Lam Ching-Ying

Lam Ching-Ying

Born: December 27, 1952
Died: November 8, 1997
in Hong Kong
Lam Ching-ying (Chinese: 林正英, 27 December 1952 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong actor, action director and director. A physically talented and graceful martial artist, Lam was best known for playing the stoic Taoist priest in Mr. Vampire (1985). Lam died in 1997 of liver cancer.

Was a member of Madame Fan Fok-Fa's The Spring And Autumn Drama School's Peking Opera. Was a member of the Sammo Hung Stuntmen's Association.

Movies for Lam Ching-Ying...

The Final Game of Death
Title: The Final Game of Death
Character: Karateka (Archival footage)
Released: July 17, 2023
Type: Movie
A brand new three-hour video essay by Arrow Films that incorporates a new 2K restoration of all two hours of Bruce Lee’s original dailies for Game of Death from a recently-discovered interpositive.
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Title: 撞到正 / 情定阴阳界
Character: 剑伯
Released: July 7, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Vampire Expert
Character: 毛小方
Released: October 6, 1995
Type: TV
Zhang Tian-shi's 18th generation disciple, Mao Xiao-fang, heads south to Hong Kong to track down the zombie king. Along the way, he meets Yang Fei-yun, a master of numerology and fortune-telling. Mao gains recognition for his exceptional Taoist abilities, which attracts jealousy from the head of the Seven Sisters Hall, Chung Kwan. Chung is bitter enemies with Mao, but her younger brother Chung Pong, a prodigious student, takes Mao as his teacher. Mao is unaware that Yang is a cunning and treacherous scoundrel. Yang tricks him into a trap, and eventually becomes the Great Demon King. Chung Pong sacrifices his relationship with his lover, Yuh Pak-sum, to become a great Taoist and help Mao defeat Yang.
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Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1
Title: Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1
Character: Himself [archive footage]
Released: July 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 is a Documentary on Hong Kong cinema.
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Kung Fu Kid
Title: Kung Fu Kid
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: Movie
This classical tale of Shaolin Temple disciples versus the Manchurian Ching government displays Shaolin martial arts at its best in empty hand combat. After the siege of the Shaolin Monastery by the Ching gevernment in the 18th century, students of Shaolin led by Hung See-Kwan, continue to rebel agains the Manchus. Hung then joins forces with the well-known hero Fong Sai Yuk. Hung is now a wanted criminal by Ching leader Kow Ching Chung, former disciple of Shaolin. Fong's association with Hung brings tragedy to his family as they are raided and killed by Kow's troops. Fong and Hung prepare for the final battle as they vow to bring Kow to his knees to avenge Shaolin and their families.
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The Chinese Ghostbuster
Title: The Chinese Ghostbuster
Released: March 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Wu Ma stars as a ghost who's searching for the perfect husband for his daughter. In order to get her married, the two decide to leave the spirit plain and head for the land of the living. To their surprise the world had drastically changed since they've last visited. The duo finds a likely candidate in a street hustler. The ghostly pair chase the poor guy until he seeks the help of a tao priest. Will the Tao priest send these wandering spirits back to hell or will the hustler join is ghostly bride forever?
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The Green Hornet
Title: The Green Hornet
Character: Uncle
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A Chinese reporter (Esther Kwan) attempts to find out the identity of a masked crime-fighter.
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Rape In Public Sea
Title: Rape In Public Sea
Character: Nan
Released: September 3, 1993
Type: Movie
An alternative cut of the movie "The Sad Story of Saigon". A boatload of smugglers are slaughtered by machinegun fire by a bunch of baddies, led by the villain Yuen Wan Tai. A group of Vietnamese refugees living in HK vow revenge on Yuen, who caused each of them harm.
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Painted Skin
Title: Painted Skin
Character: Purple Taoist
Released: August 18, 1993
Type: Movie
When an amorously inclined young man runs across an attractive young woman in need of his help, it's not difficult for him to rush to her aid while imagining himself in her arms. Though he's married, he retains a strong desire to bed any pretty woman in sight. To his shock, he discovers later that the pretty woman he fantasized about is a ghost.
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The Sad Story of Saigon
Title: The Sad Story of Saigon
Character: Nan
Released: February 1, 1993
Type: Movie
An alternative cut of the movie "Rape in Public Sea". A boatload of smugglers are slaughtered by machinegun fire by a bunch of baddies, led by the villain Yuen Wan Tai. A group of Vietnamese refugees living in HK vow revenge on Yuen, who caused each of them harm.
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Exorcist Master
Title: Exorcist Master
Character: Master Chiou
Released: January 8, 1993
Type: Movie
When a Catholic church in a small Chinese town falls prey to an evil combing the powers of Western and Chinese vampirism, Taoist priest Uncle Nine (Lam Ching Ying) and Catholic priest Wu (Wu Ma) must overcome religious and cultural differences in order to defeat the vampire.
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Mad Mad Ghost
Title: Mad Mad Ghost
Character: Uncle Ying
Released: November 13, 1992
Type: Movie
Uncle Ying is a fortune teller / Taoism Priest with a failing business and five apprentices. He takes a janitor/nightwatchmen job at a soon-to-be remodeled house, only to find its haunted!
