Lau Kar-Wing

Lau Kar-Wing

Born: January 1, 1944
in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
Lau Kar Wing ((simplified Chinese: 刘家荣; traditional Chinese: 劉家榮; pinyin: Liú Jiārong, Liu Jiayung; born 1944) is a Hong Kong martial arts film director, action choreographer and actor. Was a member of the Sammo Hung Stuntmen's Association.

Movies for Lau Kar-Wing...

Kung Fu Stuntmen
Title: Kung Fu Stuntmen
Released: August 28, 2021
Type: Movie
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.
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Fight the Fight
Title: Fight the Fight
Character: Master Liu
Released: March 31, 2011
Type: Movie
Having taken his father's advice, one man decides to return home in pursuit of a fresh start. While training at his father's martial arts school, he learns that his father has given consent to sell the school to a rival martial arts school.
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Ultimate Fight
Title: Ultimate Fight
Released: November 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Die-hard kung fu fan Kit becomes a student of Hei, a once-famous kung fu master whose former student Lung is the winner of the last Ultimate Fight competition. When Kit discovers that Lung has betrayed Hei, he enters the next Ultimate Fight tournament.
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Anna in Kungfu-land
Title: Anna in Kungfu-land
Character: Master Wisdom
Released: December 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Miriam Yeung plays a half-Chinese who represents her father (a Shaolin monk who defected to Japan after falling in love with a Japanese) at a martial arts tournament. What she really wants is to experience first love (with Ekin Cheng, a marketing executive) and become a movie star. Both which are fulfilled in her stay in Hong Kong.
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Drunken Monkey
Title: Drunken Monkey
Released: May 19, 2003
Type: Movie
China, the early 1930's: martial arts master Wen Biao discovers that his brother has been using their security company for illegal activities. A confrontation between the brothers leaves Web Biao missing and presumed dead.
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Fist Power
Title: Fist Power
Character: Brian's father
Released: January 21, 2000
Type: Movie
Cheuk is a mainland security officer who's thrown into a race against the clock when he discovers a man is holding an entire school hostage in exchange for his adopted son, so it's up to Cheuk to use his formidable martial arts skills to retrieve the boy and bring him back before the man decides to kill everyone.
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Title: A Measure of Love
Released: January 19, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Weapons of Power
Released: July 7, 1997
Type: TV
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Once Upon a Time in China and America
Title: Once Upon a Time in China and America
Character: Lion Dance Drummer (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1997
Type: Movie
So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.
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Wong Fei Hung Series : The Suspicious Temple
Title: Wong Fei Hung Series : The Suspicious Temple
Released: January 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Shaolin Temple, not only was the sacred place amongst the monks, but also regarded as the Chinese martial arts origin. Why did it become the battlefield of a fierce duel? After knowing that the head monk of Shaolin, Hung Chi was seriously ill, Wong Fei Hung together with his disciples Club Foot and Chu Yuk Wing went to Shaolin immediately. Out of his expectation, Chi refused to see him and the monks always embarrassed them during the visit. Even worse, Club Foot was imprisoned in the Labour Camp of the Temple without any reason. Facing all these strange things, ominous feeling bred from Hung's heart. In the meanwhile, Hung accidentally met Hung Wan, the one with a high social prestige in Shaolin. Wan then told him everything. The disclosure of the scandal inevitably angered the culprit who in turn sweared to eliminate Hung at all costs. On the blink of war, the buried page of Shaolin secret history was no longer be sealed.
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Don't Give a Damn
Title: Don't Give a Damn
Character: Statement Policeman
Released: February 17, 1995
Type: Movie
Sammo Hung plays a cop on the trail of drug dealers. Customs officer Yuen Biao is investigating the same gang. Sammo's new partner is eager-beaver Takeshi Kaneshiro. Despite each having their own ideas on how best to proceed, they are teamed together and must put aside their differences in order to crack the case. Romance, plot twists, comedic asides, and, of course, plenty of fights bring the film to a climatic and bruising conclusion
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Title: Wong Fei Hung Series
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: TV
The Wong Fei Hung Series is a 1996 Hong Kong television series of five stories about the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung. The series was produced by Tsui Hark and starred Vincent Zhao, Maggie Shiu, Max Mok, Lau Shun, Kent Cheng, Hung Yan-yan, Power Chan and Cheung Chun-hung in the leading roles.
