Gam Tin-Chue

Gam Tin-Chue

Shaw brothers actor - appeared in nearly 400 films for the studio, usually as a background character.

Movies for Gam Tin-Chue...

Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Title: Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Character: Servant
Released: May 17, 1985
Type: Movie
Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.
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My Mind, Your Body
Title: My Mind, Your Body
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: Movie
shaw production
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The Young Vagabond
Title: The Young Vagabond
Character: Party guest
Released: January 2, 1985
Type: Movie
A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.
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Long Road to Gallantry
Title: Long Road to Gallantry
Character: Woodcutter
Released: November 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Newly crowned queen of kung-fu films Hui Ying-hung, stars in Long Road To Gallantry, a rivetting swordswoman spectacle. Shaw Brothers' actress Lily Li teams up with one time kung-fu wonder boy Chen Kuan-tai in a quest to find a missing martial arts manual. It's new wave heroic bloodshed with new wave talent such as the upcoming Rosamund Kwan who went on to star in six Jet Li films.
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Opium and the Kung Fu Master
Title: Opium and the Kung Fu Master
Character: Villager
Released: July 14, 1984
Type: Movie
A small town is protected by one of the famous Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. The town is very safe as Ti Lung and his Kung Fu students patrol for criminals. Enter the rival Kung Fu school whom Ti Lung's students have beaten in a lion dance competition and then humiliated in a brawl. The rival school is joined by an opium dealing Kung Fu master who plans to turn the town into a community of addicts!
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Wits of the Brats
Title: Wits of the Brats
Character: Stevedore/Waiter
Released: May 24, 1984
Type: Movie
Tou Kuan, a spoiled affluent kid, travels with pal Mai Song to Beijing to challenge 3 Masters to improve Kuan's status. Along the way, they contend with inept assassins hired by Kuan's uncle, who wants the family business and fortune.
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Seeding of a Ghost
Title: Seeding of a Ghost
Character: Gambler
Released: December 29, 1983
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong taxi driver suffers after being cursed by a sorcerer he accidentally hit with his cab. After the driver's wife is raped and killed by teenage hooligans, he pleads with the sorcerer to lift the hex and restore his wife to the land of the living. Otherworldly zombie chaos ensues.
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Little Dragon Maiden
Title: Little Dragon Maiden
Character: Martial artist
Released: December 2, 1983
Type: Movie
Seeking to improve his combat skills, a young man falls in love with a woman with mystical powers but his past stands in the way of their union.
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The Boxer's Omen
Title: The Boxer's Omen
Character: Judge
Released: October 23, 1983
Type: Movie
After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.
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Bastard Swordsman
Title: Bastard Swordsman
Character: (Uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-fu school. Constantly mocked by the other students of the school, Yen counts as his only friend the daughter of the resident master. Any internal wrangling between the various members is put to one side when a swordsman from a rival clan reminds the master of the duel he must take part in once a decade. Unfortunately the defending clan chief is well aware that his rival is more powerful than himself. The expected defeat is further complicated when a wandering swordsman arrives on the scene and joins himself to the injured party, immediately adding to Yen's woes.
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Winners & Sinners
Title: Winners & Sinners
Character: Chiu's Party Guest
Released: July 7, 1983
Type: Movie
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
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Tales of a Eunuch
Title: Tales of a Eunuch
Character: Brothel patron / Restaurant customer
Released: March 24, 1983
Type: Movie
The story follows a "loveable" rascal as he gambles and gets into various bits of trouble with outlaws and rebels. He eventually gets into a situation where he has to impersonate the eunuch servant of an elderly eunuch who is an evil martial art master. This gets the rascal involved with the emperor who is studying martial arts. The whole movie revolves around a quest for all the copies of a special Buddhist text.
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The Lady Assassin
Title: The Lady Assassin
Released: January 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua is the title character caught between battling princes. Then there's award-winning actor Ku Feng, "Bastard Swordsman" Hsu Shao-chiang, "King of Shaw Brothers' Screen Villains" Wang Lung-wei, "Venom" Sun Chien, and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.
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The Weird Man
Title: The Weird Man
Character: Sun Ce's official
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Chang is known for his lone swordsman and hero movies and strangely The Weird Man still reflects this. Cheng plays a righteous, beheaded priest with supernatural powers that returns from the dead to wreak havoc against one of the corrupt kingdoms, making Cheng a heroic swords-ghost.
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My Rebellious Son
Title: My Rebellious Son
Character: Chamber of commerce member
Released: November 26, 1982
Type: Movie
Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.
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Buddha's Palm
Title: Buddha's Palm
Character: Clan leader
Released: August 20, 1982
Type: Movie
When Long Jian-fei is tossed from a cliff by the new sweetheart of his meanspirited ex-girlfriend, the friendly Dameng dragon-dog saves the hapless man's life, and brings him to Flame Cloud Devil, the blind master of the Buddha's Palm technique.
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Human Lanterns
Title: Human Lanterns
Released: July 14, 1982
Type: Movie
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
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Godfather from Canton
Title: Godfather from Canton
Character: Restaurant boss
Released: June 11, 1982
Type: Movie
A coolie is ofter a job a policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and corruption rises through the ranks of the police, then becomes a gangster.
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Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman
Title: Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman
Character: Ghostly Village's resident
Released: May 13, 1982
Type: Movie
Chu Liu-hsiang, the charming, capable, and, yes, sentimental, swordsman is back in action for this extremely well-named third in the hit box-office series. The titanic team of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung wisely choose to give their hero a whole new, non-stop, cliffhanger-fraught adventure featuring a mystery swordsman, a sensual swordswoman, an imperial assassin, a Ghost Mansion, the Bat Island, a booby-trapped tunnel, double crosses, and secret missions. And there are no fewer than three martial arts choreographers on hand to guide the amazing mayhem.
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Green Killer
Title: Green Killer
Released: February 26, 1982
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Kid from Kwangtung
Title: Kid from Kwangtung
Character: Servant
Released: February 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Novice director Hsu Hsia and three other kung-fu designers created this fight-filled tale of young rascal Wang Yu, caught between master martial arts actor Jen Shih-kuan and the incredible Huang Cheng-li.
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Legendary Weapons of China
Title: Legendary Weapons of China
Character: Gentry Watching Mo's Performance
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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House of Traps
Title: House of Traps
Character: Prince's birthday guest (uncredited)
Released: January 9, 1982
Type: Movie
It all started with The Five Venoms, the internationally loved kung-fu thriller. It continued through more than a dozen bloody good entertainments featuring the same actors in different roles. This is considered the last official "Venoms" movie, but what a film it is. There's one plasma-spurting attack after another as heroes and rogues alike try to solve the secrets of this hell house. The core Venoms themselves choreograph the gory fun in this fond farewell to their worldwide film series sensation!
