Tien Feng

Tien Feng

Born: June 3, 1928
Died: October 24, 2015
in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
Tien Feng (Chinese: 田豐, born Tien Yu-kun, 4 June 1928 – 22 October 2015) was a Chinese actor, who appeared in hundreds of films in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

He has acted with Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury (1972) and with Jackie Chan in Little Tiger of Canton (1971) The Young Master (1980) and Miracles (1989).

Movies for Tien Feng...

The Hand
Title: The Hand
Character: Master Jin
Released: April 15, 2018
Type: Movie
Hong Kong, 1960s. Zhang, a shy tailor's assistant, is riveted by his imperious client Miss Hua. Upon meeting her, she seduces him to make sure he will truly remember her when designing her garments. After this intimate first encounter, a rapport develops between the two. Entry is for the theatrically released extended version, not the segment from the Eros anthology.
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Eros
Title: Eros
Character: Master Jin
Released: December 3, 2004
Type: Movie
A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; and a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.
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The Passage
Title: The Passage
Released: October 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Passionate about life and art, young researcher Ching is in love with museum historian Tung-Heng, but he is absorbed in his work. Then Tao arrives in Taiwan to view an item of historical calligraphy, and they realize why he pursues calligraphy.
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Love of May
Title: Love of May
Character: Zhao Gengsheng
Released: July 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Ah Lei is the younger brother of Stone, a guitarist of Mayday. He is also the administrator of Mayday's fansite, in charge of replying to fan letters and emails. One day, he befriended a girl named Zhao Xuan through a chatroom. He told her that he's actually Ashin, the lead vocal of Mayday. She started writing letters to him, believing that he was Ashin. Finally, Xuan's peking opera group from school gets to leave Harbin and travel to Taiwan to perform. The two promised to meet in a library, but Ah Lei didn't have the courage to meet up with her. He decides to follow her around, but did not expect that she followed him back, and that she saw through his lies all along.
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Title: 布袋和尚
Released: August 8, 1998
Type: TV
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A Soul Haunted by Painting
Title: A Soul Haunted by Painting
Released: March 12, 1994
Type: Movie
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yu-liang leaves a brothel in a small Chinese town, to become the second wife of Mr. Pan. While Pan is away at the revolution in Yunnan, Yu-liang learns to paint and takes art classes at the Shanghai Art Institute, until it is closed for painting nudes. Because she cannot bear him a son, Yu-liang leaves Pan to his first wife, and studies art in Paris, where she wins an award for a nude self-portrait. She returns to join Pan in Nanking in the 1930's, and becomes a Professor until it is discovered that she came from a brothel. She returns to Paris to live the rest of her life there, and finally gains a major exhibition of her work.
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Green Snake
Title: Green Snake
Character: Spider Who Have Attained Human Form
Released: November 4, 1993
Type: Movie
A mischievous snake who assumes human form interferes with the romance between her reptilian sister and a hapless man.
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Title: Justice Bao
Character: 石国柱/顾清风/秦华/忘了和尚/孙文辉/叶青士/裴天澜/孟若虚
Released: March 23, 1993
Type: TV
Justice Bao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the Chinese official Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty. It was hugely popular in Greater China as well as many other countries in the Far East. The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes. The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology.
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Gun n' Rose
Title: Gun n' Rose
Character: Lung Yat-Fu
Released: June 5, 1992
Type: Movie
Mr Lung, the boss of a criminal family, decides that his adopted son Alan should be his successor. However, this decision doesn’t suit Mr Lung’s biological sons Simon and Bowie, so they intend to get rid of their adopted brother. Alan manages to escape death and flee; he is determined to start new peaceful life. But will he be able to escape his past?
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Sex and Zen
Title: Sex and Zen
Character: Master Iron Gate / Lord Iron Doors
Released: November 30, 1991
Type: Movie
A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse's. The scholar has a surgeon attach said unit, and he's off and running on his mission, only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle, such as jealous husbands and treacherous females.
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
Title: God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
Character: Mayor of Shanghai
Released: August 21, 1991
Type: Movie
While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.
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Casino Raiders II
Title: Casino Raiders II
Character: Mr. Chung
Released: June 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Chicken Feet assists in running an honorable gambling den owned by the crippled Uncle Fan and his son Kit. Having previously tried to shut down the gambling den and take over by paralyzing Fan and framing Kit for another man's murder, ruthless local Triad boss, James goes a step further by murdering Fan. Driven only by money and the pursuit of two valuable 'Jade stones', James kidnaps Kit's daughter so he will surrender gambling in order for James to win the upcoming Championship.
