Sek Kin

Sek Kin

Born: January 1, 1913
Died: June 3, 2009
in Canton, China
Shih Kien (Chinese: 石堅, 1 January 1913 – 3 June 2009), also known as Shek Wing-cheung, Sek Gin, or Shek Kin, was a Hong Kong–based Chinese actor and martial artist. He was born on January 1, 1913 in Shigang, Guangzhou, China and died on June 3, 2009 in Hong Kong.

Sek Kin began his career in the film industry in 1939 as a make-up artist. He made his acting debut in 1940 with the film "Flower in a Sea of Blood". In the 1950s and 1960s, he became well-known for his roles as villains in kung fu films. He appeared in many popular films of this era, including the "Wong Fei Hung" series, the "Fong Sai Yuk" series, and "Buddha's Palm".

In 1973, Sek Kin starred opposite Bruce Lee in the film "Enter the Dragon". He played the role of Han, the main villain of the film. Sek Kin's performance in "Enter the Dragon" was critically acclaimed and he is considered to be one of the greatest villains in kung fu cinema.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Sek Kin continued to act in both films and television series. He also began to work as a production manager on films. In 1996, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hong Kong Film Critics' Association. In 2003, he was given the Professional Achievement Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Sek Kin died on June 3, 2009 at the age of 96. He was a highly respected actor who made a significant contribution to the Hong Kong film industry. He is remembered for his iconic roles as villains in kung fu films and for his groundbreaking work in the early days of Hong Kong cinema.

Movies for Sek Kin...

The Brilliant Life of Bruce Lee
Title: The Brilliant Life of Bruce Lee
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Screened perennially at Hong Kong Heritage Museum, The Brilliant Life of Bruce Lee is a documentary film about Bruce Lee’s life as part of an exhibition entitled "Bruce Lee: Kung Fu ‧ Art ‧ Life"
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A Century of Light and Shadow
Title: A Century of Light and Shadow
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Revisit 100 years of Chinese cinema through the RTHK TV program A Century of Light and Shadow. Aired in 2005, this interesting and informative documentary traces the development of the Chinese film industry from the pioneering years to contemporary times. From the volley between Mandarin and Cantonese films to the rise of the New Wave, this program touches on all the major trends and developments that have helped define Chinese cinema and explores different genres and representative figures and films. From actors to directors, over 200 film industry names, including Jackie Chan, John Woo, Sammo Hung, Connie Chan, Andrew Lau, Peter Chan, and Lau Ching Wan, appear in the program, bringing their intimate knowledge of the industry and providing insight about what lies ahead for Chinese cinema.
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Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Title: Cinema Hong Kong: Kung Fu
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Ian Taylor examines the impressive legacy of Hong Kong cinema -- specifically, how martial arts crossed borders and become an international phenomenon -- with the help of footage and interviews with the stars who made the genre what it is today. Director Lau Ka Leung (who helmed The 36th Chamber of Shaolin) joins in, sharing his thoughts on how certain cinematic technologies have improved martial arts films and expanded their appeal, on the set of Drunken Monkey (2003).
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Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Title: Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
This insightful documentary takes an in-depth look at the life of Bruce Lee, and the physical and mental practices he employed on his way to becoming the most popular martial arts star in the world. Utilizing footage of Lee both practicing and teaching Jeet Kune Do, as well as interview footage with the people who both knew and worked with Lee--including James Coburn, Bob Wall, Van Williams, Brandon Lee, and more--THE LEGEND LIVES ON is a comprehensive examination and celebration of a true artist.
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Ten Brothers
Title: Ten Brothers
Character: Uncle Three
Released: December 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A silly fantasy/adventure film about a man and wife who inherit a magical bracelet that bestows ten sons unto them. It soon becomes apparent that there are ill-intentioned others who want to use the ten brothers to their own advantage.
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1941 Hong Kong on Fire
Title: 1941 Hong Kong on Fire
Released: December 29, 1994
Type: Movie
A family suffers at the hands of the Japanese during the occupation of Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Adam's Family
Title: Hong Kong Adam's Family
Released: March 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Mad mix of comedy and action as a family of thugs and Triads can't see eye to eye and so end up going fist to fist.
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Once Upon a Time a Hero in China
Title: Once Upon a Time a Hero in China
Released: August 8, 1992
Type: Movie
The story of a cook who tries to stop an opium ring in ancient China.