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What Price Honesty?
Title: What Price Honesty?
Character: Shopkeeper
Released: December 31, 1981
Type: Movie
Police corruption is the theme of this brutal harbinger of the bleak "new wave" crime thriller. Pai Piao, Danny Lee, and "Venom" Sun Chien star as idealistic police school graduates who run afoul of such vicious, murderous depravity that the cop who is killed first could be considered the lucky one.
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Mahjong Heroes
Title: Mahjong Heroes
Character: Mahjong competition spectator
Released: December 22, 1981
Type: Movie
When gambling champ Yau retires, his heir is forced to enlist the help of legendary gambler Patrick Tse to protect his inheritance.
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The Black Lizard
Title: The Black Lizard
Character: Banquet's guest
Released: November 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Young swordsman Lung Fei encounters strange omens portending the death of his fiancee Ting Tzu-chu. His enquiries with the help of Chief Constable Tieh Hu reveal an astounding story.
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The Duel of the Century
Title: The Duel of the Century
Character: Duel's Spectator
Released: October 22, 1981
Type: Movie
This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's last together for the Shaw Studios, but it's another action-filled winner. Liu Yung and Sun Chien team to investigate the martial arts murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, imposters, and one deadly duel after another. No less than three choreographers are on hand to handle the multitude of magnificent martial arts.
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Martial Club
Title: Martial Club
Character: Watches the lion dance (uncredited)
Released: August 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Wong Fei Hung and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist. In an excellent battle of skill, he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.
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The Treasure Hunters
Title: The Treasure Hunters
Character: Casino gambler
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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Masked Avengers
Title: Masked Avengers
Character: Inn guest
Released: May 15, 1981
Type: Movie
Philip Kwok plays a repentant killer who vows to destroy the masked gang of which he was a member. A young fighter and his martial arts brothers come to the town to catch the killers, but one of them is not to be trusted!
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Challenge of the Gamesters
Title: Challenge of the Gamesters
Character: Casino gambler / Mahjong gambler
Released: April 30, 1981
Type: Movie
A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.
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Bruce Vs. Bill
Title: Bruce Vs. Bill
Released: March 16, 1981
Type: Movie
The two fighters of the title clash due to a gang boss playing them off against each other. The boss is hoping to steal a million dollars of the country's money, and when the two fighters realise this they combine forces to defeat the gangster, and his accomplice, a man whom they had both formerly respected.
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The Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Title: The Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Character: Spectator at execution (uncredited)
Released: March 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. Obeying a request hidden in the manual to give a portion of the treasure to the Golden Snake's old girlfriend, Yuan begins to seek the woman out - on the way solving the riddle of the Golden Snake, and how he came to his end.
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Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
Title: Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
Character: Jinhong's guest
Released: January 31, 1981
Type: Movie
Li Xunhuan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He had decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled martial arts fighters and leaders are bent on killing him, so they can be ranked top by Bai Xiaosheng in his renowned list of the best warriors in the martial arts world. Li Xunhuan battles them as he searches for his estranged friend A'fei, who is now married and living in seclusion. Li asks A'fei to join forces and fight against a new threat that wants to rule the world: the Money Clan.
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My Young Auntie
Title: My Young Auntie
Character: Shopper (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Cheng, a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei, but her efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao, her wayward and irrepressible great-nephew. Following a frenzy of spectacular comic mishaps, the hapless duo are setup and imprisoned and the deeds to Cheng's estate are stolen. She is held hostage after a doomed attempt to reclaim the papers back from Yu Wei's place, and the stage is set for a savage fight to the death.
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Two Champions of Shaolin
Title: Two Champions of Shaolin
Character: Townsfolk
Released: December 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when a Wu Tang attack disrupts the young lovers' wedding, Tung must put his new skill to use as he seeks revenge.
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Return to the 36th Chamber
Title: Return to the 36th Chamber
Character: Worker
Released: August 24, 1980
Type: Movie
The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
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Heroes Shed No Tears
Title: Heroes Shed No Tears
Character: Townsfolk
Released: July 24, 1980
Type: Movie
Kao is given a mission by his elderly master to take a cursed sword and solve petty squabbles between skilled martial masters.
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Hex
Title: Hex
Character: Villager Beside Pond
Released: July 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau-ying awaits certain death from tuberculosis. The new servant girl, Yi-wah takes pity on her mistress' plight and the pair proceed to drown him one evening. They dump his body in a near-by pond but Sau-ying believes that the man's bloated corpse has risen from the bog to seek vengeance.
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The Kid with a Tattoo
Title: The Kid with a Tattoo
Character: Restaurant customer
Released: June 17, 1980
Type: Movie
One of Shaw Brothers' most productive directors, Sun Chung's action films had strong tension, snappy editing and slow motion which influenced up and coming martial arts director John Woo. Starring kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu, a ballistic kid on a mission to clear his father's name, The Kid With A Tattoo features plentiful ripsnorting martial arts by Jackie Chan's long time kung-fu classmates Yuen Hua and Yuan Pin, and Shaw Brothers' best martial arts fighting villain Wang Lung-wei.
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Absolute Monarch
Title: Absolute Monarch
Released: March 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Hong Kong Movie
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The Convict Killer
Title: The Convict Killer
Character: Inn customer
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Teng Piao went to jail for fifteen years on a frame up for drug smuggling. Now that he's out, along with his iron chain, Teng Piao is hungry for revenge. The man he wants to beat with his chain is Black Leopard Lam Fei. The problem for Teng Piao is that he doesn't know who he is, only that he has a picture of a black leopard tattooed on his chest.
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The Young Master
Title: The Young Master
Character: VIP at Lion Dance
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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Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
Title: Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
Character: Town Folk
Released: December 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Ming partisan Chu who is on the run from Manchu forces. Local merchant and kung fu enthusiast Li Chen-chau gives the fugitive shelter in his pawnshop and quietly recruits some of his fellow martial master associates to help protect the lad. When Li's professional rival rats him out, Manchu official Liang not only orchestras his army but fools a couple other kung fu masters including Beggar Su into helping his cause. After a heated battle, Li manages to convince Su to joining his cause, thus forming the Ten Tigers.
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The Deadly Breaking Sword
Title: The Deadly Breaking Sword
Character: Brothel guest
Released: December 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Leaving behind an inch of sword in the spent corpses of his opponents, Tuan Changqing is known as the Deadly Breaking Sword. After barely surviving a duel, one of his foes is treated by the diabolical Dr. Kuo, who uses his powers of mind control to transform the man into a somnambulistic killer. After Tuan Changqing teams up with Rabelaisian gambler Xiao Dao, the story proceeds as a comical kung fu buddy flick.