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Pom Pom And Hot Hot
Title: Pom Pom And Hot Hot
Character: Lam Ho-Yang
Released: October 21, 1992
Type: Movie
Shin (Jacky Cheung) and Chiang (Stephen Tung Wai) are happy-go-lucky partners investigating a particularly notorious crime syndicate. Unfortunately, Shin's Mainland relatives -- Cha Chiang (Alfred Cheung Kin-ting) and his beautiful sibling Cha Shi (Loletta Lee Lai-chun) -- decide to drop by. While Chiang insists on accompanying his cousin on the job, Shin starts to make eyes with Shi. Meanwhile, Chiang runs into his ex-girlfriend Nancy (Bonnie Fu Yuk-ching). When Nancy witnesses a gangland hit, she and everyone around her are threatened by the mob.
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Skin Striperess
Title: Skin Striperess
Character: Taoist Lam
Released: September 24, 1992
Type: Movie
A hot broad is reincarnated as a skin stripperess who sexes guys up, sorta pulls on their skin and stuff and kills them.
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The Musical Vampire
Title: The Musical Vampire
Character: Uncle Master
Released: September 4, 1992
Type: Movie
A crazy white scientist resurrects a corpse with a werid chemical creating a super hopping ghost. The only thing that can somewhat control it is the sound of music. A Tao Priest and his two assistants try and stop it from destroying the countryside.
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Mr. Vampire 1992
Title: Mr. Vampire 1992
Character: Master Lam
Released: August 8, 1992
Type: Movie
Master Lam and his two disciples must battle a horde of Chinese vampires in order to get the teeth dust needed to cure an ailing general. Meanwhile, the general's wife is pregnant, and the evil spirit of an aborted baby wants to possess the unborn child's body for its resurrection.
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Wizard's Curse
Title: Wizard's Curse
Character: Taoist Lin
Released: July 19, 1992
Type: Movie
Lam Ching Ying is a Taoist wizard who goes to Thailand to help defeat a pair of black magic criminals (Billy Chow and Tsui Man Wah) using huge Taoist charms and good, old-fashioned blood of a black dog. Afterwards, "a fiendish wizard steals the bodies of the two criminals. He anoints them with the sperm of 99 satyrs and the blood collected from the menstrual flow of 99 bitches. The result is the merging of the two bodies into one ultra-powerful, bisexual creature known as the Terrific Vampire. This lustful monster gains knowledge and strength by killing and devouring the brains of victims (the first casualties are the wizard and his assistants).
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Martial Arts Master Wong Fei Hung
Title: Martial Arts Master Wong Fei Hung
Character: Jiubinku Kyoto
Released: May 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Wong Fei Hung, as a young man, was impetuous and irresponsible. But the death of this father and the beginnings of the legal British opium trade force him to grow up fast. Also, a challenger from Japan arrives......
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Forced Nightmare
Title: Forced Nightmare
Character: Tao Priest
Released: March 26, 1992
Type: Movie
A female psychic (Sandra Ng) leaves her mainland home to visit Hong Kong. Along the way her bus crashes killing everyone on board except her (her powers protected her but they cause the dead passengers to re-aminate). So, she seeks the help of a famous Tao Priest (Lam Ching-Ying) to put the dead back to rest.
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China Dolls
Title: China Dolls
Character: Officer 19174
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Tong catches Chiu attempting to rape his wife May (Amy Yip). They scuffle and Tong shoots Chiu dead with Chiu's gun. They flee but Tong is killed in a shootout with police. May begs an officer to take her child, since if he is repatriated he'll have a horrible life. So, the infant son ends up in Hong Kong separated from his mother. Six years pass and May is a hotel maid then gets forced into prostitution. She longs to see her son, who is now a young boy, maybe to fully reunite with him.
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Banana Spirit
Title: Banana Spirit
Character: Master Chen Sheng
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Francis Ng stars as Chic, who helps his friend Che, a Taoist ghostbuster, with various assignments. They both owe gambling debts to the nasty mobster Rabid Hsiung, so they're in desperate need of money, leading them to take on a request from the elderly Taoist master Tang to help him capture the Banana Spirit. On a late-night search, the trio is frightened by a demon as well as awakening the Banana Spirit, Muyung Yu-Yu, who takes the earthly form of a beautiful model and seduces Chic. Chic and the ghost become lovers, and she saves his life when he is shot at by mobsters as well as helping him win a great deal of money at one of Rabid Hsiung's casinos. Hsiung figures out that Yu-Yu has special powers, which he attempts to use for his own benefit, but Chic kills him before he can realize his plans. Unfortunately, Hsiung rises from the grave as a clownish evil spirit looking for revenge, and Yu-Yu's allotted time on Earth is quickly running out.
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Lover's Tear
Title: Lover's Tear
Character: Cheng Ying
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A cop in the Hong Kong anti-smuggling unit goes to mainland China to retrieve some confiscated contraband. His real objective, though, is to arrest the boss of the smuggling ring. His goal is endangered, though, when he falls for the gang boss' daughter.
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Legend of Wong Tai Sin
Title: Legend of Wong Tai Sin
Character: Cho Pin
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A spirit is sent to earth through reincarnation and born into a family of kind-hearted beggars. It is here that he begins an unbelievable journey to become the Legend of Wong Tai Sin.
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Slickers vs. Killers
Title: Slickers vs. Killers
Character: Owl
Released: September 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Success Hung, an ace cell phone salesman who his feeling the heat from young, up and comer Miss Cheng. One day, Hung witnesses a mob hit. Though the panic-stricken salesman tries to tell his friends about the incident, Hung's gift for exaggeration in the past makes everyone suspicion of his claims except for a relative the deceased who comes to believe that Hung pulled the trigger.