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Innocent Killer
Title: Innocent Killer
Released: October 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Directed by Lau Kar-Wing
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No Regret, No Return
Title: No Regret, No Return
Character: Inspector Lam
Released: October 20, 1993
Type: Movie
In a plot of pre-adolescent scope, investigative reporter Sylvia Cheng (Vivian Chow) jumps on the trail of a mysterious young hit-man hired by an evil politico. It's hard to imagine ultra-fem Vivian Chow painting her nails without wincing, much less tailing ruthless killers.
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Shanghai Heroic Story
Title: Shanghai Heroic Story
Released: December 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Through much blood, sweat and tears, a young man rises to the top of Shanghai's secret society, but his moment of glory is brief compared to what he has endured.
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Rich Man
Title: Rich Man
Released: October 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A triad gangster is sent to prison and there he meets a millionaire who takes him under his wing. When back out he is showered with wealth. There is one problem--he doesn't fit in with his old friends nor his new rich acquaintances.
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Twin Dragons
Title: Twin Dragons
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two inevitably get mistaken for each other.
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Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
Title: Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
Character: Wing
Released: June 28, 1990
Type: Movie
King-sized martial arts hero Sammo Hung stars in this wild and wacky blend of action and comedy. Skinny (Karl Maka) and Fatty (Sammo Hung) are a pair of police detectives who soon find themselves on the outs with their boss when they accidentally make a mess of his wedding while chasing Tak, a big league drug trafficker. Skinny and Fatty are forced to leave their jobs, but while on holiday in Singapore, they forget their troubles when they both find love with beautiful women. However, Tak is convinced the former cops are still a threat, and when he abducts their girlfriends, Skinny and Fatty swing into action to rescue them.
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Just Heroes
Title: Just Heroes
Character: Driver
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.
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Carry on Yakuza
Title: Carry on Yakuza
Character: Master
Released: May 11, 1989
Type: Movie
Michael Chan plays Charlie Chan, a boxer who goes to Japan to take on a local hotshot in the ring. A gang of yakuzas pressure him to take a dive, but Charlie beats his opponent senseless instead, resulting in a life-or-death chase in which Charlie and his coach try to escape from the angry gangsters. They are spared by the yakuza boss Yakoda, and their eagerness to impress him leads them to pretend that they are the leaders of an influential triad organization known as the Marlboro Gang. That gang doesn't really exist, and their ruse only leads them to further endangerment after Yakoda is murdered by one of his employees. Yakoda's widow sends their daughter (who speaks Cantonese) to Hong Kong so that she won't be next on the hit list, and Charlie -- still pretending to be a powerful triad gangster -- agrees to protect her. He and his friends must save the girl from assassination attempts and kidnapping along the way, as well as coming to the rescue of Yakoda's widow.
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Kickboxer
Title: Kickboxer
Character: Freddy Li's Guard (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1989
Type: Movie
If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.
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Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
Title: Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit
Released: January 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers.
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Return of the Lucky Stars
Title: Return of the Lucky Stars
Released: December 24, 1988
Type: Movie
Hong Kong Police Supt. Walter Tso arrests Big Dai, the reformed leader of a criminal corporation. When Dai asked his brother Richard Mao to turn himself in to the police, he betrays him and decides to take over the corporation. Dai is imprisoned and an informant is murdered by one of Mao's men. With no evidence against Mao and the corporation, Tso coerced four of the "Five Lucky Stars" to go undercover in the prison, rescue Dai, and help nab Mao and bring down the corporation
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The Dragon Family
Title: The Dragon Family
Character: Uncle Sik
Released: August 25, 1988
Type: Movie
Rival Triad gangs go to war...