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The Magnificent Ruffians
Title: The Magnificent Ruffians
Character: (extra)
Released: September 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
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The Wickedness in Poverty
Title: The Wickedness in Poverty
Character: Opening guest
Released: August 23, 1979
Type: Movie
Two people in debt to loan sharks cooperate with each other to clear their debt and cheat other people out of their money.
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Dirty Ho
Title: Dirty Ho
Character: Boss Li
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
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The Proud Twins
Title: The Proud Twins
Character: Martial artist after treasure (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1979
Type: Movie
After his parents are murdered, Jiang Xiao Yu is separated from his twin as a baby and taken by a family friend to Villains Valley, where he is raised to be a villain by a host of outlaws, each of whom has a special skill. When he's old enough, he devises clever means to trap each of his uncles and escape the valley to head off into the outside world. A chance encounter with a beautiful girl dressed as a man leads to a treasure hunt and eventually a confrontation with the Princess of Yi Hua Palace, the one who murdered Xiao's parents in the first place. Eventually, a reunion with his twin will occur.
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Shaolin Rescuers
Title: Shaolin Rescuers
Character: Restaurant Owner
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: Movie
Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get help from a Kung Fu student and a rebel. They also save Hung Si Quan's life.
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The Shadow Boxing
Title: The Shadow Boxing
Character: Casino gambler
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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Full Moon Scimitar
Title: Full Moon Scimitar
Character: Ding's Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1979
Type: Movie
A talented young swordsman has beaten many veterans before his inherited martial arts manual gets stolen. After encountering his first defeat in life, in despair, he comes across a gorgeous girl, daughter of the head of a mysterious sect.
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Heroes of the East
Title: Heroes of the East
Character: Wedding Guest
Released: December 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he's forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
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Invincible Shaolin
Title: Invincible Shaolin
Character: Shopkeeper
Released: November 19, 1978
Type: Movie
Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general kills the South Shaolin teachers and blames their death on the North Shaolin teachers. The South Shaolin master sends more of his pupils, who are killed accidentally by the North Shaolin teachers. He finally sends two more of his students to train with old masters and trains one student himself with the goal of finally defeating the North Shaolin experts.
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Swordsman and Enchantress
Title: Swordsman and Enchantress
Character: Lian Chengbi's guest (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Asian fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon recognized that its director Ang Lee was actually inspired by director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's wonderful tales of a "martial art world" where all wushu warriors try to attain the "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land." Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw's swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, in a fascinating and entertaining adventure of consummate swordmen and sorceresses.
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
Title: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
Character: Wedding guest
Released: October 27, 1978
Type: Movie
The thrills continue in this second part of this cherished adventure, created by the renowned director Chu Yuan and ingenious novelist Chin Yung. Only the union of the title weapons can save the six remaining martial arts sects who are vying for mastery. So just sit back and enjoy the movie event which spawned a legacy that continues even today with a long-running, internationally loved television series, a role-playing game, and even collectible replicas of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre themselves!
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Title: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Character: 6 Mighty Clans' member
Released: October 18, 1978
Type: Movie
Director Chu Yuan's titanic teaming with respected, inspired author Chin Yung created this unforgettable saga. Set during the Yuan Dynasty, it tells the fascinating story of the "Sacred Fire" sect, the Wu Tang swordsmanship clan, the disciples of the O Mei group, The Book of Chu Yang, and the destruction of Shaolin - complete with a killer cliffhanger. And that's just the start of the fascinating intrigues and ingratiating characters found here.
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The Avenging Eagle
Title: The Avenging Eagle
Character: Innkeeper
Released: September 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
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Sensual Pleasures
Title: Sensual Pleasures
Released: August 25, 1978
Type: Movie
Sensual Pleasures features a collection of three, ghost story, sexual vignettes starring a viscerally sensual trio of hardcore experience with the well endowed Chen Ping, Chinese adult film legend Shirley Yu and the innocent doe-eyed Shaw Yin-yin.
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The Five Venoms
Title: The Five Venoms
Character: Townsfolk
Released: August 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
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The Cunning Hustler
Title: The Cunning Hustler
Released: July 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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Enter the Fat Dragon
Title: Enter the Fat Dragon
Released: July 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Ah Lung is a pig farmer and a devoted Bruce Lee fan who is anxious to follow in Lee's footsteps, but only ridiculed for his attempts. He is sent to the city to earn a living working at his uncle's restaurant, but when he arrives, he finds a gang of thugs causing trouble in the restaurant. He takes the chance to prove himself and attacks the thugs, defeating them and saving the restaurant. Soon, he becomes a waiter, and discovers a plot by the same thugs to kidnap a woman he works with. Eventually, he defeats the thugs once again and saves the day.
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Soul of the Sword
Title: Soul of the Sword
Character: Innkeeper
Released: April 21, 1978
Type: Movie
Ti Lung is the Nameless Swordsman bent on defeating the faceless King of Swords to claim the title, and the glory, for himself. Hordes of fighters lunge from the shadows to cut down the mysterious challenger. Even a cunning seductress takes a stab at him in a revealing bath house assassination. It is said that a man's weapon reflects his utmost dreams, desires and fears. A warrior with no name and one motive has a soul as merciless as cold steel.
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The Proud Youth
Title: The Proud Youth
Character: Major clans member
Released: March 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Sun Chung had made a name for himself directing satirical comedies and modern day crime thrillers when he started exploring the kung-fu genre with this fascinating tale which mixes music and martial arts. Revered choreographer Tang Chia leads a great action cast in a tale of conflicting clans and a mysterious song called "The Proud One" which leads to slowly blossoming love as well as sudden death.
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The Mad Monk Strikes Again
Title: The Mad Monk Strikes Again
Character: Rich man/Wedding guest
Released: March 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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The Vengeful Beauty
Title: The Vengeful Beauty
Character: Witness at execution (uncredited)
Released: March 11, 1978
Type: Movie
Despite its stand-alone title, this mixture of martial arts and exploitation is a semi-sequel to Shaw Brothers's Flying Guillotine series. This time, the focus is Rong Qui-yan, a kung fu student turned dutiful wife whose life falls apart when her husband is murdered by a squad of government operatives led by the duplicitous Jin Gang-Feng. Qui-yan is forced to go into hiding as she plots her revenge and finds allies in fellow fugitive Ma Seng and ex-lover Wang-jun.
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Clan of Amazons
Title: Clan of Amazons
Character: Silk shop boss / Brothel customer
Released: February 19, 1978
Type: Movie
The Embroidery Bandit is stealing treasures while blinding his victims. The hero Liu Xiaofeng is called in to solve the mystery. The evidence points to the all-woman Clan of the Red Shoes - but appearances can be deceptive.
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Title: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Character: Magistrate / Townsfolk
Released: February 2, 1978
Type: Movie
The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge.
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Flying Guillotine II
Title: Flying Guillotine II
Character: Executed Jiang Nan official
Released: January 19, 1978
Type: Movie
The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.