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Title: Man from Guangdong
Released: October 10, 1991
Type: TV
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Midnight Angel
Title: Midnight Angel
Released: October 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Three sisters become vigilantes when a cop boyfriend is murdered by a brutal druglord.
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Widow Warriors
Title: Widow Warriors
Released: March 10, 1990
Type: Movie
The males in a triad family are betrayed and gunned down by a rival gang and the women in the family - from the matriarch to the youngest - decide that rather than sit around and mourn their men that they will extract revenge.
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A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Title: A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Character: Michael's Father
Released: October 20, 1989
Type: Movie
The year is 1974. A young Hong Kong Chinese, Mark, travels to Saigon to make his fortune. There, he encounters a mysterious femme fatale, the lovely Kit. As he becomes more involved in her various underworld deals, a tragic romance develops. On the eve of the outbreak of war, Kit's past returns to endanger her, and Mark must risk everything for the one true love of his life.
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Mother Vs Mother
Title: Mother Vs Mother
Character: Master Guan
Released: June 29, 1988
Type: Movie
"Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart. The young lovers try to reconcile their mothers with the help of the father, who is left with a bad taste in his mouth.
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Title: The Vendetta
Released: April 18, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: The Dragon Sword
Released: September 7, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Fate Takes A Hand
Released: July 20, 1987
Type: TV
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Lady in Black
Title: Lady in Black
Character: Fung's Father
Released: January 11, 1987
Type: Movie
Kin Seng (Leung Ka Fai) falls into big debts in the gambling house. He persuades his loving wife, May (Lin Ching Hsia), to embezzle a huge sum from working place to save him. They go to Thailand to seek help from Kin Seng's uncle but in vain. On their return Journey, May accidentally falls off the ferry and Kin Seng commits a deliberate murder. [...] What is going to happen next? -From the Fortune Star Legendary Collection DVD summary.
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Title: The Master of Shaolin
Released: December 17, 1986
Type: TV
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The First Vampire in China
Title: The First Vampire in China
Character: Kent of Mt. Mao
Released: October 13, 1986
Type: Movie
When the vampire comes back to life, hell breaks loose.
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Magic Crystal
Title: Magic Crystal
Character: Sgt. Shih
Released: September 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Archaeologist Shum finds an antique jade with supernatural power in Greece. The stone is wanted both by KGB's agent Karoff and the Interpol. Shum asks his friend Nike for help. However, Shum is finally caught by KGB but the jade is slipped into the hands of a boy called Pan.
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Goodbye My Hero
Title: Goodbye My Hero
Released: July 24, 1986
Type: Movie
Lindy Ng (Joan Chen) and her younger brother and sister eke out an impoverished life together, living in a rundown apartment. When Lindy is diagnosed with terminal leukemia, her first thoughts are her siblings. Who will take care of them after she passes away? With her apartment too dangerous to continue living in, Lindy is forced to move to another location where she encounters the worst of flatmates, hot-tempered petty criminal Morrie (Frankie Chan).
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Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
Title: Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
Character: Interpol Ice Hockey Team Coach
Released: July 24, 1986
Type: Movie
Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
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Title: The Legend of Wong Tai Sin
Character: 招爷爷
Released: June 2, 1986
Type: TV
The Legend of Wong Tai Sin is a TVB television series premiered in 1986 based on the story of Wong Tai Sin.
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Title: The Feud of Two Brothers
Released: May 12, 1986
Type: TV
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Sweet Surrender
Title: Sweet Surrender
Character: Kin
Released: February 27, 1986
Type: Movie
The owner of a hairdressing salon is pursued by a group of girls, and is harassed by his father.
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The Millionaires' Express
Title: The Millionaires' Express
Character: Master Sek
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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Title: A Tough Fight
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: TV
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Hong Kong Godfather
Title: Hong Kong Godfather
Character: Boss Han
Released: October 27, 1985
Type: Movie
After receiving a life imprisonment sentence for a NY Chinatown massacre, Jia Shi Lan, alias Hei Lan, obtains a pardon through the Mafia's influence. Returning to Hong Kong, Hei Lan attempts to use the stature and fortitude of Brother Han, an elder, but good-natured underworld boss, to gain power and spread the Mafia's influence throughout Southeast Asia. After a deadly double cross leaves many of Han's society dead, two former members, one a cop, the other a florist, and the sole remaining loyalist join forces to bring down the criminal empire of Hei Lan.