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The Tantana
Title: The Tantana
Character: Mud Yuet
Released: July 27, 1991
Type: Movie
A Buddhist lama and an evil wizard battle for the Palace of Heaven.
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Crazy Safari
Title: Crazy Safari
Character: Taoist priest
Released: July 5, 1991
Type: Movie
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ancestor of the other guy. On the way, while flying over Africa, their plane stalls. And of all places, where do they land? That's right, in the village of the tribe of "The Gods Must Be Crazy".
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Money Maker
Title: Money Maker
Character: Master Chu
Released: May 22, 1991
Type: Movie
When expert gambler Sandra Ng is killed by a rival, her ghost enlists Wong Jing and Ng Man-Tat, two screw-up disciples of Taoist Lam Ching-Ying, to help her extract her revenge. This premise allows Wong Jing to have fun with the ghost, taoist, and gambling movie genres at the same time, providing the kind of entertainment you would expect from a movie produced, directed, and starring Wong Jing ... be that good or bad
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The Gambling Ghost
Title: The Gambling Ghost
Character: Taoist Priest
Released: March 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Sammo Hung plays three different characters: Fatty, Fatty's father and Fatty's grandfather, Hung Kau. Fatty is a hotel worker, yearning for sudden wealth. Therefore, he, and his co-worker, enter the gambling world, to the dismay of his father. When Fatty hits rock bottom, the ghost of his grandfather resurrects to help him. However, Fatty learns that his grandfather was murdered, therefore, he will stop at nothing to avenge his death.
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An Eternal Combat
Title: An Eternal Combat
Character: Master
Released: January 5, 1991
Type: Movie
1000 years before our time: Master Cho-Lo, a Taoist priest (Lam Ching-Ying) and his two understudies (Gabriel Wong and Shing Fui On) go on a quest to fight an evil Japanese demon. When the Taoist priest and his two helpers impose a ritual on the demon, they're all thrown into a time vortex and finally find themselves in modern day Hong Kong. Now the fight continues – in a different time and with many new problems ...
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Demonic Umbrella
Title: Demonic Umbrella
Character: Taoist
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Yung Fang and Fung Yong are brothers in competition. One is married to Siu Gwan, who wooed him away from the vicious Sherry, who goads Yung Fung about being useless. Yung Fung is executed, but is reincarnated a thousand years later, where revenge is played out...
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Spiritual Trinity
Title: Spiritual Trinity
Character: Tien Lung
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Two ghostexterminators have been married for many years. But they encounter a ghost they can not manage on their own and therefore ask the wife's old boyfriend for help. This leads to a love triangle while the ghost is stronger than they had imagined.
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The Ultimate Vampire
Title: The Ultimate Vampire
Character: Master Chiu
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
"Vampire Buster" Lam Ching-Ying returns as Master Gao in this vampire-filled adventure. Here, he joins forces with his colleagues in ridding the world of restless ghosts, and he, himself, does battle with dozens of jumping Chinese vampires and creepy-looking zombies. Meanwhile, he must also deal with his corrupted senior colleague and a beautiful female ghost, who befriended his two pupils.
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Red and Black
Title: Red and Black
Character: Kong
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
In 1941, during the Japanese occupation of mainland China, a man is infected by a Japanese vampire soldier. He manages to climb in to an underground cavern where he impales himself with a wooden stake. 25 years later, after the Mao communist Revolution, he's inadvertently ressurected by his unsuspecting son and returns long enough to infect the people's leader.
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Shy Spirit
Title: Shy Spirit
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Two feuding families brag about their sons on christening day. One, called Long-life, is destined to die early, while Sing, the other, will do well. Twenty years pass. Long-life has survived, and he fancies pretty Hsio. In a scene stolen from My Life As A Dog, he spies on her in the shower, falls through the roof, kisses her as he lands..... but then her spirit leaves her body. Having died naked, Hsio wanders around sans clothing, and is dubbed the Shy Ghost by other spirits she meets. What follows mainly concerns her family and friend's efforts to lay her spirit to rest. These include taking revenge on Long-Life, getting some clothes to her, stacks of fu fighting, incantations and a duel between a buddhist and a taoist.
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Magic Cop
Title: Magic Cop
Character: Uncle Feng
Released: November 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A Taoist former cop is called to Hong Kong to assist in the investigation of of a series of strange murders. Aided by two local officers, he runs afoul of an evil sorceress.
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Prince of the Sun
Title: Prince of the Sun
Character: Khenlun
Released: September 24, 1990
Type: Movie
Cynthia Rothrock helps to protect a Buddhist boy from villains who wish to stop him from becoming the Prince of the Sun.
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Goodbye Hero
Title: Goodbye Hero
Character: Frank
Released: June 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Frustration and recovery of a stunt man after his partner's accident.
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Swordsman
Title: Swordsman
Character: Kuk
Released: April 5, 1990
Type: Movie
When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachment is sent to recover it. It is based on the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jinyong.
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Stage Door Johnny
Title: Stage Door Johnny
Character: Liu
Released: March 24, 1990
Type: Movie
During the 1920s in Shanghai, an all female Chinese Opera troupe is struggling. The troupe boss calls on Tsui to join them in the hope that her fighting sequences will pull the troupe out from imminent close-down. This enrages the actresses who are already quarreling among themselves. However, they come together when a Triad Boss Chang, goes after one of them. The actors and a young man named Lu and his friends become embroiled with the mobster.
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind II
Title: Encounters of the Spooky Kind II
Character: Master Jiao
Released: February 9, 1990
Type: Movie
Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherous advances of the wealthy but repulsive Master Shi. The two men's romantic rivalry escalates into full-scale supernatural warfare after Shi enlists the aid of a wicked sorcerer, and Abao encounters a benevolent female ghost.