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The Golden Key
Title: The Golden Key
Character: Extortion victim
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Various distinguished members of Hong Kong high society were being blackmailed by mysterious and attractive lady Chang Siu Juen, who seems to know the secrets of their past and present illegal activities. Millionaire Cheng Yung Seng knew that it would be his turn next. He thus planned to eliminate Chang first but the plan did not work out and Chang was saved by private detective Fang Dai Kuen...
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
Title: The Dream of the Red Chamber
Character: Official Jia's guest
Released: October 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted.
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The Mighty Peking Man
Title: The Mighty Peking Man
Character: Man in his kitchen window
Released: August 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
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Death Duel
Title: Death Duel
Character: Waiter
Released: July 6, 1977
Type: Movie
The Third Master is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and strength bring armies of challengers to his door, seeking the title for themselves. Not to be defeated, the Third Master fights evil, saves damsels in distress, and duels rival swordsmen to the death.
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The Naval Commandos
Title: The Naval Commandos
Character: Japanese Navy officer
Released: April 10, 1977
Type: Movie
The "Godfather Of The Kung-Fu Film" created this rousing epic of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937, featuring many great actors he had worked with over the years. Their courageous and desperate attempts to do just that comprise the remarkable action in this rousing epic, featuring some of the greatest actors Chang had ever made, was making, and would ever make famous. (IVL)
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Clans of Intrigue
Title: Clans of Intrigue
Character: Gambler
Released: March 5, 1977
Type: Movie
Chu Liuxiang is having drinks with his friend, Monk Wuhua. Gong Nanyan of the Holy Water Palace suddenly appears and accuses Chu of having stolen the palace's Heaven's One Holy Water and committed a series of murders. She agrees to give Chu a month's time to clear his name, or else the mistress of the palace will kill him. Chu's curiosity and eagerness to prove his innocence spur him to investigate the case.
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Lady Exterminator
Title: Lady Exterminator
Character: Drug dealer/Party Guest
Released: January 20, 1977
Type: Movie
After a sudden spike of supply into the drug ridden streets, staunch anti-narcotics cop hellbent on disrupting the flow of drugs beyond the Golden Triangle recruits the help of an attractive young ex-convict to infiltrate a major Thai based drug syndicate controlled by a ruthless drug lord who's expanded their operations into Hong Kong. As our seductive undercover heroine gets inside and rises the ranks to the top, skepticism also rises as the boss' jealous moll smells a plant.
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The Web of Death
Title: The Web of Death
Character: Major clan senior
Released: October 28, 1976
Type: Movie
Lo Lieh is the ringleader of the Snake Sect, intent on reviving a deadly faction known as the "Five Poison Web." In order to do so, he has an affair with the sexy ringleader of the Scorpion Sect, Angela Yu Chien. However, there is also the Centipede Sect to contend with, as well as other assorted martial artists, among them played by Shaw Brothers talents Yueh Hua, Ching Li, and Lily Li.
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Mr. Funny Bone
Title: Mr. Funny Bone
Character: Manager Chiu's friend
Released: October 2, 1976
Type: Movie
The beloved cartoon character Master Q gets a hilarious live-action adaptation in the side-splitting comic adventure Mr. Funny-Bone! Join Master Q for a series of comic vignettes as he attempts to win the heart of the lovely Li Jing. Along for the ride is Master Q's loyal sidekick Potato, a stout fellow who's forever getting into silly mishaps. The pair get involved in plenty of shenanigans and gags, including pratfalls, low-brow bathroom humor, and even some fun fighting sequences.
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The Oily Maniac
Title: The Oily Maniac
Character: Juror
Released: September 18, 1976
Type: Movie
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
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The Oily Maniac
Title: The Oily Maniac
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 18, 1976
Type: Movie
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
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Million Dollars Snatch
Title: Million Dollars Snatch
Character: Extra
Released: August 13, 1976
Type: Movie
A career criminal, Ah Sang, engineers a bank robbery to be carried out by a gang of recruited hoodlums led by himself. It takes only three minutes to complete the robbery of seven million dollars. A special police unit is then formed to investigate the case, and the chief inspector suspects Sang, and begins keeping him under surveillance. In order to stay undetected, each member is specifically ordered to not spend their share of the one million HKD from the heist for six months.
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The Magic Blade
Title: The Magic Blade
Character: Restaurant customer (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Two rival swordsmen in imperial China, poncho-clad Fu Hung-Hsueh and Yen nan-Fei vie with a power-hungry villain for the deadly Peacock Dart and fend off waves of expert killers during their journey.
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Challenge of the Masters
Title: Challenge of the Masters
Character: (extra)
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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Farewell to a Warrior
Title: Farewell to a Warrior
Released: April 12, 1976
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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The Spiritual Boxer
Title: The Spiritual Boxer
Character: Chen's Clan
Released: November 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Wang Yu plays Hsiao Chien, a con artist vagabond who uses his kung fu skills and parlor tricks to convince superstitious villagers that he can use his body as a vessel for angry gods. However, when the villagers are threatened by a hostile force, Chien must learn to use his skills to protect the innocent.
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Black Magic
Title: Black Magic
Character: Wedding guest (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1975
Type: Movie
A magician makes money by charging people to cast love spells on the objects of their affection. Complications arise when he decides that he wants a customer's bride for himself.
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Anti-Corruption
Title: Anti-Corruption
Character: Gambling house boss
Released: August 21, 1975
Type: Movie
Hong Kong crime movie from 1975
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The Super Inframan
Title: The Super Inframan
Character: Official at meeting
Released: August 1, 1975
Type: Movie
The surface of the Earth is under attack, thousands of people are killed in this unprovoked attacked. The cause, Princess Dragonmon and her army of monsters have decided to invade. Princess Dragonmon is an alien whose race has been hiding under us for centuries waiting to attack at the time is right. A doctor has been preparing for something like this and turns his assistant Rayma into the cyborg hero known as Inframan. Now only Inframan stands between the Earth and Princess Dragonmon but when a close friend is captured and brainwashed, can she be stopped with this inside man feeding her info?
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Lady of the Law
Title: Lady of the Law
Released: June 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Jiao is framed for rape and murder (and, later, two more murders) by Chen and his son - the same people who framed Jiao's father and left him orphaned. Into the mix comes THE LADY OF THE LAW, Miss Leng, whose job it is to find the guilty. This she does, and she and Jiao find themselves battling pretty much everyone else who's appeared in the movie up to this point.
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Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Title: Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Character: Tournament referee
Released: September 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Forced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and pick the girl? Or will he leave the girl in favor of the bike? Or is there a chance for some sort of compromise?