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Title: The Rough Ride
Released: April 22, 1985
Type: TV
The Rough Ride is a TVB television series, premiered in 1985. Theme song "Me and You, He and Me" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Anita Mui.
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Title: The Sword Stained With Royal Blood
Released: March 25, 1985
Type: TV
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癫凤狂龙
Title: 癫凤狂龙
Character: 毛仁胜
Released: November 16, 1984
Type: Movie
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Three Stooges Go Undercover
Title: Three Stooges Go Undercover
Character: Mao Rensheng
Released: November 16, 1984
Type: Movie
Two police officers and an informant go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeiting ring.
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Hong Kong 1941
Title: Hong Kong 1941
Released: November 2, 1984
Type: Movie
Years later, a woman narrates her personal story of the Japanese takeover of Hong Kong in 1941. She's Nam, young, attractive, daughter of a wealthy rice merchant, and prey to painful, disabling seizures. Her boyhood friend is Coolie Keung, whose family used to have wealth; he's now impoverished, a tough kid, a leader, in love with her. Into the mix steps Fay, cool and resourceful, an actor from the north, intent on getting to Gold Mountain in the US or Australia. They form a threesome, but the day they are to leave Hong Kong, the invasion stops them. Fay must rescue Keung from collaborators, Nam falls in love with Fay, and danger awaits their next attempt to escape.
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Title: The Other Side Of The Horizon
Released: August 22, 1984
Type: TV
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A Friend from Inner Space
Title: A Friend from Inner Space
Character: Jian Ren (ghost)
Released: June 30, 1984
Type: Movie
This is a film about a young boy, that is helped by a ghost, to reunite with his separated parents.
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Title: The Smiling Proud Wanderer
Released: April 2, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: The Fearless Duo
Character: 孫慈
Released: March 5, 1984
Type: TV
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Bruce Lee: The Legend
Title: Bruce Lee: The Legend
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.
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Title: The Adventures Of The Woman Reporter
Released: December 12, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: The Return of the Condor Heroes
Character: 裘千仞(慈恩)
Released: October 31, 1983
Type: TV
The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade from 31 October 1983 to 6 January 1984 in Hong Kong.
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Heroic Ones
Title: Heroic Ones
Released: July 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A naive kung-fu student (Lung Ti) falls under the influence of a corrupt master. Soon the student realizes his master plans to dominate the martial arts community by stealing a legendary martial arts book that's supposed to bestow its owner with extraordinary powers. And his master will stop at nothing - including murder - to possess that book. Now, with the help of a sympathetic female fighter and an intriguing drunk, the student must lead a rival kung-fu sect in a deadly tournament against his master and his kung-fu stablemates to keep the book out of the wrong hands.
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Hong Kong Playboys
Title: Hong Kong Playboys
Character: Mao Ying Ying's Father
Released: June 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Fu Sheng plays Sheng, a playboy who has all the latest cars and technology along with all the tricks for courting the ladies. Sheng’s mom (Lee Heung Kam) along with her personal nurse, Mei (Cherie Chung), arrive in Hong Kong with the intentions of getting Sheng to marry a woman of her liking. While searching for Ms. Right, Sheng is challenged by a couple of lady killers, Lolento (Natalis Chan) and Valentine (Hsieh Hsien) in his quest to get girls. Eventually, little does Sheng know that the girl he happens to love is near him everyday at home.
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Title: The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Character: 裘千仞、裘千丈
Released: February 21, 1983
Type: TV
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1983. The 59 episodes long series is divided into three parts. This 1983 version is considered by many to be a classic television adaptation of the novel and features the breakthrough role of Barbara Yung, who played Huang Rong.
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Title: The Legend of Master So
Character: 苏松轩
Released: September 27, 1982
Type: TV
SO TSAN, better known as Beggar So, is one of the ten best Kung-Fu maters known in Canton, the ‘Canton Ten Tigers‘, in the 1920's. His legendary life unfolds when he is falsely accused to have killed his father, also a renowned Kung-Fu master, who actually died of stimulant overdose. Ling, his lover, sacrifices her own virtue to the Commander in order to save him from prosecution. But TSAN, being unaware of her true intention, mistake her as flirting around. With a broken-heart, he goes downtown to start a new life. He, working in concert with his good friends, manages to set up a Kung-Fu school in Canton. The series mounts to a new climax when TSAN, just about to marry another girl YING, gets to know that LING sacrificed all for his sake. On the other hand, LING, deeply hurt from being misunderstood, is requested by QUAN, TSAN’s best friend, for marriage. The story continues with the intricate relationship among the four...