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Mr. Possessed
Title: Mr. Possessed
Character: Mr Lee
Released: June 9, 1988
Type: Movie
Riley (Kenny Bee) is being followed by the ghost of an evil warlock, who was killed in a duel with Riley's father many years ago. Now, he wants to seek revenge by causing misfortune in Riley's life. Therefore, Riley's mother (Pik-Wan Tang) will see to it that the demon is vanquished by using another human being as bait. She sees a ray of hope when she meets Riley's girlfriend (Carol 'Do Do' Cheng) - a woman she detests.
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Tiger on the Beat
Title: Tiger on the Beat
Character: Sour Puss
Released: March 19, 1988
Type: Movie
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.
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Dragons Forever
Title: Dragons Forever
Character: Thug on Ship
Released: February 11, 1988
Type: Movie
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
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Rouge
Title: Rouge
Character: Movie Director
Released: December 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.
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Trouble Couples
Title: Trouble Couples
Character: Prince's godfather
Released: August 13, 1987
Type: Movie
Mui Da Hsien (Anita Mui), the eldest sister, is the only breadwinner in the family. She spends all her time in raising up and discipline her three sisters, Yee Hsien (Ann Bridgewater), Sarm Hsien (Charine Chan), and Sai Hsien (Fennie Yuen). They are aware of Da Hsien is becoming a spinster and they are not allowed to get married if Da Hsien remains single. So they decide to find her a husband. So all their boyfriends very anxious to give a helping hand. They find Tsang To Choy (Eric Tsang) who just has broken heart is the right man, but Tsang is scared away by Da Hsien's shrew temper...
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Lucky Stars Go Places
Title: Lucky Stars Go Places
Released: June 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the Lucky Stars series. It was an attempt to combine the original Lucky Stars troupe with the similar action comedy ensemble from the Aces Go Places series.
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The Millionaires' Express
Title: The Millionaires' Express
Character: Mountain Bandit
Released: January 30, 1986
Type: Movie
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
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Why Me?
Title: Why Me?
Character: Lion dancer [cameo]
Released: October 29, 1985
Type: Movie
The tragic story of Fat Cat, a mentally retarded man who endures the mistreatment of the local villagers, and Koko, the idealistic social worker who tries to give him a better life. Koko's battle against ignorance and apathy on Fat Cat's behalf takes its toll on them both.
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Heart of Dragon
Title: Heart of Dragon
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: Movie
A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
Title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
Character: Boss Lau's Man at Warehouse
Released: August 15, 1985
Type: Movie
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.
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Those Merry Souls
Title: Those Merry Souls
Character: Guy practising Kung Fu
Released: May 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.
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My Lucky Stars
Title: My Lucky Stars
Character: Chief's Sidekick
Released: February 10, 1985
Type: Movie
Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
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Double Trouble
Title: Double Trouble
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: Movie
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicion from the police and only escapes from them with the help of Bunny, who is a kid running out from an orphanage. John and Bunny, therefore, become good friends.
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The Return of Pom Pom
Title: The Return of Pom Pom
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Hong Kong detectives Chau and Beethoven return in this sequel to "Pom Pom." This time out, they join forces with their boss, Inspector Chan, to find the notorious Flying Spider, who is suspected of stealing government money Chan was responsible for. Meanwhile, Beethoven falls in love with Flying Spider's daughter, Mimi.
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Title: The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Character: Yang 2nd Brother
Released: February 17, 1984
Type: Movie
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.
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Heroic Ones
Title: Heroic Ones
Released: July 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A naive kung-fu student (Lung Ti) falls under the influence of a corrupt master. Soon the student realizes his master plans to dominate the martial arts community by stealing a legendary martial arts book that's supposed to bestow its owner with extraordinary powers. And his master will stop at nothing - including murder - to possess that book. Now, with the help of a sympathetic female fighter and an intriguing drunk, the student must lead a rival kung-fu sect in a deadly tournament against his master and his kung-fu stablemates to keep the book out of the wrong hands.