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Vampire Vs. Vampire
Title: Vampire Vs. Vampire
Character: One-Eyebrow Priest
Released: July 26, 1989
Type: Movie
Lam Ching-Ying returns as the famous "Vampire Buster," this time starring as the One-Eyebrow Priest. To save the village from paranormal menaces, he deals with and battles a host of mysterious creatures including: a little mischievous Chinese vampire; a lustful female ghost; the spirit of a woman murdered by a club owner and a European vampire and his blood-sucking pet bats.
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Pedicab Driver
Title: Pedicab Driver
Character: Uncle Sheng
Released: February 11, 1989
Type: Movie
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
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Her Vengeance
Title: Her Vengeance
Character: Hung
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Kit-Ying is an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who inadvertently angers a gang of drunken patrons. They follow her home after her shift and mount a viscous gang assault. After her traumatic ordeal, she vows to hunt them down one by one.
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Painted Faces
Title: Painted Faces
Character: Wah
Released: September 16, 1988
Type: Movie
This is a story about the Peking Opera School that Jackie Chan, Samo Hung and Yuen Biao attended as young men. The story is about their teacher Master Yu and his school.
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School on Fire
Title: School on Fire
Character: Hoi
Released: August 20, 1988
Type: Movie
A young schoolgirl, Yuen Fong becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies in court over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart, Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.
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I Love Maria
Title: I Love Maria
Character: Master
Released: March 10, 1988
Type: Movie
RoboCop as a woman... The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their killer robots, Pioneers 1 and 2. While Pioneer 1 looks like an oridinary robot, Pioneer 2 has been modelled on Maria, the gang's #2 thug. When Pioneer 2 gets damaged during a mission to kill an outcast gang member, an inventor on the police force takes her and changes some of her programming. This new code, plus a few injuries to her logic center, start causing Pioneer 2 to develop her own personality.
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Mr. Vampire III
Title: Mr. Vampire III
Character: Master Gau
Released: December 17, 1987
Type: Movie
The Vampire Master joins forces with another fellow priest with his two pet ghosts along for the ride to defeat an evil witch and her henchman, whose goals are to defeat the human race. The priests must also overcome the odds of the separation between humans and ghosts.
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Last Eunuch In China
Title: Last Eunuch In China
Character: Liu Chang-Fu
Released: October 24, 1987
Type: Movie
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Eastern Condors
Title: Eastern Condors
Character: Lieutenant Lam
Released: July 9, 1987
Type: Movie
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.
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Mr. Vampire II
Title: Mr. Vampire II
Character: Lam Ching-Ying
Released: August 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Chaos ensues after a team of archaeologists accidentally breaks the seals of a sleeping vampire family, which prevent them from waking up.
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小说家族之对倒
Title: 小说家族之对倒
Released: June 13, 1986
Type: Movie
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Where's Officer Tuba?
Title: Where's Officer Tuba?
Character: Taoist Priest (cameo)
Released: March 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Tuba is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding the streets. One day, he finds himself caught up in an extortion case with trigger-happy detective Rambo Chow. When Rambo gets fatally wounded, he makes a half-hearted vow to avenge his death. Tuba is more than a little surprised when Rambo's spirit returns to make sure the timid cop makes good on his promise. Backed up by his hotshot partner Cheung, Tuba eventually summons the gumption to track down the baddies.
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The Millionaires' Express
Title: The Millionaires' Express
Character: Bank Robber
Released: January 30, 1986
Type: Movie
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
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Mr. Vampire
Title: Mr. Vampire
Character: Master Gau
Released: November 7, 1985
Type: Movie
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
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Heart of Dragon
Title: Heart of Dragon
Character: SWAT Commander
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: Movie
A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.
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Those Merry Souls
Title: Those Merry Souls
Character: Tak's father
Released: May 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.
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My Lucky Stars
Title: My Lucky Stars
Character: Corrupted HK Policeman
Released: February 10, 1985
Type: Movie
Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
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Heroes Shed No Tears
Title: Heroes Shed No Tears
Character: Viet Colonel
Released: November 30, 1984
Type: Movie
The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves pursued by his forces, and the forces of a bitter Thai officer. The Chinese mercenaries are vastly outnumbered, and as their numbers begin to dwindle, their desperation pulls them into a corner as their enemies close in on them.
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The Return of Pom Pom
Title: The Return of Pom Pom
Character: Flying Spider Lo Chien
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Hong Kong detectives Chau and Beethoven return in this sequel to "Pom Pom." This time out, they join forces with their boss, Inspector Chan, to find the notorious Flying Spider, who is suspected of stealing government money Chan was responsible for. Meanwhile, Beethoven falls in love with Flying Spider's daughter, Mimi.
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Pom Pom
Title: Pom Pom
Character: Police Officer
Released: February 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Chau and Beethoven, two Hong Kong police detectives, go through misadventures to protect a young girl from a ruthless crime lord, as she possesses a ledger that contains all of the gangster's activities. In the mix is a tough, no-nonsense policewoman, who falls for one of the detectives. Written by Oliver Chu
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Hocus Pocus
Title: Hocus Pocus
Character: Master Sheng
Released: January 12, 1984
Type: Movie
This movie follows in the same spirit as Mr. Vampire, Dead and the deadly and Spooky encounters, mixing comedy and horror!