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Buddha's Palm
Title: Buddha's Palm
Character: Foot Monster
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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Title: 星塵
Released: May 3, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: 错结良缘
Character: 乐添富
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: The Understudy
Released: December 28, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: 逐个捉
Released: November 2, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Kung Fu Master Of Fat Shan
Released: June 2, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Come Rain Come Shine
Released: April 13, 1981
Type: TV
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Bruce, King of Kung Fu
Title: Bruce, King of Kung Fu
Character: Bruce's final opponent
Released: June 11, 1980
Type: Movie
Bruce Le stars as Bruce Lee, a young teenager who is the leader of the Liu City gang, who gets into trouble and street fights every now and again. Bruce is a student in the style of Chinese boxing, but when his skills are not enough to fend off a rival kung fu gang, his father has him go to a man named Master Yen, who teaches him Wing Chun fist. Later, to avenge the death of a friend, Bruce learns the secret art of drunken snake fist boxing!
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Lackey and the Lady Tiger
Title: Lackey and the Lady Tiger
Character: Fisherman
Released: March 6, 1980
Type: Movie
A convict (Wang Jang Li) seeks revenge on a man's grandfather who sent him to jail for ten years. But it's up to the old man's grandson to stop him.
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The Young Master
Title: The Young Master
Character: Chief Sheriff Sang Kwan
Released: February 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
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The Ring of Death
Title: The Ring of Death
Character: Dragon Style Master
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
This story tells a story of an underdog mistreated by his family, given kung fu instruction from an unlikely source, and reddeemed when he comes back to take on foreign champions in a tournament staged before an imperial audience.
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The System
Title: The System
Character: Inspector Chan
Released: December 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Inspector Chan is determined to crack a drug syndicate. He gets the goods on family man and drug addict/dealer Tam, and convinces him to become an informer. However, Tam betrays Chan and lets him down more than once. Chan persists with Tam, despite strong pressure from his skeptical superiors.
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Title: The Good The Bad The Ugly
Released: October 1, 1979
Type: TV
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a TVB television series, premiered on 1 September 1979. Theme song "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Tang Wai Hung, sung by Teresa Cheung.
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Title: The Passenger
Released: May 28, 1979
Type: TV
The Passenger is a TVB television series, premiered on May 28, 1979. Theme song "The Passenger" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by George Lam.
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Title: The God of Sabre
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: One Sword
Released: September 25, 1978
Type: TV
A Japanese samurai, Wuming, travels to China and defeats many martial artists, challenging the Central Plains' top Swordsmen, leading to a fight with Liguojushi. Wuming loses but threatens revenge, setting off a battle over the martial arts book, Ling's Sword Manual. Nangong Yi falls out with his master and learns from another. He ends up as the leader of a sect and helps stop an evil martial arts master from gaining power but dies fighting Wuming who threatens to destroy the entire martial arts world.
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Title: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Released: May 9, 1978
Type: TV
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1978.
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Title: The Giants
Released: May 1, 1978
Type: TV
The Giants is a TVB television series, premiered on 15 May 1978. Theme song "The Giants" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Roman Tam.
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The Mysterious Heroes
Title: The Mysterious Heroes
Released: January 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Mysterious Heroes centers around Lau Tien, master of the deadly 13-Sword Style. Thrown into prison by a group of jealous enemies, the 13-Sword Style is rarely spoken of, let alone seen, until 20 years later, when a second swordsman going by the name of Lau Tien proves to be the world's second 13-Sword expert. Action-packed martial arts chaos ensues when the enemies of the original Lau Tien vow to destroy his successor
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Title: Vanity Fair
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: TV
Vanity Fair is a TVB television series, premiered on January 2, 1978. Theme song "Vanity Fair" composition by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, arrangement by Joseph Koo and Choi Tak Choi, sung by Paula Tsui.
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Title: Hero
Released: August 8, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: 霸王谷
Released: March 3, 1977
Type: TV
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Low Society
Title: Low Society
Released: December 30, 1976
Type: Movie
A misguided youth falls into the bad company of an underground brothel syndicate but redeems himself on discovering that his mother was murdered by the syndicate's female boss.