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Fantasy Romance
Title: Fantasy Romance
Character: Magic Man
Released: April 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Fans of Hong Kong pinup queen Joey Wang are likely to appreciate this ghost-themed seriocomic fantasy about a comic book artist named Shing (Tony Leung) who finds himself haunted by the ghostly Ching-ching (Wang).
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Don't Fool Me
Title: Don't Fool Me
Character: Yip Chi-Mei
Released: March 2, 1991
Type: Movie
A gangster and a broker change jobs.
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Song of the Exile
Title: Song of the Exile
Character: Hueyin's Grandfather
Released: April 27, 1990
Type: Movie
Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in London. Once she arrives back home, she and her family begins to fight, largely due to cultural and societal conflicts between her mother and herself.
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Sentenced to Hang
Title: Sentenced to Hang
Character: Wong Kam-Shek
Released: November 2, 1989
Type: Movie
After being fired by his penny-pinching boss, Wai and his two life-long friends decide to kidnap and ransom his son. The situation spirals out of control after the boy is accidentally killed as a result. Based on a true story.
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Whampoa Blues
Title: Whampoa Blues
Released: October 6, 1989
Type: Movie
Chung and Kin grow up together at Rennie Mill Area with quite different characters. They were admitted into the Whampoa Military Training School at Taiwan. On the way to School, Kin and Chung met with other schoolmates in a train - Cheng, Lin and Wu. The mischievous kin got into trouble with other schoolmates and was punished on the first day of their arrival. The Training Officer, Lam was so strike with his training programme that everyone suffered. Under the mutual care and help, everyone got promoted. However, Cheng was advised not to take part in the field practice for his feebleness. Cheng insisted on trying. At the field practice, Wu, Chung, Kin and Cheng incidentally discovered an ammunition smuggling, this led them to fatal attack.
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Triads: The Inside Story
Title: Triads: The Inside Story
Character: Uncle Kwan
Released: August 3, 1989
Type: Movie
Li Man-Ho comes to Hong Kong after his father's death following a double crossed peace meeting at the hands of a rival gang. The family's business begins to crumble as rival organizations stir violence and trouble in acknowledgment of this weakness. Li Man-Ho reluctantly agrees after pressure from other members to temporarily act as leader in order to restore stability and order. But he is soon faced with violence, betrayal and confusion, in this world he tried so long to avoid.
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Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Title: Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Character: Ku Hsin-Chuan
Released: June 15, 1989
Type: Movie
A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
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The Kung Fu Kids III
Title: The Kung Fu Kids III
Released: July 16, 1988
Type: Movie
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The Revenge Ghost of the Tree
Title: The Revenge Ghost of the Tree
Released: January 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Taiwanese horror film.
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Official Exterminator 4: Goddess Mission
Title: Official Exterminator 4: Goddess Mission
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Description not available
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A Better Tomorrow
Title: A Better Tomorrow
Character: Mr. Sung
Released: August 2, 1986
Type: Movie
A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
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The Sunset in Geneva
Title: The Sunset in Geneva
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Taiwanese film
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The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Title: The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Character: Hou Fen Ming
Released: August 3, 1985
Type: Movie
An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
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Esprit D'amour
Title: Esprit D'amour
Character: Dr. Han
Released: December 15, 1983
Type: Movie
A young woman has a tragic accident, slipping on a skateboard and falling off the roof of a tall building. Koo Chi Ming, an insurance investigator, is sent to determine whether the girl's death is an accident or a suicide and he recognizes the young woman from an earlier chance encounter.
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All the King's Men
Title: All the King's Men
Character: Emperor Chai Rong
Released: October 19, 1983
Type: Movie
It's the 10th century BC, the emperor is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse.
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A Fist Full of Talons
Title: A Fist Full of Talons
Character: Ching I Ming's father
Released: April 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Qing I-ming springs into action to help his friend, who runs into danger while trying to deliver important government documents.
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The Pier
Title: The Pier
Released: March 11, 1983
Type: Movie
An action comedy starring Leung Kar-Yan, Norman Chu and Phillip Ko Fei.
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Ninja In The Dragon's Den
Title: Ninja In The Dragon's Den
Released: June 23, 1982
Type: Movie
A Japanese master of ninjutsu and a Chinese expert in kung fu, put their differences aside after their master is killed by a mortal enemy.
