Pai Tai Kung
Released: January 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Two sword-wielding sisters seek revenge against the villains who murdered their family. But these are no ordinary villains — they’re wizards with giant, elasticized tongues who use black magic to control... kung fu gorillas!
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Snake-Crane Secret
Title: Snake-Crane Secret
Character: Chief Escort
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Snake and Crane Secret is a fast paced martial arts action film about a familys battle for survival. A family tries to uphold their honor while keeping their Sacred Kung Fu book from getting into the wrong hands. A tale of deceit mistrust and traditional values unfolds along with spectacular fight sequences necessary to keep the Snake Crane Secret.
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The Boxer's Adventure
Title: The Boxer's Adventure
Character: Lee Tak Wai
Released: November 30, 1977
Type: Movie
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Duel with the Devils
Title: Duel with the Devils
Released: September 10, 1977
Type: Movie
As the daughter of the Chinese police chief, Angela secretly dresses up as a man to use her kung fu on Japanese troublemakers.
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Secret of the Shaolin Poles
Title: Secret of the Shaolin Poles
Character: Mai Chiu (as Delon Tam)
Released: April 28, 1977
Type: Movie
Legendary Chinese rebel Fong Sai Yuk (Fei Meng) takes on the Manchu dynasty in this high-octane martial arts actioner. After killing one of the governor's thugs, Fong must not only elude authorities, but also face a deadly assassin. Discovering the governor has murdered his two kung fu brothers, Fong vows to take on the corrupt leader. The film includes a slew of awe-inspiring battles using lethal Shaolin poles.
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Dynasty
Title: Dynasty
Character: Sao Chin Tan
Released: April 1, 1977
Type: Movie
In the last days of the Ming dynasty, a heroic martial artist battles the evil chief of the palace guard.
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General Stone
Title: General Stone
Character: Hsiao-erh / Chun Chao
Released: February 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Kung fu fans know well the legends of the 18 Bronze Men and the 108 Wooden Men of Shaolin, and in this fast-paced martial arts adventure, a whole new myth comes to the screen with the completely original tale of the 18 Stone Warriors. After the famous General Stone is stricken down in battle under mysterious circumstances, his talented son Flash Legs (Tan Tao Liang) vows to investigate the strange death and get to the truth of the matter.
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The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious
Title: The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious
Character: Capt. Lu Tung-cheung
Released: January 27, 1977
Type: Movie
The sleepy town of Black Stone erupts into martial turmoil when a counterfeiting ring run by the mysterious golden haired gorilla Mr. Lung comes under the scrutiny of an undercover agent Ching, a reformed assassin and expert of southern fist boxing.
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Shaolin Deadly Kicks
Title: Shaolin Deadly Kicks
Character: Fong Yee
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Eight thieves steal a treasure map and split it into eight pieces, vowing to regroup three years later. But they'll have to deal with a deadly-kicking cop.
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Story in the Temple Red Lily
Title: Story in the Temple Red Lily
Character: Siu Ching
Released: October 23, 1976
Type: Movie
When the emperor becomes ill and the Sung Dynasty is threatened by an evil baron, a patriotic officer named Ree (Chia Ling) is assigned to the imperial palace to protect the sacred temple from rebels. Prepare to be chopped and kicked as Ling displays some martial arts fireworks in this 1979 curiosity.
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The Knife of Devil's Roaring and Soul Missing
Title: The Knife of Devil's Roaring and Soul Missing
Released: September 30, 1976
Type: Movie
The movie is structured much like a murder mystery, albeit one that gives the viewer a fight scene every couple of minutes. There’s a murderer who goes by the moniker Devil Swordsman gallivanting around the countryside in an outfit that looks like a ninja cloak by way of a KKK robe who’s killing all of the major kung fu masters and clan leaders with a single swipe to the face. One of his first victims is the head of the White Dragon tribe, whose son, Shan, is played by Dorian Tan Tao-Liang. Shan naturally assumes the role of detective in order to avenge his father, since that’s what people do in these movies.
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Young Hero of Shaolin
Title: Young Hero of Shaolin
Released: July 16, 1976
Type: Movie
This film is about Fong Sai-yu going under cover as a servant in the villain's mansion. He is a famous fighter that fights for justice. While at the mansion he met the great Kow Lee played by Tao-Liang Tan also a great fighter that works there for the villain. He recognize Fong Sai-Yu right away and challenge him to a fight because he wanted to match his fighting skill with the famous fighter. At first Fong Sai-Yu declined but eventually agreed after the great Kow Lee threatens to reveal his identity. They met on top of a mountain where they fought to a draw and then became great friends. The great Kow Lee later help Fong Sai-Yu at the end of the film to defeat the villain who was very tough to beat.
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Hand of Death
Title: Hand of Death
Character: Yung Fei
Released: July 15, 1976
Type: Movie
A young monk must face the Extended Iron Claw technique of a powerful warlord seeking to destroy Shaolin.
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The Himalayan
Title: The Himalayan
Character: Hsu Chin Kang
Released: February 20, 1976
Type: Movie
The Tseng family is one of the most noble and respected clans in a small village in Tibet. The patriarch of the Tseng family wants to marry off his daughter Ching Lan into the Kao clan. However, the cunning and deceitful eldest brother Kao Chu only wants his younger sibling Kao I-Fan to marry Lan so he can gain access to the Tseng family's considerable wealth and power.
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Sunset in the Forbidden City
Title: Sunset in the Forbidden City
Released: December 12, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Conspiracy of Thieves
Title: The Conspiracy of Thieves
Released: January 9, 1975
Type: Movie
It's China early 20th century and the country thrives on illegal gambling. The Department of State Security is sending Captain Chang (Dorian Tan) under the guise of the son of the former owner to infiltrate a casino run by criminals. Awesome and fantastic kicking from the Legendary Flash Legs Tan.
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Tornado of Chu-chiang
Title: Tornado of Chu-chiang
Character: Tang
Released: June 20, 1974
Type: Movie
In the early days of the Chinese Republic era, dockworkers in Macau are being mistreated by their Chinese overseers. An accident reveals that the cargo is composed of guns and opium.
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The Hero of Chiu Chow
Title: The Hero of Chiu Chow
Character: Kuan Chiang-Chao
Released: December 29, 1972
Type: Movie
1973 kung fu movie