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The Private Eyes
Title: The Private Eyes
Character: Head of gang of robbers
Released: December 16, 1976
Type: Movie
The film revolves around the exploits of a detective agency in Hong Kong called Mannix Private Detective Agency. It is headed by private detective Wong Yeuk Sze (Michael Hui) with his emotionally drained assistant Puffy (Ricky Hui). Meanwhile, Lee Kwok Kit (Samuel Hui), a kung fu expert, who works at a Vitasoy plant factory and spends most of the time doing kung fu tricks to impress a girl, ultimately loses his job. Seeking to find another line of work, Lee attempts to joins Wong's detective agency. Despite Lee's impression with his kung fu talent which involves his snatching trick, Wong was not impressed. Then, as it appears that Lee would not get the job, Wong discovers that his wallet was missing and was presumed stolen by one bystander who bumped into them. Lee intercepts him and recovers the wallet, thus impressed Wong to hire him for the job.
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Title: When The Legend Dies
Released: November 1, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Hotel
Released: October 4, 1976
Type: TV
Hotel is a TVB television series, premiered on 1 November 1976. Theme song "Hotel" composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Susanna Kwan.
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Title: Book And Sword
Released: June 28, 1976
Type: TV
The Legend of the Book and the Sword is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. It was first broadcast on TVB in Hong Kong in 1976.
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Title: Wong Fay Hung
Released: May 3, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Three Years & Eight Months
Released: April 26, 1976
Type: TV
In 1941, Japan launched the Pacific War. Yang Helen (Huang Shuyi), the daughter of university professor Yang Jun (played by Zhu Ruitang), together with her classmates Yu Lide, friends Liu Guang (played by Yu Yang), Liu Xia and others organized a drama troupe to promote the Anti-Japanese War. During the rehearsal, the troupe happened to encounter Japanese warlords bombing Hong Kong, destroying their performance plan, and Hong Kong was immediately declared to be occupied. The local economy has been devastated, and the residents are only provided with a daily ration of six or two meters of grain, making life miserable. At the same time, the Japanese warlords also hoped to use gentle means to divide Hong Kong residents, and many patriots were killed because of this. Professor Yang was arrested for advocating youth resistance against Japan, and was imprisoned by the leader of the Japanese army, Sang Ye...
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The Big Family
Title: The Big Family
Released: February 19, 1976
Type: Movie
Shek Kin plays the head of a large crime family. His sons get into all sorts of trouble with the other triad bosses. They both escalate the situation with drugs and murder and create a bitter feud with a rival family.
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Title: Kung Fu
Released: November 10, 1975
Type: TV
Liu Zhong-yuan is a famous martial artist who lives in seclusion with his family. His eldest daughter, Liu Feng, helps him in the clinic while her husband works in England. His second daughter, Liu Yi, has no interest in learning martial arts. Instead, she attends university while her brother, Liu Long, spends his time fighting. Concerned for his son's well-being, Liu Zhong-yuan decides to open a martial arts school. However, Liu Long desires to become a movie star, leading to conflicts with his family and involvement with the criminal underworld. Can Liu Zhong-yuan use his martial arts skills and sense of justice to help his son find his way back?
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Two Graves To Kung Fu
Title: Two Graves To Kung Fu
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Serving time for a crime he has been framed for, a young martial arts student finds out that the men who set him up have also killed his instructor. To avenge this crime, he must make a break from the pen...
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The Virgin Mart
Title: The Virgin Mart
Character: Big Boss Qiang Han
Released: August 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Innocent girls are lured to Hong Kong and trapped in a prostitution ring.
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Wits to Wits
Title: Wits to Wits
Character: Casino boss
Released: March 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Old school action takes center stage as two scoundrels get in and out of trouble using kung fu. Yuen's action is not yet stylized but the pacing and intensity are there, setting the stage for his future masterpieces.
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Shaolin Tiger Claw
Title: Shaolin Tiger Claw
Released: February 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Shaolin Tiger Claw chronicles the struggle of Yu's search for self-discovery, which leads him on an extraordinary trek across the continent. Determined to prove himself the best fighter in the land, he seeks a man called Tiger, who is widely known as the most notorious warrior alive. The only problem is that Tiger is in jail, so Yu must scam his way into prison in order for him to challenge the infamous fighter.
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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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Enter the Dragon
Title: Enter the Dragon
Character: Han
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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Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
Title: Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Promotional film on the making of 'Enter the Dragon.'