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Pink Thief
Title: Pink Thief
Character: Hao / Eagle Gang Boss
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: Movie
A group of young people are helped to illegally immigrate from China to Hong Kong by a local gang, but when they arrive they are immediately abused by the gang and paid little for the tasks they are given. Struggling to survive, the group turn to petty crime to make ends meet. When one of the group accidentally picks the pocket of a chief detective, he decides to use the group of desperate immigrants to help him infiltrate their gang.
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Dragon Lord
Title: Dragon Lord
Character: Mr. Ho
Released: January 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
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The Story of a Mad Woman
Title: The Story of a Mad Woman
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Taiwanese drama film.
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The Phantom Killer
Title: The Phantom Killer
Character: Mr. Tung
Released: April 2, 1981
Type: Movie
Talented, young and handsome, Siu is a hero to the town folks and idol of the girls. Still, he has an avowed enemy, bad man Kam. Lately, several girls are murdered immediately after they met Siu. Sheriff Chiu is unable to find a lead but decides to trail Siu. Siu calls on his long time girlfriend Sien Sien but find her grieved by her sister's disappearance. Something untold does happen to Siu as he walks into an ambush set up by Kam. Chiu rushes to Siu's rescue and incidentally finds blood coming out from a porcelain statue. The statue turns out to be an enameled corpse...
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Black Eagle's Blade
Title: Black Eagle's Blade
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Taiwan sword fighter Roc Tien leads the charge and leaves a trail of blood and guts in his path with the famous Black Eagle's Blade. Action so violent it is banned in many countries! Joining Roc are Shaw Brothers superstars Chi Kwan Chun (Drunk Monkey) and Philip Ko Fei (Tiger Over Wall) as master bladesmen. One of the best swordplay films ever made! No wimpy action here!
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The Dark Lady of Kung Fu
Title: The Dark Lady of Kung Fu
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Tien Wu Ying is second to none, deadly and cunning. Meanwhile, she is impossible to catch. Her powers and abilities are untouchable! Scene after scene of Dark Lady of Kung Fu so she escapes an attempt after another. Although the mystical and unchallenged, sneaks Tien Wu Ying's way into the middle of a plan to overthrow the government. Here she helps those trying to stop the revolution.
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The Sword
Title: The Sword
Character: Hua Qian Shu
Released: August 14, 1980
Type: Movie
Swordsman Li Mak-Jan is on a quest to find a powerful sword previously owned by a master. His mission is in jeopardy when he learns that his twin and old girlfriend's partner are after it as well.
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Title: On The Waterfront
Released: March 24, 1980
Type: TV
Gao Tianyuan and his wife Zhuo Feng'er live in seclusion in the Tian Shan mountains due to his father's dismissal from officialdom. They go down the mountain to reunite with his father but he is suddenly killed, and Feng'er defects to Tianzheng Sect's leader, Ren Wo weihuai. Devastated, Tianyuan starts a new life under a false identity until he meets Sikong Aoshi and becomes involved in the martial world again. He decides to seek revenge for his father's death and becomes an official, but his impatience leads to a dangerous mistake. Later, he discovers that the real culprit wants to rebel and dominate the martial world, and he teams up with Aoshi to eliminate the threat.
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Absolute Monarch
Title: Absolute Monarch
Character: Luk
Released: March 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Hong Kong Movie
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The Young Master
Title: The Young Master
Character: Master Tien
Released: February 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
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The Saviour
Title: The Saviour
Character: Kwok Sing Fung
Released: January 8, 1980
Type: Movie
Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering prostitutes. With the help of a young prostitute, they follow the bloody trail to...
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Legend of the Mountain
Title: Legend of the Mountain
Character: Old Chang
Released: October 4, 1979
Type: Movie
A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
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Title: Dragon Strikes
Released: September 10, 1979
Type: TV
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Raining in the Mountain
Title: Raining in the Mountain
Character: General Wang Chi
Released: July 11, 1979
Type: Movie
In Ming Dynasty China, the abbot of the San Pao Buddhist monastery must choose a successor. Among the high dignitaries invited, there are some who are after the priceless parchment kept in the temple: the Mahayana Sutras.
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The Kung Fu Kid
Title: The Kung Fu Kid
Released: January 7, 1977
Type: Movie
The Kung Fu Kid is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Chan Wai Man and Eric Tsang
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Golden Nun
Title: Golden Nun
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
This one has ghosts, hoppers and magic shennannigans!