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Cat vs. Rat
Title: Cat vs. Rat
Character: Master Si Da Fu
Released: September 29, 1982
Type: Movie
Pai 'The Rat' always gets into trouble with Chan 'The Cat'. They always try to outsmart each other even when it threatens the lives of other people.
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It Takes Two
Title: It Takes Two
Character: Butcher
Released: July 15, 1982
Type: Movie
It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng.
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Legendary Weapons of China
Title: Legendary Weapons of China
Character: Lui Yung
Released: January 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the remaining factions are sent out to kill him.
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The Treasure Hunters
Title: The Treasure Hunters
Character: Lu
Released: July 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Fu Sheng and his real-life brother star as friends who are searching for a treasure that a Shaolin priest, a villainous traitor and his sister are also trying to find.
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The Crazy Chase
Title: The Crazy Chase
Character: Shih Yien Te
Released: March 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Lau Kar-Wing plays a private detective whose business is failing, so he is forced to accept a job as a temporary actor. But he quickly becomes unintentionally entangled in an insurance swindle being perpetrated by the studio boss' wife and lover!
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The Fool Escape
Title: The Fool Escape
Released: July 31, 1980
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Carry on Wise Guy
Title: Carry on Wise Guy
Released: July 3, 1980
Type: Movie
Gordon Liu as the Master Killer has taken a vow not to use his superior fighting abilities, but he is put to the test when he must transport a valuable map across dangerous territory. Features amazing fight scenes choreographed by the Lau Brothers.
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Heaven and Hell
Title: Heaven and Hell
Released: January 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Actors David Chaing and Alexander Fu Sheng join director Chang Cheh and the rest of the Five Deadly Venoms crew for a supernatural martial arts epic that takes the action to another plane of reality entirely. When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever
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Fists and Guts
Title: Fists and Guts
Character: Yung
Released: December 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A mysterious traveler enlists two bumbling con men in a plan to get back supposed family heirlooms stolen by a missing housekeeper who uses various disguises to elude capture.
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His Name is Nobody
Title: His Name is Nobody
Character: The Nobody Kid
Released: August 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Lau Kar-Wing plays "Nobody", an orphan who grows up stealing food to survive, learning some meagre skills as a con artist. When he meets a true master con artist, he begs to become a pupil and learn some tricky kung fu. The pair are later separated, and Nobody finds another master to learn more deadly skills.
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Odd Couple
Title: Odd Couple
Character: King of Spears/Stubborn Wing
Released: August 9, 1979
Type: Movie
Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, Sammo Hung. This film showcases some of the most spectacular and intricate weapons duels ever committed to film. Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing play dual roles as both masters and students of the sword and spear styles of kung fu. Comic mayhem ensues when the students get kidnapped and the masters must rescue them.
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Knockabout
Title: Knockabout
Character: Old Fox / Chia Wu Dao
Released: April 12, 1979
Type: Movie
After being cheated out of some money, two small time crooks convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students.
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Iron Fists
Title: Iron Fists
Character: Su Ting Cheng
Released: March 29, 1979
Type: Movie
Chen Kuan-Tai and Mang Fei team up to bring justice to a ruthless gang of martial arts experts.
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The Shadow Boxing
Title: The Shadow Boxing
Character: Master Chen Wu
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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Green Hat Guy
Title: Green Hat Guy
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A Taiwanese martial arts film produced and choreographed by the Lau brothers.
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Warriors Two
Title: Warriors Two
Character: Town Chief's Bodyguard
Released: December 28, 1978
Type: Movie
In an attempt to save his village from being taken over by brutes, Wah is beaten to a pulp and his mother brutally murdered. Determined to take revenge, Wah learns the art of Wing Chun and enters into a showdown with the nasty villains.
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Title: Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Character: Tiger
Released: July 21, 1978
Type: Movie
Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone's wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follows her home and removes his Invincible Armor when she pretends to be willing to sleep with him. Of course she steals it, and when he tries to follow her, he's stopped by Dirty Tiger who is on a mission to bring Crazy Frog back to his wife. However, Dirty Tiger would really like to have that armor himself...