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Shaolin Martial Arts
Title: Shaolin Martial Arts
Character: Speaker at ceremony at festival
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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Sorrow of the Gentry
Title: Sorrow of the Gentry
Character: Wedding guest
Released: July 19, 1974
Type: Movie
shaw production
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Rivals of Kung Fu
Title: Rivals of Kung Fu
Character: Boss Chou's wedding guest
Released: May 25, 1974
Type: Movie
Huang Fei-hung is back, in a new adventure written and directed by veteran Huang filmmaker Wang Feng. Newcomer Shih Chung-tien stars as the Confucian healer who fights jealous villains with wisdom, intelligence, and fabulous kung-fu.
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Gossip Street
Title: Gossip Street
Character: Casino gambler
Released: May 17, 1974
Type: Movie
The place to be is flat number 8 on the second floor of the Gossip Street apartment building, where all the neighbors gather to gossip. The sitcom turns serious when a local mobster wants to change the place into a gambling den.
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Hong Kong 73
Title: Hong Kong 73
Character: Hotel customer
Released: April 24, 1974
Type: Movie
As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.
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Scandal
Title: Scandal
Character: District official at meeting
Released: April 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Director Li Han-hsiang teams up with Michael Hui in this tongue in cheek tale of extramarital affairs and corruption. Michael Hui and Wang Sheng are two loafers who prove they are good for something after all.
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The Bamboo House of Dolls
Title: The Bamboo House of Dolls
Character: Japanese cook
Released: December 21, 1973
Type: Movie
A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.
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The Master of Kung Fu
Title: The Master of Kung Fu
Character: Contest referee
Released: September 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Huang Fei-Hung, the now famous Chinese boxer, teaches his martial arts at Pao Chih Lin Institute, in Canton. Gordon, a European businessman, who deals in import export is looking for a good security guard for his Jade collection.. So ensues a martial arts tournament to decide who get's the job.
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The Pirate
Title: The Pirate
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Pirate Chang Pao-Chai springs a leak after an otherwise successful raid on a foreign ship. He goes ashore to get materials to patch his ship up, where he encounters corrupt Qing officials and poor, oppressed peasants. Being a good man at heart, he decides to help out and becomes an even bigger outlaw in the process.
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The Money-tree
Title: The Money-tree
Character: Works for Mr. Pi
Released: June 16, 1973
Type: Movie
Hong Kong comedy film.
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None But the Brave
Title: None But the Brave
Character: Party Guest
Released: May 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (Ou Wei) long lost sister who is actually dead. Cheng manages to fool the Captain for a while, but little by little, the Captain catches on to her and the revolutionist's plan to stop Chinese-Japanese relations.
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River Of Fury
Title: River Of Fury
Character: Duo-Bo's guest
Released: May 3, 1973
Type: Movie
River Of Fury presents the self-discovery and awakening of a young man (Danny Lee), who has been exposed and fallen for the lucrative powers of wealth. Lily Ho played a role in sharp contrast with Lee, which has helplessly fallen prey to the irresistible temptations of wealth under the influence of her mother. Once again, Ho demonstrates her remarkable talent in Chinese opera following her Beijing-opera showcase in The Warlord (co-starring Michael Hui Kwun-man).
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The Generation Gap
Title: The Generation Gap
Character: Party guest
Released: April 20, 1973
Type: Movie
Ling Xi (David Chiang) is a rebellious youth whose liaison with underage girlfriend Cindy (Agnes Chan) is the spark which lights the eventual flame of his rebellion. Against the wishes of her parents, Ling Xi and Cindy move in together, and the two find a measure of bliss in their shared life. However, rumors circulate that Ling Xi is using Cindy as a means of financial support. After his brother Ling Zhao (Di Lung) returns Cindy to her parents, Ling Xi is branded an outcast. His anger only leads to spiraling bitterness, and finally employ in a triad gang which gives him the ability to release his frustration - which he does until the bitter end.
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The Call-Girls
Title: The Call-Girls
Character: Policeman
Released: April 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A story of female sex workers across all social strata.
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Call to Arms
Title: Call to Arms
Character: Genera Chung
Released: January 18, 1973
Type: Movie
The aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupies the put-upon Chao kingdom while the hero-filled Wei empire is paralysed by an indecisive ruler.
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Tales of Larceny
Title: Tales of Larceny
Character: 1) Man at festival 2) Bank cashier
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
In “The Scholar and The Soldier”, Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.
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The Thunderbolt Fist
Title: The Thunderbolt Fist
Character: Gossiper at teahouse
Released: December 30, 1972
Type: Movie
A small village is taken over by the nasty Japanese, who kill the town's top kung fu fighter in order to scare the populace into submission. Escaping the wrath of the Japanese, the son of the master flees into the hills, where he trains with a group of rebels led by Gam Kei-Chu. Fast-forward ten years, and Chuen returns to the village armed with his father's secret technique of the Thunderbolt Fist with the hopes of killing the leader of the Japanese.
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The Black Tavern
Title: The Black Tavern
Character: Restaurant guest
Released: December 16, 1972
Type: Movie
This sword-filled thriller centers on the title location--an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings. Award winning actor Ku Feng stars as the "Whip Devil," while the luminous and lethal Shih Szu plays "The Lady Hermit" who has a surprise in store for all the double-crossing masters of mayhem.
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The Fugitive
Title: The Fugitive
Character: Bank customer
Released: December 6, 1972
Type: Movie
Siu Lao (Lieh) and Ma Tien Piao (Feng) are bandits who ride from town to town holding up banks and killing anyone who tries to stop them using their superb and rapid fire shooting skills. When a holdup goes wrong, Siu sends Ma away with the cash and tells him that if he is caught to try and rescue him later. Siu is tortured and as time passes he realizes his sworn brother isn't coming for him instead setting up a bandit gang to carry on with murdering and banditry. Sui manages to escape and heads for Ma's encampment to settle some scores.
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Legends of Lust
Title: Legends of Lust
Character: Wedding guest
Released: November 16, 1972
Type: Movie
Contains a trilogy of stories that on the surface level all relate directly to lust
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Intrigue in Nylons
Title: Intrigue in Nylons
Character: Executive of Rose Brand
Released: November 11, 1972
Type: Movie
The beautiful Ching Li works for her father's stocking company while treacherously becoming the secretary to her father's competitor Li Tzu-yang. They fall in love as she teaches him new meanings to the words "mannequins" and "hosiery".
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The Lizard
Title: The Lizard
Character: Party guest
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can (Law Lit) is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard constantly eludes his grasp. Little does Chen Can know that the wily thief actually works for him! The Lizard's true identity is the mousy Cheng Long (Ngok Wah), who dons a mask and takes to the streets to spread his righteous message.
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Stranger in Hong Kong
Title: Stranger in Hong Kong
Character: Tourist
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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Flower in the Rain
Title: Flower in the Rain
Character: Shop owner
Released: September 22, 1972
Type: Movie
Lily Ho and Ling Yun are star-crossed lovers who suffer untold agonies before finally being united forever.