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Adventure of Shaolin
Title: Adventure of Shaolin
Character: Innkeeper
Released: December 18, 1976
Type: Movie
Shaolin and Wu Tang join forces to combat the evil White-Haired Priest using the five elements of kung fu. From this emerges what will become the style known as Tai Chi Chuan from its founder, Chang Shen Fong. See real training, such as the hall of wooden men. Witness the united strength of the Shaolin Monks as they help Chang Shen Fong against White-Haired Priest. See the Three Snake Fists, Black Palm Poison, and other styles for the first time! Jewels from the Wu.
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Shantung Man in Hong Kong
Title: Shantung Man in Hong Kong
Released: November 13, 1975
Type: Movie
When Shan Tung comes to Hong Kong for the first time, wanting to seek help from his countryman Lo San, however, Lo San refuses to give him a hand. Shan Tung has no choice but to sell amphetamine in the street for living. A honest guy like him with pronunciation problem often causes embarrassing situations. He is laughed at by others because of his queer ideas. In later days, he makes a lot of friends because he never hesitate to do what is righteous. Therefore he has a better life than before.....
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The Double Double Cross
Title: The Double Double Cross
Released: October 16, 1975
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wang Wu plays an outsider caught between two gangs.
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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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The Martyrs
Title: The Martyrs
Released: July 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Patriot warriors battle the Manchu invaders hoping to one day restore the Ming.
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A Haunted House
Title: A Haunted House
Released: January 23, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Golden Triangle
Title: The Golden Triangle
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A Thai army undercover drug agent infiltrates an opium ring in the Golden triangle, but falls in love with the woman ring leader.
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The Phantom Lute
Title: The Phantom Lute
Character: General Chao
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Chia Ling aka Judy Lee (SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES, QUEEN BOXER) stars as a woman summoned by a retired general to sing and play the lute for him, but as she performs, he attempts to assault her and in the process murders her. The general and his assistant throw her body and lute into a fire, but Master Ku, a scholar who was watching her father, finds the burnt shell of the lute which now contains her ghost. Together they will now try and bring the general and his henchmen to justice.
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Naughty! Naughty!
Title: Naughty! Naughty!
Character: Auntie Six's tenant
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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The Snake Girl Drops In
Title: The Snake Girl Drops In
Character: Big boss
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A young snake girl is kidnapped by raiders in the jungle. The local Gang Boss wants to torture her but his jailer will help her to escape.
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The Fate of Lee Khan
Title: The Fate of Lee Khan
Character: Lee Khan
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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Spring in Pattaya
Title: Spring in Pattaya
Character: Hu Te-Piao
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
Handsome and young, Shih Hsing flew to Bangkok with his close friend Ping Ho with the hope to find his father who was a rich merchant. However, he found that his father died for a long time owing to business failure. Shih wandered in the street and met Liu Kun, who was as poor. The three poor fellows had great hopes that one day fortune would knock on their door. Rich merchant Chen Chi-ching came Bangkok for sight-seeing. Local businessman Hu Te-piao tried hard to get him invest on entertainment business. Chen hated being disturbed, he found Shih look like himself and asked Shih to impersonate him to meet Hu. Shih was pleased to do so as the pay was high. The three had a good time, they find girls and enjoying it very much.
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The Flying Tiger
Title: The Flying Tiger
Released: August 16, 1973
Type: Movie
A jobless university graduate joins a Hell's Angels motorcycle gang to discover that they are in fact controlled by a narcotic smuggler.
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Win Them All
Title: Win Them All
Character: Boss Chen
Released: June 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Filial daughter seeks revenge on father's killer. She must associate with dishonest people to finance her mission.
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The Awaken Punch
Title: The Awaken Punch
Character: Mr. Wong
Released: May 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A man takes on a gang that has been terrorizing a small village.
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Seaman No. 7
Title: Seaman No. 7
Character: Uncle Tien
Released: April 20, 1973
Type: Movie
When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by hiding himself in a freighter heading for Japan only to find himself in the middle of a massive drug war.
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The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
Title: The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
Character: Lung's Foster Father
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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Back Alley Princess
Title: Back Alley Princess
Character: Teacher Chiang
Released: February 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised and car breaks down. Polly Kuan (who portrays a man for the entire film) lies, cheats, and steals to come up with the cash that everyone needs. Things get more serious when triad thugs kidnap the daughter of the family, and sell her to a triad boss, killing Carter Wong in the process.
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A Man Called Tiger
Title: A Man Called Tiger
Character: Yamamoto
Released: February 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his expertise in martial arts, he gets himself hired by the gangsters who he suspects are responsible for his father's death.