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Winners & Sinners
Title: Winners & Sinners
Character: Chan
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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The Dead and the Deadly
Title: The Dead and the Deadly
Character: Uncle Yee
Released: December 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li helps Uncle to run the local funeral services. When the body Ma Lun Chio is brought back to the village by a new wife and her "brother", Wai Li is suspicious. He sets out to find out how his friend died, but things are not what they seem.
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The Prodigal Son
Title: The Prodigal Son
Character: Leung Yee-Tai
Released: November 10, 1981
Type: Movie
A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.
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Encounter of the Spooky Kind
Title: Encounter of the Spooky Kind
Character: The Inspector
Released: December 24, 1980
Type: Movie
"Big Guts" Cheung, a man well known in his local village for his lack of fear, is put to the test after being trick into spending the night in a temple full of spirits, zombies, and vampires.
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By Hook or By Crook
Title: By Hook or By Crook
Character: Skinny's hired thug leader
Released: August 7, 1980
Type: Movie
'FLOWER KID' was a 'Robin Hood' type of hero who robs the rich and gives the poor. He was adored by many people especially a kid named 'FATSO', who considered himself as 'FLOWER KID jr.' Madam Bee, a woman of guts and evil hated 'FLOWER KID' because he once refused to kill her husband. She then married a rich 'Big Shot' and used his money and power to hire a bounty hunter called 'SKINNY'. Skinny caught the imitating hero 'Fatso'. They fought, understood, became good friends and went on look for 'Flower Kid'...
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From Riches to Rags
Title: From Riches to Rags
Character: Knife killer
Released: July 10, 1980
Type: Movie
Ricky and Fatso are friends in need. They are in dire need of money since they are only paid slave wages at the bottling factory. However, they become millionaires overnight after buying a winning lottery ticket. During one of their swingin' nights on the town, Ricky is suddenly attacked by an upset stomach; and in no time, a quack doctor diagnoses the seizure as terminal cancer. Ricky seriously considers suicide. But he is appalled by the drawbacks inherent in the available methods of doing himself in--primarily the pain! It is on a rooftop from which he is supposed to make a plunge that he saves a poor man from suicide by giving the latter all the money he has. In gratitude, the newly rich man promises to hire a killer to finish off his suffering benefactor...
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The Victim
Title: The Victim
Character: Jo Wing's Man / Double
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His brother has never given up the chase however, and Chung Yao live in constant fear that the vengeful stepbrother will murder him and his wife.
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Two Toothless Tigers
Title: Two Toothless Tigers
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Two men each possess half of a treasure map, but over the years, their greed has prevented either from actually finding the treasure. But it seems that they may now be too late, as a third man plots to steal the treasure right out from under them.
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The Magnificent Butcher
Title: The Magnificent Butcher
Character: Fan Man
Released: December 19, 1979
Type: Movie
A plump butcher student of Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai-Wing gets into trouble with a rival kung-fu school known as Five Dragons. He is accused of raping the Head of that school's goddaughter and killing his son. Now Ko, the Head of Five Dragons, wants revenge.
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His Name is Nobody
Title: His Name is Nobody
Character: Wears black wig
Released: August 16, 1979
Type: Movie
Lau Kar-Wing plays "Nobody", an orphan who grows up stealing food to survive, learning some meagre skills as a con artist. When he meets a true master con artist, he begs to become a pupil and learn some tricky kung fu. The pair are later separated, and Nobody finds another master to learn more deadly skills.
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Odd Couple
Title: Odd Couple
Character: Ha (Scarface's fighter)
Released: August 9, 1979
Type: Movie
Hailed as possibly the greatest classical weapons movie ever made and starring world-renowned martial arts master, director and action-choreographer, Sammo Hung. This film showcases some of the most spectacular and intricate weapons duels ever committed to film. Sammo Hung and Lau Kar Wing play dual roles as both masters and students of the sword and spear styles of kung fu. Comic mayhem ensues when the students get kidnapped and the masters must rescue them.
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Knockabout
Title: Knockabout
Character: Casino Fighter
Released: April 12, 1979
Type: Movie
After being cheated out of some money, two small time crooks convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students.
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The Incredible Kung Fu Master
Title: The Incredible Kung Fu Master
Character: Fu student [cameo]
Released: January 26, 1979
Type: Movie
Tung Wei (18 Fatal Strikes Enter The Dragon) is a lad who wants to learn kung fu. He trains in two different styles: Hung Gar and Wing Chun. Everything is fine until a jealous master creates a rift between Tung's two teachers, and he has to choose sides. But a bigger problem looms ahead. The Tiger Master, played by Philip Ko (Dragon On Fire, Fearless Dragons), wants to fight both men to the death. They're no match for him, so Tung goes to the one man who can train him properly: Sammo Hung
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Warriors Two
Title: Warriors Two
Character: Thunder's Men / Leung's Student
Released: December 28, 1978
Type: Movie
In an attempt to save his village from being taken over by brutes, Wah is beaten to a pulp and his mother brutally murdered. Determined to take revenge, Wah learns the art of Wing Chun and enters into a showdown with the nasty villains.
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Gee and Gor
Title: Gee and Gor
Released: November 9, 1978
Type: Movie
Two fellows who make friends under the funniest circumstances cause a riot through a series of jobs that they take on and lose at an alarming rate.
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Title: Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Character: One of Panther's men
Released: July 21, 1978
Type: Movie
Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone's wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follows her home and removes his Invincible Armor when she pretends to be willing to sleep with him. Of course she steals it, and when he tries to follow her, he's stopped by Dirty Tiger who is on a mission to bring Crazy Frog back to his wife. However, Dirty Tiger would really like to have that armor himself...