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Shaolin Mantis
Title: Shaolin Mantis
Character: Master Tien / Gi-Gi's Grandfather
Released: June 28, 1978
Type: Movie
When scholar Wei Fung is forcibly hired by the Manchu Emperor to infiltrate a clan of rebellious Ming Loyalists, his mission goes adrift when he falls in love with the clan's leader's granddaughter. Wei Fung must choose between his new love and his family, who will be put to death if he doesn't return to the palace successfully.
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Game of Death
Title: Game of Death
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1978
Type: Movie
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Title: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Character: General Yin
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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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
Title: He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
Released: November 3, 1977
Type: Movie
He's lost his memory, but not his skill: After a fierce battle with a local tong, Hoi is thrown over an embankment and left for dead. He survives the ordeal but has lost all of his memory, but not his kung-fu. His fateful meeting with a beggar leads to their teaming up for cleaning up that tong.
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Secret of the Shaolin Poles
Title: Secret of the Shaolin Poles
Character: Fong Ting
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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One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry
Title: One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry
Released: March 18, 1977
Type: Movie
The story centers on a secret society that plots to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and resume the Ming monarchy. The organization gains the support of numerous righteous martial clans, but the Qing government has its own plans of squashing the rebellion. The scheming prince of Qing poisons the rebels' central figure, Chi Zi Qiang (Jimmy Wang), and uses the antidote to force him to surrender. Being the hero that he is, Chi would rather cut off one of his own arms to save his life than submit to the prince. He then, single-armedly, defeats all the Manchurian minions...
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The Good, the Bad and the Loser
Title: The Good, the Bad and the Loser
Character: The Good
Released: June 9, 1976
Type: Movie
The Good, the Bad and the Loser is a Hong Kong Martial Arts-Comedy starring Richard Ng.
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Challenge of the Masters
Title: Challenge of the Masters
Character: Officer Yuan Ching
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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Master of the Flying Guillotine
Title: Master of the Flying Guillotine
Character: Fighter with 3-section staff
Released: April 24, 1976
Type: Movie
A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.
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Tiger & Crane Fists
Title: Tiger & Crane Fists
Character: Liu Kang
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Two masters from rival Kung Fu schools must combine their skills to defeat an evil Japanese lord.
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The Kung Fu Monks
Title: The Kung Fu Monks
Released: December 12, 1975
Type: Movie
A monk is expelled from a monastery because he was found with a dirty magazine under his pillow. He falls in with a gang of villains, who hire him because of his martial arts skills. He later returns to the monastery where (for reasons unexplained), he fights his former buddy-monk.
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The Spiritual Boxer
Title: The Spiritual Boxer
Character: Chien's Disciple
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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The Young Rebel
Title: The Young Rebel
Character: Long's henchman [extra]
Released: February 8, 1975
Type: Movie
When Ti Lung and David Chiang left Shaw Brothers, they returned a year later after learning directing and defied their former studio heroics making films with social leanings. Directed by Ti, The Young Rebel is one such film. Fatherless as a child, Hsiang (Chiang) supports his mother. When gangsters kill his mother, he kills in revenge. Unlike his swordplay heroes, Hsiang admits guilt, expresses sorrow and is imprisoned
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Five Shaolin Masters
Title: Five Shaolin Masters
Character: Patriot Liu
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.
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Shatter
Title: Shatter
Character: Hans Leber's bodyguard
Released: December 6, 1974
Type: Movie
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
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A Mad World of Fools
Title: A Mad World of Fools
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: Movie
A whacky 1974 comedy starring David Chiang who was also the director, that's one to see. Well it certainly is whacky, and the film is actually a number of short pieces, varying in length from a couple of minutes to the last story that is 30 minutes or so.