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The Delightful Forest
Title: The Delightful Forest
Character: Wine shop boss
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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The Warlord
Title: The Warlord
Character: Town mayor
Released: August 17, 1972
Type: Movie
No list of the screen's comic geniuses would be complete without Michael Hui Kwun-man. He created a hilarious and lovable comic persona that was both uniquely Asian but also universally beloved. This, his first film, not only showcased his incomparable sense of humor but revolutionized Hong Kong comedy. Evoking Chaplin, he plays a warlord in early 20th Century China, but makes the role his own with both laughs and some of the sexiest ladies on the Shaw Brothers lot.
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The Merry Wife
Title: The Merry Wife
Character: Teacher
Released: June 8, 1972
Type: Movie
Under false pretenses, Zhenzhen marries Mr. Lin, who happens to be her teacher. She wants to still study and wants to enroll in his school in Hong Kong. The head of the school agrees to this under the condition that they conceal the fact that they are married. Zhenzhen finds out right away that her husband is fawned over by the girls, they all have a crush on him, as also does the spinster librarian. However, Mr. Lin finds that that the boys in the school (they are late teens, 17 or so) really like Zhenzhen. This leads to hurt feelings, questions about fidelity and even, in Zhenzhen's case, innocuous dates with one of the boys who rides a motorcycle.
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Five Fingers of Death
Title: Five Fingers of Death
Character: Spectator
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 Young Avenger
Title: The Young Avenger
Character: Villager
Released: April 20, 1972
Type: Movie
After a career spanning more than forty years and dozens of films as director or writer, Yueh Feng used everything he learned on a final few martial arts epics, of which this is one of the most memorable. It's not easy to forget a hunchbacked, one-armed protagonist, nor the "Poisonous Dragon Sword" style, nor the luminous and lethal Shih Szu as the title swordswoman, who is out to avenge her father's death at the mid-autumn festival.
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The Casino
Title: The Casino
Character: Gambler
Released: March 30, 1972
Type: Movie
A handsome stranger strolls into a casino one evening and all but cleans out the house, beating 160-1 odds at dice by getting three of a kind. He informs beautiful proprietress Miss Cui that he actually came there for her and reveals himself as her betrothed, Luo Tianguang. The couple wed, but their bliss is interrupted when Luo agrees to help old friend Lun Liu defeat crooked gambler Hao Lishan, who uses rigged dice.
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Fist of Fury
Title: Fist of Fury
Character: Mourner (uncredited)
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 Water Margin
Title: The Water Margin
Character: Wrestling spectator (uncredited)
Released: March 17, 1972
Type: Movie
The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
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The Boxer from Shantung
Title: The Boxer from Shantung
Character: Brothel Boss
Released: February 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
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The Yellow Muffler
Title: The Yellow Muffler
Character: Studio executive
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find a workable act after their magician father and younger sister leave to try their luck in Taiwan. A good friend gets them cast in a new movie, and the rest is history....
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The Human Goddess
Title: The Human Goddess
Character: Bidder at auction
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.
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The Long Chase
Title: The Long Chase
Character: Inn cashier Jin
Released: December 31, 1971
Type: Movie
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.
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The Shadow Whip
Title: The 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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Duel for Gold
Title: Duel for Gold
Released: June 11, 1971
Type: Movie
Soon-to-be legendary director Chu Yuan had just joined the Shaw Brothers when he helmed this thriller of bickering bandits. Audiences loved watching three pairs of cunning male and female crooks trying to steal a million gold taels from the Fu Lai Treasury House...not knowing that one of them is actually an undercover hero. Even without him, there's no honor amongst thieves, so the double-crosses and deadly duels come fast and furious, all choreographed by Hsu Erh-niu.
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The New One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Martial Artist at Meeting (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 Lady Professional
Title: The Lady Professional
Character: Policeman
Released: January 6, 1971
Type: Movie
Lily Ho as a deadly assassin becomes the target of murder herself
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The Chinese Boxer
Title: The Chinese Boxer
Released: November 27, 1970
Type: Movie
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
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A Time for Love
Title: A Time for Love
Character: Shopper
Released: October 16, 1970
Type: Movie
A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
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Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers?
Title: Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers?
Character: Coffee shop boss
Released: September 11, 1970
Type: Movie
Six guitar playing, rock and roll singing and dancing young people on a boating trip are stranded on a rural island off of Hong Kong during a typhoon. They become suspicious of a woman who matches the radio bulletin description of a murderess who killed twelve men. Can she be trusted? Is she laying a trap for a local youth housesitting a mansion?
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The Heroic Ones
Title: The Heroic Ones
Character: Town leader at feast
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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Brothers Five
Title: Brothers Five
Character: Extra
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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Dark Rendezvous
Title: Dark Rendezvous
Character: Horse race visitor
Released: December 11, 1969
Type: Movie
Private eye Chang Wen Chiang receives a telephone call from his girlfriend Li Lan Hsing. He rushes over and finds her dying in a pool of blood.
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River of Tears
Title: River of Tears
Character: Club waiter
Released: November 25, 1969
Type: Movie
Mysterious songstress Fang Biyu is loved by two brothers, Qiwei and Qijun. After freeing herself from the clutches of gangsters, she gives her heart to Qiwei. Tragedy comes knocking on the door when one of the gangsters comes out of prison, and Qiwei dies in a car accident. Blamed for her husband's death, Biyu is forced to go back to singing to make a living, but hopes to reunite with her son and return to the family one day.
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Farewell, My Love
Title: Farewell, My Love
Character: Ming's birthday guest
Released: November 14, 1969
Type: Movie
In Farewell, My Love Julie Yeh Feng plays a devoted wife and mother dying from an incurable illness. Her goal now is to find a new mother for her child and a new wife for her husband before she dies. Because of all her personal tragedies and on going hard life off camera, audiences associated with Julie, making her one of the most beloved actresses of her time.
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The Three Smiles
Title: The Three Smiles
Character: Pawn shop owner
Released: September 23, 1969
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
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Tropicana Interlude
Title: Tropicana Interlude
Character: Nightclub manager
Released: July 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Lily Ho and Jimmy Lin Chong operate a travel agency specializing in Southeast Asian holidays, Tropicana Interlude. Lin Chong wears his trademark Nehru suits, tours the scenic sights of Malaysia and Singapore, and warbles a half-dozen hit tunes, making this one of Shaw Brothers most lively 1960’s musical romances.
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The Millionaire Chase
Title: The Millionaire Chase
Character: Nightclub manager
Released: May 20, 1969
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers musical about three Showgirls chasing millionaires.
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Unfinished Melody
Title: Unfinished Melody
Character: Gambler in flashback
Released: March 13, 1969
Type: Movie
A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era's top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend's apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises the friend's daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation to the love triangle.