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The Kung Fu Brothers
Title: The Kung Fu Brothers
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Two half-brothers are reunited after a long break, only to perpetuate an old feud over their desire for the same woman.
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Devil and Angel
Title: Devil and Angel
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Stranger in Hong Kong
Title: Stranger in Hong Kong
Character: Li Szu
Released: October 27, 1972
Type: Movie
A computer engineer working for an insurance company stops over in Hong Kong on his way to a conference. He gets tricked into breaking into a bank.
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The Invasion
Title: The Invasion
Released: August 9, 1972
Type: Movie
The 1972 Invasion was directed by Sung Chia Wen and stars Charlie Chin, Tien Feng, Tony Liu Jun Guk, and Eddie Ko.
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The 14 Amazons
Title: The 14 Amazons
Character: King Wang Wen of West Hsia
Released: July 27, 1972
Type: Movie
The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war General Yang is ambushed and killed. His widow and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country.
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Filial Son
Title: Filial Son
Released: July 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Top star, Chang Yi plays a swordsman, who is out to avenge his father and uncle. The story starts with a lecherous young master who wants to rape the daughter of Chang Yi's uncle. When they resist, the young master and his goons kill the uncle. Chang Yi appears and kills the young master and his goons. The young master's father goes to Chang Yi's home to take revenge and kills his father in the process
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Five Fingers of Death
Title: Five Fingers of Death
Character: Master Meng Tung-Shan
Released: April 28, 1972
Type: Movie
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.
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Crimes Are To Be Paid
Title: Crimes Are To Be Paid
Released: April 13, 1972
Type: Movie
A young innocent woman is raped by a gang of five men. Years later the young woman has matured into a sophisticated lady and singer. The five guys have gone their separate ways, however one by one, she finds them and sets about her revenge.
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Fist of Fury
Title: Fist of Fury
Character: Fan
Released: March 22, 1972
Type: Movie
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
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The Black Enforcer
Title: The Black Enforcer
Character: Kuan Yun-Fei
Released: January 28, 1972
Type: Movie
Lawman Gong Tianlong captures vicious thief and murderer Guan Yunfei but an ambush by hired men sees the thief set free and Tianlong's whole family murdered. Left to die himself but rescued by Ling Tzu, Yunfei's son frames Tianlong's and throws him away to rot in jail. All while Yunfei betrays an accomplice of his but ends up blind in the ensuing fight. Cut to 15 years later with Tianlong desiring revenge, Yunfei has developed into a skilled, blind swordsman and into the two's rivalry enters innocent family...
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The Oath of Death
Title: The Oath of Death
Character: Ma Qing Ting
Released: December 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Three Sung loyalists decide to become blood brothers to fight the tyranny of the Tartar invaders. They build a stronghold and christen it 'The Flying Dragon Fortress' up in the hills. Gathering together a devoted army of followers, the three brothers wage war against the Tartar defense. Desiring to oust the oppressors altogether, Ma Ching plans to coerce an ally, Hong Zhang Chung to release the kidnapped Tartar princess in what initially seems a strategic and civil effort to gain points with the court. Not long after, it soon becomes apparent Ma desires both a great position and power and is willing to sacrifice anything and anyone to get it.
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Sunset
Title: Sunset
Character: Kang's father
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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Vengeance of a Snow Girl
Title: Vengeance of a Snow Girl
Character: Lord Kao Hung
Released: October 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Sworn-brothers expert martial artists are the targets of a mysterious killer, which seems to bear a grudge against them for what happened several years ago.
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The Shadow Whip
Title: The Shadow Whip
Character: Fang Chengtian, Shadow Whip
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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My Son
Title: My Son
Character: Detective Yang
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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Brothers Five
Title: Brothers Five
Character: Lung Chen-feng
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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The Winged Tiger
Title: The Winged Tiger
Character: Master Yin
Released: February 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Famed screenwriter Shen Chiang got one of his very first chances to direct his own script with this exciting action adventure. His story is suitably thrilling: if villains "Winged Tiger" Teng Fei and "Underworld King" Yin Te-lung combine their kung-fu knowledge, the "Martial Arts World" will be plunged into chaos. That evil union is set to occur at the marriage of Yin's sister to Teng. Can this dangerous duo be stopped before one says "I do"?