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Two Graves To Kung Fu
Title: Two Graves To Kung Fu
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Serving time for a crime he has been framed for, a young martial arts student finds out that the men who set him up have also killed his instructor. To avenge this crime, he must make a break from the pen...
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Shaolin Martial Arts
Title: Shaolin Martial Arts
Character: Brother Law
Released: August 3, 1974
Type: Movie
After the destruction of the Shaolin Temple, the Chings are in control and send their best students to wipe out all of the remaining Shaolin practioners. They almost succeed, but two students escape. They learn various Kung Fu styles from different teachers to combat the Ching's two kung fu fighters.
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Title: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Character: Hsi Kwei (Archer)
Released: July 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
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Kung Fu on the Bosphorus
Title: Kung Fu on the Bosphorus
Released: January 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Erol is a successful cop, who lives with his sister Yasemin. Wang, the most troublesome gang leader of Hong Kong comes to Istanbul. The Security Department of Istanbul, appoint Erol to catch Wang. The Hong Kong Security Department sends their spy Wang Ti to Istanbul. Wang threatens a Chinese girl called Helen. With Helen's help, Erol starts a fight with Wang, nobody knows how it will end.
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Heroes Two
Title: Heroes Two
Character: Tibetan Fighter in Red
Released: January 19, 1974
Type: Movie
A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.
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The Thunder Kick
Title: The Thunder Kick
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
One man takes on a cartel headed by three brothers, who are responsible for the savage beating of his mother and the murder of his brother.
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The Young Tiger
Title: The Young Tiger
Released: September 6, 1973
Type: Movie
A spoilt rich kid turns up at a fu school to show off, but he gets clobbered by the boastful Little Tiger, who is later framed for the kid's murder when a gang of blackmailers make an example of him. The police allow Tiger to escape, in order to find the real culprits. Tiger hides at his girlfriend's place, but a model she works with does some whoring on the side for the blackmailer, and so the crooks are onto his trail...
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The Mandarin
Title: The Mandarin
Released: June 28, 1973
Type: Movie
A detective and wanderer called Man Tshu comes to town and challenges the crime family that owns it, burning their opium and taking away one of their prostitute wives as his love interest.
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Devil and Angel
Title: Devil and Angel
Character: Thug
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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Four Riders
Title: Four Riders
Character: Hawke's Man
Released: December 22, 1972
Type: Movie
Four Korean War veterans pool their talents to take on a venal drug smuggling gang.
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The Delightful Forest
Title: The Delightful Forest
Character: Ximen Xing
Released: September 20, 1972
Type: Movie
Legendary fighter Wu Song is sent to prison in Mengzhou province after murdering his sister-in-law and her lover. There he meets with the prison officer Shih En, who saves Wu from the baton punishment required for new prisoners. Wu learns that Shih's restaurant, "The Delightful Forest" has been occupied by Chiang Chung. Wu returns to the restaurant-- A place he's dined in previously.
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Five Fingers of Death
Title: Five Fingers of Death
Character: Master Meng's Pupil
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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The Deadly Duo
Title: The Deadly Duo
Character: Mole
Released: December 22, 1971
Type: Movie
The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of China. The patriots are led by Ti Lung who recruits a mysterious but seemingly superhuman fighter played by David Chiang to find a way to cross a perilous bridge to enter an impregnable fortress to locate and rescue the imprisoned prince.
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The Swift Knight
Title: The Swift Knight
Character: Black Killer
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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Flyer & Magic Sword
Title: Flyer & Magic Sword
Character: Yi Wei
Released: June 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Flyer & Magic Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.
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The Duel
Title: The Duel
Character: Kan's man
Released: April 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Tan Jen-chieh's life spins out of control when he’s forced into exile to clear his name following the murder of his adopted father. He's hunted in the streets. His lover, Butterfly, turns to prostitution. And his father's likely killer – a smooth operator known as the Rambler – is always lingering nearby. But before Tan and the Rambler can slit each other's throats, they learn they've been double-crossed and go two against everyone in a rage of double-edged vengeance.