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Enter the Fat Dragon
Title: Enter the Fat Dragon
Character: Fighter on Movie Set
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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Legend of the Bat
Title: Legend of the Bat
Character: Han's sword troop
Released: July 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Following "Clans Of Intrigue"'s success, director Chu Yuan, novelist Ku Lung, and superstar Ti Lung re-teamed for another adventure featuring sexy knight Chu Liu-Hsiang. This time, he travels to the mysterious Island Of The Bats, where he encounters treacherous monks, beautiful women, and a strange Prince. The movie is also a significant milestone in the amount of female flesh revealed on screen, proving that Shaw movies can balance the yin of cheesecake with the yang of beefcake.
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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Title: Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Character: Chin Ping Lu
Released: June 30, 1978
Type: Movie
A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
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My Darling Gals
Title: My Darling Gals
Released: June 7, 1978
Type: Movie
My Darling Gals aka Kung Fu Stars is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung
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Amsterdam Connection
Title: Amsterdam Connection
Character: Mr. Hung's henchman
Released: May 24, 1978
Type: Movie
When two Hong Kong buddies become rivals for the same woman, their friendship ends, and they join rival tong gangs. Later, a tong boss cleverly conspires to use a motion picture company to cover illegal drug trafficking: Actresses are sent to Amsterdam for film roles not realizing that they carry cocaine shipments. Once in Holland, the actresses are sold into prostitution. Soon the faux film company shanghais the woman who put the two friends at odds. To save their beautiful damsel, the two ex-buddies must join forces and go on the offense. Written by Neva Friedenn
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The Proud Youth
Title: The Proud Youth
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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Game of Death
Title: Game of Death
Character: Macau Fighter (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1978
Type: Movie
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
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Clan of Amazons
Title: Clan of Amazons
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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Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword
Title: Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword
Character: Thug
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Crazy Sword, Blind Fist and Queer Strikes are three kung fu fanatics who team up with Mung, the debonair master in white. Together the four real friends smash a massive kung fu gang led by Moose Face, Tsai Hung. Once smashed the girls are freed from vice and valuables returned to their rightful owners. A kung fu rare classic from Goldig Films.
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The Amsterdam Kill
Title: The Amsterdam Kill
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...
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Broken Oath
Title: Broken Oath
Character: One of Qi's men
Released: December 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Lotus never had a chance. Her mother seethed with anger at being unjustly imprisoned for turning her attemped rapist into a cyclops. Mother repeatedly asked her good friend and fellow prisoner, Pickpocket, to urge Lotus to take revenge for her as an adult. Lotus is given to a monastery and grows up there, but twenty years of peace and love make no impression on Lotus, who skips classes to practice pole and sword skills. Joining forces with Pickpocket and Big Rat, Lotus gets her chance at revenge.
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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
Title: He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
Character: Thug in gambling house
Released: November 3, 1977
Type: Movie
He's lost his memory, but not his skill: After a fierce battle with a local tong, Hoi is thrown over an embankment and left for dead. He survives the ordeal but has lost all of his memory, but not his kung-fu. His fateful meeting with a beggar leads to their teaming up for cleaning up that tong.
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The Iron-Fisted Monk
Title: The Iron-Fisted Monk
Released: August 25, 1977
Type: Movie
Husker is a student of the Shaolin monks, learning kung fu so that he can avenge his uncle who was murdered by the Manchus who control the province. He leaves his training early, desperate to teach the killers a lesson, and teams up with a martial artist monk who is teaching a group of factory workers how to defend themselves. When the Manchus strike again, Husker and his Buddhist pal decide it's time to even the score.
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Money Crazy
Title: Money Crazy
Character: Hitman
Released: July 28, 1977
Type: Movie
Ducky is hired by Rich Chen to transport the "diamonds" he stole from Uncle Pai Mary. Uncles Tough Guy and Mary would like to get the diamond from Ducky, so they volunteer to relieve Ducky of his responsibility.
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The Shaolin Plot
Title: The Shaolin Plot
Character: Soldier
Released: April 6, 1977
Type: Movie
When a terrible kung fu master seeks various martial arts manuals from around China to make himself even more evil, he must come to blows with a Wu Tang student sent to stop him.
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Executioners from Shaolin
Title: Executioners from Shaolin
Character: Pai Mei's Monk
Released: February 16, 1977
Type: Movie
A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger style from his father's training manual.
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Challenge of the Masters
Title: Challenge of the Masters
Character: Master Pang's Student
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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Hot Potato
Title: Hot Potato
Character: Leopard Man
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: Movie
Martial-arts expert tries to rescue an ambassador's daughter who was kidnapped in Thailand.
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The Spiritual Boxer
Title: The Spiritual Boxer
Character: Ruei's Thug
Released: November 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Wang Yu plays Hsiao Chien, a con artist vagabond who uses his kung fu skills and parlor tricks to convince superstitious villagers that he can use his body as a vessel for angry gods. However, when the villagers are threatened by a hostile force, Chien must learn to use his skills to protect the innocent.
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The Man from Hong Kong
Title: The Man from Hong Kong
Character: Karateka
Released: July 31, 1975
Type: Movie
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
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The Association
Title: The Association
Character: Extra
Released: November 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Plain-clothes detective Wang is the best in his trade. One day he stumbles across a young girl's body who apparently is died of abortion. Wang investigates the guilty abortionist who leads Wang to a secret organization called "The Welfare Association". Actually it is an international prostitution racket. Wang sneaks into the association. When he is about to arrest the association's organizer, a girl, Lei, whose sister's death cause by the secret society, saves Wang in certain death. Wang arrests the organizer but has set her free from headquarter. Wang and Lei get together in getting the commander dismissed.