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Torrent of Desire
Title: Torrent of Desire
Character: Mr Lin
Released: November 6, 1969
Type: Movie
David (Qiao Zhuang) and Mona (Yu Qian) are a spoiled brother-and-sister duo who carelessly use the family fortune to while away their time. David's friend Hanming (Yang Fan) introduces him to the lovely Danfeng (Jenny Wu), and despite Hanming's quiet infatuation with her, David moves in quickly. David and Danfeng get married, but lasting bliss is not in the cards. Mona develops a serious case of jealousy against Danfeng for snatching her brother AND being the object of Hanming's affection. Her barbed tongue and feminine wiles prove powerful enough to sow seeds of discord among the quartet of friends and lovers. Can this wicked web of love, lust and jealousy end happily for anyone?
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Raw Courage
Title: Raw Courage
Character: Yancang
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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Twelve Deadly Coins
Title: Twelve Deadly Coins
Character: Chief Yu Jian Ping
Released: March 13, 1969
Type: Movie
An escort team was on a perilous journey to transport some gold taels. When they fell into the ambush set up by a gang of thieves and their gold shipment was robbed, a formidable student of the escort agency set off to the bandits’ hideout to retrieve the goods…
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Title: Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Furtive King Ling Xu
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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Killers Five
Title: Killers Five
Character: Yue's teacher
Released: February 14, 1969
Type: Movie
A group of evil bandits are terrorizing the land from their invincible mountain castle. The high commanding official decides to put a stop to this and commands one of his officers to gather a group of Kung Fu masters to put an end to the terror. But everything is not that simple and straight-forward, as we quite soon learn when the plot thickens.
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Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Title: Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Character: Mai's friend
Released: December 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw Bros. romantic comedy.
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The Sword of Swords
Title: The Sword of Swords
Character: Fang Shishiung
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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The Magnificent Swordsman
Title: The Magnificent Swordsman
Character: Lei the "Golden Snake Whip"
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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The Silver Fox
Title: The Silver Fox
Character: Hsia Wu
Released: March 13, 1968
Type: Movie
The Silver Fox is a throwback, the last of its kind where the heroic swordsmen are women. Lily Ho (before she became one of Shaw Brothers' great erotica actresses) portrays the feared swordswoman Silver Fox, who as a child saw her father senselessly wounded and her mother raped. It's 18 years later and it's payback time.
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Black Butterfly
Title: Black Butterfly
Character: Gold Sword Kwan Yee
Released: March 6, 1968
Type: Movie
Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Trouble starts when a bandit gang, who the Black Butterfly has robbed, come to town looking for them. Eventually, the Black Butterfly and their new allies, will have to confront the bandit gang at their fortress.
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Gun Brothers
Title: Gun Brothers
Character: Inspector Ma Tak Li
Released: February 21, 1968
Type: Movie
Welcome the "Bandit with a Thousand Faces" to the ranks of the great screen "outlaw heroes". Like Zorro, he uses a secret identity as a playboy to foil tyrannical Shan Yung county authorities. Bringing this swashbuckling adventure to the screen is a cast and crew fairly bursting with talent - including directors who were also popular actors and writers, and an actor (Ling Yun) - playing the lead dual role of twin brothers - who was also the director/ writer of some of the greatest martial art epics ever made!
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The Assassin
Title: The Assassin
Character: Official Yen Chung Tzu
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 Mirror and the Lichee
Title: The Mirror and the Lichee
Character: Master Lu
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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Rape of the Sword
Title: Rape of the Sword
Character: General Zhong Ki
Released: November 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Experienced heroine Li Li-Hua plays a swordswoman out to reclaim her murdered husband's "Green Sword," the sharpest blade in the world. The lovely Li Ching plays the role of Li Li-hua's student, who must take up the fight when her teacher falters.
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My Dream Boat
Title: My Dream Boat
Character: Chiu Tai Shan
Released: September 27, 1967
Type: Movie
The film tells a complicated love story. Carmen with Ke, Xiang Yi and Jiyuan. They start as a friend, but somehow a love triangle occur, and the outcome is very tragic.
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Operation Lipstick
Title: Operation Lipstick
Character: Manager Lei
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: Director Hu
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 Silent Swordsman
Title: The Silent Swordsman
Character: Master Wu Hao Ren
Released: September 13, 1967
Type: Movie
A young swordsman is tasked to lead a patriotic secret society to fight a traitorous general who conspired with the enemy to invade their country. In due course, he meets two pretty sisters from a rural tribe and is caught between the affections of the two girls...