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The New One-Armed Swordsman
Character: (extra)
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 Heroic Ones
Title: The Heroic Ones
Character: 10th General Li Tsun Shou
Released: August 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals to embark on the mission. However, jealously amongst them sparks a treacherous family feud that could lead to catastrophic consequences for all involved.
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I'll Get You One Day
Title: I'll Get You One Day
Character: Thug
Released: May 12, 1970
Type: Movie
I'll Get You One Day is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Stanley Fung.
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The Rattling Whip
Title: The Rattling Whip
Character: Kai's thug
Released: November 20, 1969
Type: Movie
An undercover marshal wants to arrest famous bandit Kao Pao Tien, and he wants his daughter to help him find the castle where the bandit lives. He mistakes a young lady for Kao Pao Tien's daughter and saves her life while she is in an inn where she met her father's friend, who was Kao Pao Tien's man. She discovers that Kao Pao Tien was her mother's brother-in-law and that he tried to rape her once when he was drunk. He fought with the young lady's father and hurt her mother with a poisoned dart. During the 18 following years, the lady's father trained her to fight in order that she takes revenge for her mother's death.
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The Flying Dagger
Title: The Flying Dagger
Character: Five Ghouls member
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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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Title: Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Hell's Buddha King Shi Fu
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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The Singing Thief
Title: The Singing Thief
Character: Wang's henchman
Released: February 13, 1969
Type: Movie
A jewel thief decides to turn over a new leaf. He starts anew as a professional singer; but before long, the he becomes suspect again for a series of robberies. He sets up a trap to snare the copycat thief, but will it snare him instead?
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The Sword of Swords
Title: The Sword of Swords
Character: Shang's thug [extra]
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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Golden Swallow
Title: Golden Swallow
Character: Golden Dragon Five Heroes
Released: April 3, 1968
Type: Movie
Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mysterious past goes on a killing rampage while leaving evidence that holds her responsible. Golden Swallow also makes room for a love triangle involving a mad, but righteous, swordsman named Silver Roc and a gentle warrior named Golden Whip. The three team up to conquer the evil forces of the martial world, but their joint venture only lasts so long, due to the two men's egos. Ultimately, a duel to the death is planned between them, leaving Golden Swallow caught between two men, both of whom she admires.
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The Assassin
Title: The Assassin
Character: (extra)
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 Golden Cat
Title: The Golden Cat
Character: Bobby
Released: October 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong Jane Bond film starring Josephine Siao.
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The One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Feng's Disciple
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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Man from Interpol
Title: Man from Interpol
Character: Thug
Released: May 19, 1967
Type: Movie
Gangster Pang Tin-tak runs an underground casino operated under the guise of the Blue Nightclub. The fearless and cagey Fung Kim-ching and the adept professional To Yuet-hung strut their stuff on the poker table and catch the eye of the boss. Enlisted as his trusted aide, To the undercover officer carefully cloaks her identity to conduct a criminal investigation but has to stop in the light of Pang’s growing suspicion. The raid led by Detective Chan is successfully foiled by the sly gangster, who unmasks the spy and holds her captive together with Chan. Fung frees the captives before he joins Pang for his transactions by the sea. Pointing a pistol at the gangster, Fung identifies himself as the leader of the Interpol anti-drugs squad as the gang members are handcuffed and led away by To and her team.
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The Thundering Sword
Title: The Thundering Sword
Character: Yue's security escort member [extra]
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 Sweetest Moment
Title: The Sweetest Moment
Released: April 26, 1967
Type: Movie
This is a Cantonese musical from director Wong Yiu
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The Black Killer
Title: The Black Killer
Character: Gang Member
Released: March 8, 1967
Type: Movie
A 1967 Cantonese language action film directed by Cheung Wai-Gwong, starring Connie Chan, Adam Cheng and Liu Chia-Liang. Ming-Wai & Ming-Sing, a brother and sister (dual roles played by Connie Chan) who must go undercover in a gang to rescue their uncle.