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The Dynamite Brothers
Title: The Dynamite Brothers
Character: Tuen's Henchman
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
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Chinatown Capers
Title: Chinatown Capers
Character: Gangster
Released: April 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Ever the pair of do-gooding drifters, Embroidered Pillow and Chili Boy always come to the aid of Hong Kong's downtrodden and oppressed - even if it means traveling all the way to America! This time the two friends are off to San Francisco's Chinatown in search of a millionaire's missing daughter (Sylvia Chang, who also appears in Slaughter in San Francisco), who has vanished under shady circumstances. Typical Backalley Princess shtick ensues, including the duo's disastrous stint waiting tables in a Chinese restaurant and run-ins with the local street gangs. But just when things are looking hopeless, Sam and Polly find the lead they need, and the chase is on!
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The Skyhawk
Title: The Skyhawk
Character: Woodland attacker
Released: January 22, 1974
Type: Movie
Master Wong (Kwan Tak-Hing) and his disciple Fatty (Sammo Hung) are paying a visit to Thailand when they are assaulted by a hot-headed street fighter dubbed “Little Lion” (Carter Wong). In true Wong Fei Hung fashion, the master takes Lion under his wing after the impetuous youth gets his clock cleaned by a rival martial arts instructor. Meanwhile, Wong’s friend Chu is facing trouble from the local crime boss, who’s trying to seize control of Bangkok’s lucrative shipping business. Wong urges his friends and students to seek a peaceful resolution to their problems, but when the bad guys attack Fatty’s sister (Nora Miao), the master agrees to take up arms.
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Bloody Ring
Title: Bloody Ring
Released: January 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Mr. Chi goes to Thailand to assist a close friend, Nai Sin, in preparing his Muay Thai boxers for a battle with Japanese boxers who have arrived in Bangkok to get even for a past loss. Instead of training Nai Sin’s students to take on the Japanese, Mr. Chi finds himself having to take on the Japanese himself, as he has to help one of Nai Sin’s top students fend off the Japanese due to the student not coming through on throwing a boxing match.
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Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Title: Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1973
Type: Movie
This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career in the U.S., he returned to Hong Kong where he became an international star, and his death at age 32.
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When Taekwondo Strikes
Title: When Taekwondo Strikes
Released: September 9, 1973
Type: Movie
The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
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Enter the Dragon
Title: Enter the Dragon
Character: Tournament Fighter (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1973
Type: Movie
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
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None But the Brave
Title: None But the Brave
Character: Masked Patriot
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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The Rendezvous of Warriors
Title: The Rendezvous of Warriors
Released: May 2, 1973
Type: Movie
Everybody wants the skin of Paul Chun ... Film released in French in VHS under the title Operation Black Belt
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Seaman No. 7
Title: Seaman No. 7
Character: Golden Hair's Thug
Released: April 20, 1973
Type: Movie
When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by hiding himself in a freighter heading for Japan only to find himself in the middle of a massive drug war.
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Tiger
Title: Tiger
Released: March 15, 1973
Type: Movie
Hapkido Master Kim Jin Pal takes on a mass of Japanese bushido experts in occupied China Bolo plays Zatoichi hired by the Japanese as a last resort to take on the might of Kim's boot.
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Back Alley Princess
Title: Back Alley Princess
Character: Thug
Released: February 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised and car breaks down. Polly Kuan (who portrays a man for the entire film) lies, cheats, and steals to come up with the cash that everyone needs. Things get more serious when triad thugs kidnap the daughter of the family, and sell her to a triad boss, killing Carter Wong in the process.
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A Man Called Tiger
Title: A Man Called Tiger
Character: Thug
Released: February 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his expertise in martial arts, he gets himself hired by the gangsters who he suspects are responsible for his father's death.
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End of the Wicked Tigers
Title: End of the Wicked Tigers
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Righteous Captain Ling has come to town to wipe out crime, which is sure to bring up against Wicked Tiger’s gang. A couple of murders occur and, initially, the investigation proves fruitless. This is mainly because the main witness, Ma San, is convinced by his brother to keep quiet. But events force him to reconsider.
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Iron Bull
Title: Iron Bull
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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The Thunderbolt Fist
Title: The Thunderbolt Fist
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 Fugitive
Title: The Fugitive
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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The Imperial Swordsman
Title: The Imperial Swordsman
Character: Bandit
Released: October 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Chuan Yuan is the noble, powerful hero and Shu Pei-pei, one of Shaw’s top swordswoman, is a reluctant bride who comes upon a rebellion plot. They are joined by a large cast of expert fighters and actors all keeping the intrigue and adventure foremost in the film. There’s even a nice surprise ending amidst all the action.
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Hapkido
Title: Hapkido
Character: Black Bear Student
Released: October 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Yu Ying, Kao and Fan return to China to start a martial arts school but are bullied by the Japanese competitor who runs the Black Bear school. The harassment leads to intense conflicts between them.
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The 14 Amazons
Title: The 14 Amazons
Character: Soldier
Released: July 27, 1972
Type: Movie
The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war General Yang is ambushed and killed. His widow and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country.