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The One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Qi Ru-Feng
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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The Thundering Sword
Title: The Thundering Sword
Character: Priest of Yuan Mountain School
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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Four Sisters
Title: Four Sisters
Character: Grandfather Ma
Released: May 5, 1967
Type: Movie
Mandarin-era Hong Kong film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
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Black Falcon
Title: Black Falcon
Character: Wu Zhang Feng
Released: May 3, 1967
Type: Movie
Zhang Shijie is an international spy, like James Bond, and has to seduce Julie Tan, the daughter of an organization’s leader in order to find their headquarters.
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The Trail of the Broken Blade
Title: The Trail of the Broken Blade
Character: Chief Tu Qian Qiu
Released: March 4, 1967
Type: Movie
Chivalrous swordsman Jun-zhao goes in search of a fugitive named Li Yueh in order to reunite him with his love, Liu Xian. Though the two men meet and become loyal brothers, Li does not reveal his true identity until Jun-zhao's life is endangered by swordsmen from Flying Fish Island who are looking for revenge.
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Madam Slender Plum
Title: Madam Slender Plum
Character: Police Inspector
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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That Man in Chang-An
Title: That Man in Chang-An
Character: King Dai / Liu Heng
Released: February 18, 1967
Type: Movie
A romantic Han Dynasty adventure epic of a dying Emperor, an Evil Queen, a beautiful Princess, a dastardly royal nephew, and a masked hero, with plots and counterplots galore, complete with cliffhangers and last-second rescues.
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Hong Kong Nocturne
Title: Hong Kong Nocturne
Character: Yen Fang
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: Gao Bao-Shi
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 Blue and the Black 2
Title: The Blue and the Black 2
Character: Adjuntant Cao
Released: July 20, 1966
Type: Movie
Part two of the wartime love story
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The Blue and the Black
Title: The Blue and the Black
Character: Adjutant Cao
Released: June 29, 1966
Type: Movie
It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
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The Twin Swords
Title: The Twin Swords
Character: Dragon Gan
Released: December 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends Wu to go for reinforcements while she stays to fight the kidnappers. Fortunately, the mysterious Scarlet Maid is surreptitiously helping her.
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Inside the Forbidden City
Title: Inside the Forbidden City
Character: Prime Minister
Released: October 16, 1965
Type: Movie
It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?
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Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Title: Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
Character: Shirley's father
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers comedy.
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Vermilion Door
Title: Vermilion Door
Character: Uncle Shang
Released: August 26, 1965
Type: Movie
The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.
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The Lark
Title: The Lark
Character: Liu's newspaper manager
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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The Lotus Lamp
Title: The Lotus Lamp
Character: God Erh Lang / Three Eyes God
Released: July 7, 1965
Type: Movie
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her.
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Pink Tears
Title: Pink Tears
Character: Fan Shi Ren
Released: May 27, 1965
Type: Movie
The socialite Pai Li-Lan's life is disrupted when she contracts tuberculosis.
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The Grand Substitution
Title: The Grand Substitution
Character: Ju Yi
Released: April 14, 1965
Type: Movie
With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of China, while the diabolical Tu wishes to grind the people beneath an iron heel. Tu decides to take out Chiu's family, but one lone infant escapes.
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Sons of the Good Earth
Title: Sons of the Good Earth
Character: Tien Te Kuei
Released: March 19, 1965
Type: Movie
The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry at a local brothel.
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The Butterfly Chalice
Title: The Butterfly Chalice
Character: Hu Yen
Released: March 10, 1965
Type: Movie
The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials. Trying to use the waterway to shake off his enemies, Yu Quan finds a true friend in the old fisherman's bark-stearing daughter, Hu Feng Lian (Ting Hung) who becomes his loyal accomplice. As symbol for his gratitude, Yu Quan bestows Feng Lian with a Butterfly Chalice to reflect their eternal friendship bond...
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Temple of the Red Lotus
Title: Temple of the Red Lotus
Character: Dragon Jin
Released: January 10, 1965
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was promised as his bride. When he gets there, he finds that the family of the bride might not be an entirely honest bunch of people though. What is the story behind their feud with the monks at the Temple Of The Red Lotus, for a start?
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The Warlord and the Actress
Title: The Warlord and the Actress
Character: Deputy Ding
Released: December 22, 1964
Type: Movie
A member of the Red Peony troupe, singer Tang Pei Hua (Yeh Feng) is renowned for her beautiful voice and appearances. Her beauty, however, invites the unwanted attentions of cruel and lecherous warlord Cao Lin (Zeng Mei). In order to escape Cao's grasp, Tang and her lover Lin Ke Qiang (Chin Han) decide to run away to the south where they can live freely. But their plan is uncovered by Cao, and Lin gets captured. In order to save Lin, Tang must sacrifice herself and entertain Japanese guests at a banquet, throwing herself into danger's way.