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Death Valley
Title: Death Valley
Character: Innkeeper
Released: October 11, 1968
Type: Movie
A hired assassin unknowingly makes friends with the man he's been sent to murder.
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The Angel Strikes Again
Title: The Angel Strikes Again
Character: Nightclub patron
Released: May 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Lily Ho, a secret agent out to thwart the sale of a powerful explosive to the wrong people. It’s a female, Chinese James bond.
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Hong Kong Rhapsody
Title: Hong Kong Rhapsody
Character: Manager of one of the actress
Released: January 29, 1968
Type: Movie
There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong Kong musical orchestrated by a Japanese director and composer, it breaks through the ranks as a classic of campy kitsch. A follow-up to the previous year's megahit Hong Kong Nocturne, with the same Japanese creative team, Hong Kong Rhapsody follows the fortunes of an unemployed magician whose love life is so knotty it would take Houdini to unravel!
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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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Summons to Death
Title: Summons to Death
Character: Night club patron
Released: November 23, 1967
Type: Movie
A suave swinger and a cool chick have one half of a treasure map, the bad guys have the other half. Who will get the goods?
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Susanna
Title: Susanna
Character: Mrs Yu's party guest
Released: October 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Nineteen-year old Li Ching scored a major success playing the title character, Susanna. Li's youthful exuberance is given free rein in a role that embraces rebellion, love, betrayal, tragedy, and ultimately, redemption.
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Song of Tomorrow
Title: Song of Tomorrow
Character: Drug rehab. hospital principal
Released: October 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Ivy Ling Po was at the height of her fame in traditional Huangmei Opera films -- and chiefly as a male impersonator -- when she radically changed her image, taking on an ultra-contemporary semi-musical role in Song Of Tomorrow. Ivy plays a dance hostess and leading man Chiao Chuang is a jazz drummer, but with a difference. Chiao is a heroin addict, and Ivy learns that heroin is a far more lethal adversary than "the other woman" when trying to keep their marriage intact.
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My Dream Boat
Title: My Dream Boat
Character: Reporter
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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Inter-Pol
Title: Inter-Pol
Character: Casino gambler
Released: August 26, 1967
Type: Movie
Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia.
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Kiss and Kill
Title: Kiss and Kill
Character: Thug
Released: August 19, 1967
Type: Movie
A military plane carrying a nuclear load explodes mid-air after being hit by mysterious electronic rays. Sculptor Liang Tien Hong (Paul Chang Chung) discovers the ray was invented by his uncle and he must find it before Communist agents steal it for their own nefarious purposes.
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The One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The One-Armed Swordsman
Character: (extra)
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 Dragon Creek
Title: The Dragon Creek
Character: Innkeeper
Released: July 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers Action Drama.
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Asia-Pol
Title: Asia-Pol
Character: Yang
Released: June 22, 1967
Type: Movie
Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter attack, ruthlessly eliminating their own operatives and destroying most of the shipment before it can be confiscated. In the process, Ming Xuan's partner is killed, and the young agent is brought to the unwelcome attention of the leader of the smuggling operation.
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King Cat
Title: King Cat
Character: Servant
Released: May 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Chang Yi plays Chan Chao, a knight of justice, who thwarts the plans of Minister Peng to assassinate the revered Judge Pao Cheng over and over again. Lo Lieh gives Chang a good run for his money as the evil and sinister henchman of Minister Peng.
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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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Moonlight Serenade
Title: Moonlight Serenade
Character: Villager
Released: April 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most romantic dramas can handle.
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Too Late for Love
Title: Too Late for Love
Character: Guest at Liang's wedding
Released: March 29, 1967
Type: Movie
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.
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Auntie Lan
Title: Auntie Lan
Character: Office worker
Released: March 2, 1967
Type: Movie
The contemporary issue of single mothers is sensitively handled in this melodrama as a young woman must decide whether she will tell the new man in her life the real truth or forever remain the child's auntie Lan? (Celestial Pictures sypnosis)
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Madam Slender Plum
Title: Madam Slender Plum
Character: Party guest
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: Loyalist
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: Strip show customer
Released: February 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A musical about 3 sisters, singers and dancers, and their dad, a magician performing in nightclubs until they make their own life.
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Angel with the Iron Fists
Title: Angel with the Iron Fists
Character: Nightclub patron
Released: January 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Via an IMDb reviewer: "The plot involves a high-tech gang of thieves, a legit jeweler (Tang Ching) caught up in their racket, and a female jewel buyer who's actually a police agent..."
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Sweet Is Revenge
Title: Sweet Is Revenge
Character: Birthday guest
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Some 40 years ago when warlords rode rough-shod over the Chinese people, circus acrobat Pao Te-cheng took to the hills and began robbing the rich to help the poor. His daring feats earned him the nickname of “The Masked Robber”. Trying to intercept a large sum of money to be turned over to public security chief Cheng Kuan-hsi, he is nearly caught. Partner Hsiao Chung is jubilant over his safe return. But in the government office, chief detective Ma Pu-yun frantically plots his arrest. Ma Chien-li, son of the chief detective, devises a clever trap set for Ma Pu-yun’s birthday party. Among the guests is Huang Tan-ping who is engaged to Doctor David Lee. Ma Chien-li proposes to her without knowing this.
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Rose, Be My Love
Title: Rose, Be My Love
Character: Engagement party guest
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Not a love triangle but a love rectangle, Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both star power and technical polish. Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong's invasion by the Japanese, the tragic romance takes on added poignancy in light of the future fate of leading lady Li Ting, the "Rose" of Rose, Be My Love who committed suicide a mere three months after the movie's release.
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The Mating Season
Title: The Mating Season
Released: September 14, 1966
Type: Movie
The Weiss Advertising Co under manageress Lo Yu Chun (Pat Ting Hung) and the Jen An Advertising Co. managed by playboy Tsao Chung Nien (Peter Chen Ho) are business rivals. The former works hard but without much success. The latter, with most of his staff perusing racing form or yellow journals, gets far more business. The anticipated arrival of a business tycoon from Malaya starts another battle and Lo Yu Chun goes all out to win over the prospective customer.
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The Blue and the Black
Title: The Blue and the Black
Character: Uncle Shen
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 Knight of Knights
Title: The Knight of Knights
Character: Inspector Lin's guard
Released: May 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Six heroes are killed while investigating rampant lawlessness at Zhaoqing Temple where villains are posing as monks. The dead heroes’ senior brother Su-chen and his two apprentices pose as scholars in order to infiltrate the temple. When the life of the Emperor’s Inspector and his daughter are threatened, the trio leaps into battle as government troops prepare to storm the temple.