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The Trail of the Broken Blade
Title: The Trail of the Broken Blade
Character: Qiu's fighter with hooked blade
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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Twin Sisters
Title: Twin Sisters
Character: Thug
Released: November 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Banker Fung Yan-tsang is a seasoned criminal in fraudulent activities. The righteous cat burglar Ham Siu-fo has issued a deadline for Fung to return the scammed money. Despite the obstacles put up by Fung's allies Chow Wai-pak and his stepwife Julie, Ham still manages to reclaim the money which is accordingly returned to the customers. In the process, Ham is reunited with her long-lost twin sister Katherine, Chow's daughter. Since losing her mother whose health took a turn for the worse after Chow's marriage to Julie, Ham has undertaken a chivalrous course in the footsteps of her aunt. She thwarts the scam marriage set up by Fung for Katherine and his idle son, using the servant Chu Yat-keung as bait, and exposes Fung's illicit affair with Julie. Crossing boundaries of class and wealth, the servant Chu and Katherine become man and wife. A happy Ham leaves, continuing to devote her life to the causes of social justice.
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The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon
Title: The Woman in Black and the Black Dragon
Character: BDG thug [extra]
Released: June 11, 1966
Type: Movie
Celebrity Sadora is seriously wounded in an air crash. Police commissioner Suen and subordinate Ko Cheung find out Sadora was under duress from the Black Dragon Gang to collude with the criminals who had held his daughter hostage. When Ko, assuming Sadora's identity to safeguard his life, is abducted by the gang, Suen turns to 'Black Musketeer' Muk Lan-fa. By blatantly refusing to cooperate with the authorities, Muk escapes the surveillance of both the police and the gang. Acting alone, she scouts the location of the lair but ends up being imprisoned in the same cell with Ko. The captives use every trick in the book to escape. An undaunted Muk returns to infiltrate the den, while her sister Sau-chen, Suen and Ko are lying in wait. The hostages are released and the gang wiped out in a battle fiercely fought. (Synopsis based on visual audiomaterials)
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The Golden Buddha
Title: The Golden Buddha
Released: April 27, 1966
Type: Movie
Paul (Zhang Chong) is a businessman who gets caught up in an international espionage plot when he accidentally switches briefcases with a friend aboard a Singapore-bound plane. The friend turns up dead, and Paul discovers a small Golden Buddha inside the briefcase that contains a set of instructions. The instructions are only one of three parts, the other two being held in similar Golden Buddhas by Lo Wei (doing double duty as actor and director) and Lin Cui. When combined, the three Buddhas will lead the bearers to a buried treasure. But the nefarious Skeleton Gang is after the Buddhas, along with a buxom femme fatale (Fannie Fan) who isn't above showing a little skin to get her way. Luckily, Paul knows kung-fu, so the bad guys had better watch out!
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The Black Musketeer 'F'
Title: The Black Musketeer 'F'
Character: [Extra]
Released: March 9, 1966
Type: Movie
First film in the series, based on Ni Kuang's spy pulp novels. Police Commissioner Fong enlists the chivalrous female bandit Muk Lan-fa to retrieve the latest gadget that emits deadly laser beam and its protocol, which allegedly have been transferred away by Ho Tin-hung. Sensing his life in danger, Ho recruits the agent Ko Cheung as his aide, but no sooner has Ko set foot in his house than Ho is murdered. The opportunistic Detective Chan coerces Ko into the hunt by implicating him in the crime. Masking their own agenda, Muk and Ko enter into a duel of wits which leaves the beaten Ko with a counterfeit. Having abducted Muk's mother, Chan presses Muk and her cousin Sau-chen to surrender the genuine article, but Ko unmasks Chan, the spy, by baiting him with the weapon. The police squad led by Fong and Commissioner Suen swarm onto the scene, arresting Chan while he is attempting to flee holding Muk's mother hostage. Chan dies amidst a shower of bullets fired by his own daughter Sau-chen.
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The Twin Swords
Title: The Twin Swords
Character: Red Lotus bandit
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.