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The Crimson Palm
Title: The Crimson Palm
Character: Pao Hsing
Released: October 28, 1964
Type: Movie
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?
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The Story of Sue San
Title: The Story of Sue San
Character: Minister Liu Ping-Yi
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 Last Woman of Shang
Title: The Last Woman of Shang
Character: Marquis Su Hu
Released: September 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Admist a rebellion during the Shang Dynasty in ancient China, a nurse flees the palace with a young prince. As an adult, he convinces the daughter of the usurper to betray her father and to assist in restoring him as the rightful monarch.
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Between Tears and Smiles
Title: Between Tears and Smiles
Character: Deputy Ting
Released: January 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.
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The Adulteress
Title: The Adulteress
Character: [Scenes cut]
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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Return of the Phoenix
Title: Return of the Phoenix
Character: Commander Hong
Released: July 24, 1963
Type: Movie
Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quandary. He's getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh-yeh (Elizabeth Chuang) is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh-wu (Li Hsiang-chun) is beautiful but Mrs Cheng refuses to let her marry before her elder sister. The drama unfolds when Cheng decides to marry Shueh-wu off.
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The Second Spring
Title: The Second Spring
Released: February 28, 1963
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers drama.
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To Catch a Murderer
Title: To Catch a Murderer
Released: January 10, 1963
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers crime film starring Paul Chang Chung and Pat Ting Hung.
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The Mid-Nightmare
Title: The Mid-Nightmare
Released: December 20, 1962
Type: Movie
Essentially an adaptation of Gaston Leroux's classic The Phantom of the Opera, Mid-Nightmare is set in a Huangmei diao teahouse theatre, which an embittered and horribly disfigured ex-performer ‘haunts', looking to extract revenge on his enemies and falling in love with a talented and beautiful, but ultimately unattainable, ingénue.
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
Title: The Dream of the Red Chamber
Character: Gate keeper #2
Released: August 2, 1962
Type: Movie
The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The sprawling love story has proven a challenge to many filmmakers, but this version is acclaimed as the most successful. A sumptuous feature which took three years of planning and another for production, it was a hugely popular and critical hit which still stands out as a classic of both 18th century literature and 1960s moviemaking.
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The Magnificent Concubine
Title: The Magnificent Concubine
Character: Captain
Released: May 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).
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Hong Kong Hot Harbor
Title: Hong Kong Hot Harbor
Released: May 22, 1962
Type: Movie
German journalist Peter Holberg arrives in Hong Kong and, by accident, he is carrying a microfilm that was destined to local gang lord, Marek. Peter is helped by another German journalist, Joan Kent, and falls in love with a night-club dancer, Colette. Colette is actually working for Marek, but betrays the gang for love - at the ultimate cost to her. The HK Police will intervene just in time to prevent Peter from further losses.
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The Bride Napping
Title: The Bride Napping
Character: Tiger General Li Chung
Released: March 13, 1962
Type: Movie
The ethereal Lok Dai plays a pivotal role in the 1962 Shaw Brothers screwball costume comedy The Bride Napping. Based on a chapter of author Shi Naian's The Water Margin (AKA: Outlaws of the Marsh), the action kicks off when Liu Yuen Ying (Ding Nung) is "bride-napped" by a bandit who's out to make her his wife! The bandit's sympathetic sister returns Ying, but that's only the beginning of the mistaken identities, social satires, and cross-dressing confusion as Ying's disappearance and return wreaks havoc with the locals! A delightful costume comedy that combines screwball antics, musical interludes, and even a little action, The Bride Napping is a fun and entertaining way to catch the legendary Lok Dai at her most beautiful and charming!
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Conscience and Guilt
Title: Conscience and Guilt
Released: August 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Conscience and Guilt
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The Alishan Uprising
Title: The Alishan Uprising
Released: February 16, 1950
Type: Movie
In May of 1949, director Zhang Ying and screenwriter Zhang Che took people to Taiwan to shoot a film that reflected Taiwan's Gaoshan tribe. Unexpectedly, when it was completed, it coincided with the war between the KMT and the Communist Party in Shanghai. Later, the Kuomintang government completely withdrew from Shanghai to Taiwan, and the film crew stayed in Taiwan. The film was also premiered in Taiwan, becoming the first feature film in Taiwanese film history. The episode "High Mountain Green" was widely sung that year and became a classic in film music.