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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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Till the End of Time
Title: Till the End of Time
Character: I-Hua's father
Released: March 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Jenny Wu is a singer who charms the well-to-do Peter Chen, but his parents object to a union between their only son and a lowly cabaret singer. He ignores their advice and marries her anyway, and for a time, they find some manner of wedded bliss. But the years are not entirely kind. He works hard to make ends meet, but his health pays the price.
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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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Inside the Forbidden City
Title: Inside the Forbidden City
Character: General
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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Vermilion Door
Title: Vermilion Door
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: Restaurant customer
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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Pink Tears
Title: Pink Tears
Character: Minister He
Released: May 27, 1965
Type: Movie
The socialite Pai Li-Lan's life is disrupted when she contracts tuberculosis.
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Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
Title: Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
Released: May 27, 1965
Type: Movie
FAIRY, GHOST, VIXEN (1965) consists of three fanciful tales that may be loosely classified as ghost stories, but they're presented and designed more along the lines of traditional fairy tales. They're beautifully staged and photographed and have a timeless quality about them with a moral at the end of each.
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Sons of the Good Earth
Title: Sons of the Good Earth
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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A Beggar's Daughter
Title: A Beggar's Daughter
Released: January 29, 1965
Type: Movie
This is an adaptation of the folk story, “Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane”. Jin Yu Nu, a beggar’s daughter, is a beautiful and kind girl. On a snowy day she saves the life of a poor scholar, Mo Ji. When Mo recovers, he marries Jin with love and gratitude. Mo wins the third place in the imperial examinations, but now he is looked down upon because his wife is a beggar's daughter. Extremely embarrassed and ashamed, Mo wants to divorce but has no excuse. Jin then jumps into the river and Mo has deep regrets but it is too late. Later, Mo’s senior Ambassador Lin appreciates his talents and wants to marry him his daughter. On the wedding night, the bride orders Mo to kneel in her room and beats him hard with a cane. Not until then does Mo know his bride is actually Jin, who has been saved by Lin. At the end, Lin knows Jin still loves Mo and helps the couple reunite.
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The Warlord and the Actress
Title: The Warlord and the Actress
Character: Party guest
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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Beyond the Great Wall
Title: Beyond the Great Wall
Character: (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1964
Type: Movie
Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns.
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The Crimson Palm
Title: The Crimson Palm
Character: Constable
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: Brothel worker
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 Dancing Millionairess
Title: The Dancing Millionairess
Character: Mei's executive
Released: February 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance. Soon she's bankrolling the affair, the sets are being built, and the singing and dancing begin!
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Between Tears and Smiles
Title: Between Tears and Smiles
Character: General's guest
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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Three Sinners
Title: Three Sinners
Character: Onlooker of Jiao's begging
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).
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The Adulteress
Title: The Adulteress
Character: Constable
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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Empress Wu
Title: Empress Wu
Character: Court military official
Released: June 23, 1963
Type: Movie
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
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The Love Eterne
Title: The Love Eterne
Character: Part of wedding procession (uncredited)
Released: April 3, 1963
Type: Movie
In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend university.
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Love Parade
Title: Love Parade
Character: Party guest
Released: January 21, 1963
Type: Movie
The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance company places a personal ad in the newspaper. He receives a response but has no idea the woman is his top dancer, with whom he has an antagonistic relationship.
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Madam White Snake
Title: Madam White Snake
Character: Celestial soldier
Released: October 2, 1962
Type: Movie
This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the two sister serpents, Pak Su-cheng and Ching Ching. Su-cheng meets Hsu Hsien (Chao Lei) one day and recognizes him as her savior in another life 1,000 years ago. She marries him to reward him but the snake-human union brings about problems beyond imagination.
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The Bride Napping
Title: The Bride Napping
Character: Wedding guest
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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Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1
Title: Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1
Character: Teacher
Released: December 8, 1961
Type: Movie
The film traces the relationships that develop between the protagonist Xu and the three women he meets, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
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Beauty Parade
Title: Beauty Parade
Character: Ai Chun's basketball coach #2
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
A country girl moves to the city in order to go to school. She has to overcome several obstacles.
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Between Tears and Laughter
Title: Between Tears and Laughter
Released: November 10, 1960
Type: Movie
This is the story of three ladies who live together in an apartment in Hong Kong and what happens to them. First, there is Shuxian, whose husband left her and has a son in the hospital who can't walk. Then, there is Meifen, a romance novelist who pines for a deceased lover and, finally Manli, a young lady with some sass who is expecting a visit from Mr. Zheng, a man she has been a pen pal with for a year. She also has been dating someone else, not happily. The film goes through all three lives.
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The Enchanting Shadow
Title: The Enchanting Shadow
Character: Angry inn customer
Released: August 18, 1960
Type: Movie
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.
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Back Door
Title: Back Door
Character: Party guest
Released: May 27, 1960
Type: Movie
A middle-aged couple adopt a young girl.
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The Wild, Wild Rose
Title: The Wild, Wild Rose
Character: Nightclub patron
Released: May 9, 1960
Type: Movie
Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.
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The Kingdom and the Beauty
Title: The Kingdom and the Beauty
Character: Royal guard
Released: June 29, 1959
Type: Movie
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.
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Spring Song
Title: Spring Song
Character: Teacher
Released: February 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Teenage idols Grace Chang and Jeanette Lin Cui played competitive university freshman fighting against each other for almost anything : fame, recognition and, of course, guys, who were played by Cathay heart-throbs Peter Chen Hou end Roy Chiao.
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Our Dream Car
Title: Our Dream Car
Character: Party guest
Released: February 2, 1959
Type: Movie
A gem in every sense of the word, Our Dream car features popular idols Ge Lan (Grace Chang) and Chang Yang as a couple of newlyweds who struggle hard to acquire the latest symbol of middle class affluence: a motor car, but only find themselves in alienating situations. Yi Wen's script is full of lively and humorous details, his direction affectionate, while the young stars are charming. The film also paints a picture of a bourgeois lifestyle that was yet to occur in the ex-colony. It has also been aptly compared to the genre of hollywood "bedroom" comedy made famous by Rock Hudson and Doris Day in the 1950s.
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Our Sister Hedy
Title: Our Sister Hedy
Character: Mr Sun's friend
Released: November 14, 1957
Type: Movie
The Kong family has four daughters. Hilda, the eldest sister, assumes the role of a mother and often lets romance slip by. Third sister Hedy introduces her to Sun Ruhao, an engineer, but Sun is snatched by second sister Helen. The youngest girl Hazel drops out of school in pursuit of love. Hedy shows no interest in romance but is chased by a rich heir, He Yan. Meanwhile, Hilda runs away to meet her true love in a foreign land. As for Hedy, she is at last won over by He.
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Mambo Girl
Title: Mambo Girl
Character: Man Talking with Li Kai-Ling
Released: March 6, 1957
Type: Movie
A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.