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The Deadly Knives
Title: The Deadly Knives
Released: June 29, 1972
Type: Movie
Plotting to obtain the Yen family's land, dastardly Japanese plutocrat Omura bribes Yen nephew Hsu Chien to steal the family seal and land deed. When Hsu Chien is caught in the act, he viciously beats elderly Master Yen to death to cover his actions. Determined to avenge the wrongs committed on his family and his country, young master Yen Tzu Fei blazes a knife-throwing path of revenge that leads him to his love Yue Hua's father, who has corrupt connections with the Japanese
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The Casino
Title: The Casino
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: Japanese Fighter
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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Treasure Castle
Title: Treasure Castle
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Fairly obscure Taiwanese Swordplay with a very slight fantasy edge to it.
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The Long Chase
Title: The Long Chase
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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A Touch of Zen
Title: A Touch of Zen
Character: East Chamber Guard
Released: November 18, 1971
Type: Movie
Ku Shen Chai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-ching, a mysterious princess on the run. Yang brings Ku into her circle of protectors, including a nameless monk whose spiritual guidance transforms him into a valiant fighter.
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The Big Boss
Title: The Big Boss
Character: Ah Yen
Released: October 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.
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Lady with a Sword
Title: Lady with a Sword
Released: October 14, 1971
Type: Movie
Feng Fei Fei, an excellent swordswoman, seeks revenge with her nephew for the murder of her old sister, who got killed by some rogues on her way home. She soon finds out that the murderer is the son of her father's best friend and her future husband.
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The Crimson Charm
Title: The Crimson Charm
Character: Crimson Charm thug
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman go up against the vicious Crimson Charm gang of thieves and cutthroats. The lovely and lethal Ivy Ling Po teams with the amazing Chang I for a classic tale of good versus evil in which the best man and one-armed woman wins.
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The Golden Seal
Title: The Golden Seal
Released: June 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Award-winning actor Ku Feng is Lei Chen-tien, a vicious, cunning, murderous brigand who wants the title treasure. Tsung Hua is Tai Tien-chou, the handsome swordsman who wants to avenge his father's death. Wang Ping is Wu Hsiao-yen, the lovely girl who must disguise herself as a boy to take on this pirate. Tien Feng both directs and co-stars as The Senior Master in this blade and battle-filled adventure of intrigue, treachery, and tragic triumph.
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The Angry River
Title: The Angry River
Character: Thug
Released: May 12, 1971
Type: Movie
The plot has to do with a reign of terror conducted by a mysterious killer dubbed "Poison Dart," who is hitting all kinds of prominent people with poison darts.
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The Blade Spares None
Title: The Blade Spares None
Character: Prince's fighter
Released: April 30, 1971
Type: Movie
Ho Li-Chun, a pretty but ruthless swordswoman, and three challengers are participating in an open tournament at Prince Kuei's Palace. A knight, Chen Jo-Yu, is defeated in the tournament. He flees and later returns with knight Tang Ching-Yun who wields a strange sword. They get trapped but Ho deliberately sets both free after seeing Tang's weapon which she recognizes as the same weapon once used by Sun Tien-Chen, a foe of the Ho family. She decides to investigate. She finds out Prince Kuei actually is Sun, who killed the real prince years ago and assumed his identity. Ho joins forces with Chen and Tang. The trio slays Sun in a desperate confrontation at the palace.
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Six Assassins
Title: Six Assassins
Released: March 25, 1971
Type: Movie
A magician-warrior who protects a man from an ambush, not knowing of his true villainous nature. But he discovers the truth after his wife and friend are killed and must now fight to set things right.
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The Lady Hermit
Title: The Lady Hermit
Character: Horse Thief / Black Demon's Thug
Released: January 22, 1971
Type: Movie
A young Kung Fu student seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Demon. She doesn't realize that the servant woman she befriends is actually the kung fu master she seeks. After Black Demons henchmen attack, the master reveals herself and eventually takes on the student to train her so that they may both defeat the villian. A love triangle complicates things when another student asks for training as well.
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The Invincible Eight
Title: The Invincible Eight
Character: Whip-wielding henchman
Released: January 22, 1971
Type: Movie
Everyday when General Xiao and his men ride through the Imperial City, inhabitants have to scatter around in order to keep out of their path. One day when Lei plans to assassinate Xiao but gets hurt, another three fighters He, Jiao and Feng come out boldly to help him out. With the help of Zhu, a cook, He succeeds to escape whereas the other three are seized. Later on, He acquaints himself with the girl Gui. Along with another two girls, Hai and Jiang, these eight youngsters are the descendants of the late patriotic generals, who have been recently murdered. Gui suspects that Hai and Jiang are controlled by Xiao and sneaks into his manor. She meets the girls successfully, but she is seized. When Wan, Xiao's butler, urges his master to kill Hai and Jiang, Jiang overhears their conversation and tries to rescue all her friends. At last, the eight are united and try their best to fight against General Xiao and his men.
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Wrath of the Sword
Title: Wrath of the Sword
Character: [Extra]
Released: May 28, 1970
Type: Movie
The last of the Bai Family seeks revenge of the death of her whole family.
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The Golden Knight
Title: The Golden Knight
Character: Shaolin Monk at temple
Released: April 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Respected veteran Yueh Feng made this “Martial Arts World” saga of a masked master of the “Black Sand Hand Technique,” while Lily Ho, the star of "Princess Iron Fan" and "Angel With The Iron Fists", excels in a delightful dual leading role. When she teams up with Shu Pei-pei as a fellow swordswoman to vanquish a murdering robber, the comparisons to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are obvious, even though it came three decades later.
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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.