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The Fugitive
Title: The Fugitive
Character: Master Xi
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 Roaring Lion
Title: The Roaring Lion
Character: Chi Pao "Tiger"
Released: November 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Lok and his friends must flee to Thailand after accidentally killing their boss. They are treated almost as slaves by some thugs who hire them as fighters in rigged fights. At first, Lok accepts the conditions under which he has been forced to live, until finally the lion becomes vengeful and confronts the thugs.
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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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The Comet Strikes
Title: The Comet Strikes
Character: Sifu
Released: August 11, 1971
Type: Movie
There was a civil strife in the court. In order to protect the king, some loyal ministers and the king hid in an old house. This old house was known as a haunted house; whoever lived in the house shall die for sure. Mr. and Mrs. Tse went to the haunted house but died in it. Their son Tse Tin Jun wanted to find out the truth of his parents’ death, so he went to the house. At the mean time, another minister knew the king's hiding in the house. He sent out a military force to kill the king. Actually Mr. and Mrs. Tse pretended to die to deceive the public. Tin Jun stood with his parents and the loyal ministers to fight against the rebels. After the blood battle, they eventually annihilated the rebels...
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Flyer & Magic Sword
Title: Flyer & Magic Sword
Character: Ho Tien-Long
Released: June 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Flyer & Magic Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.
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Choi Lee Fat
Title: Choi Lee Fat
Released: November 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Choi Lee Fat is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Stanley Fung.
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Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation
Title: Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation
Released: August 5, 1970
Type: Movie
Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation is the last film of the long running Huang Fei-hong series starring Tak-Hing Kwan
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Wrath of the Sword
Title: Wrath of the Sword
Character: Zhang Qi-Feng
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 One-armed Magic Nun
Title: The One-armed Magic Nun
Released: November 19, 1969
Type: Movie
1969 Kung-fu film featuring Suet Nei in the lead role.
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The Charming Killer
Title: The Charming Killer
Character: Lee Tien-Hung
Released: November 12, 1969
Type: Movie
The Charming Killer is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.
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Supreme Sword
Title: Supreme Sword
Released: September 24, 1969
Type: Movie
When a family is bankrupted by a counterfeiter named Gold Fist, the daughter (played by Connie Chan) vows to get revenge. As she tracks down the villains, she comes across a drifter who is escorting a young man to his father, who is being kept in captivity by a gang of thieves. When it is discovered that the captive father and Gold Fist are the same person, loyalty and friendship are put to the test.
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Sword of Emei
Title: Sword of Emei
Character: Chao/Chiu Ba-Tin
Released: September 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Sword of Emei is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung
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Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
Title: Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
Released: May 20, 1969
Type: Movie
Wong Fei-Hung takes on the the five wolves gang.
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The Mysterious Sisters
Title: The Mysterious Sisters
Character: Boss Ho Biu
Released: March 26, 1969
Type: Movie
As the Cantonese 'Jane' Bond films evolved, the genre became less Bond-like, cutting down on the staging of fights and the flaunting of secret weapons. The heroine(s) remained an action figure, complete with quick wits and agile prowess, but the stories increasingly took on the jewel theft plot and the twilight world of decadent deviance. The Mysterious Sisters is no exception as director Ng Wui renders high class thefts in the style of the classic French film Rififi, and long stretches of action that unfold without dialogue.
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The Little Warrior
Title: The Little Warrior
Character: Iron Faced Tiger
Released: March 10, 1969
Type: Movie
The legendary swords-girl Little White Dragon, helps protect a crown prince on his journey to a far off temple where he is to be blessed before becoming a Prince. His evil relatives lay traps and send fighters to try and assassinate him.Luckily, the young prince is rescued by the Little Warrior, who is known as: The White Dragon. White Dragon fights off the assassins and delivers the prince safely to the monastery.
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The Saint
Title: The Saint
Released: November 28, 1968
Type: Movie
The Saint is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.
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The Tin Long Gang
Title: The Tin Long Gang
Character: Scarface Wolf
Released: November 24, 1968
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong sword fighting film starring four Cantonese stars.
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Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
Title: Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
Released: November 15, 1968
Type: Movie
An adventurous tale featuring Wong Fei-Hung
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The Chivalrous Whip
Title: The Chivalrous Whip
Character: Tit-biu
Released: August 13, 1968
Type: Movie
Doctor and whip-wielding Hero Chai Tin-sum travels to an isolated village where he finds the population dying of the plague while being oppressed by the Ku family and their fortress. The family has cutoff the supply of fresh water to the village causing calamity. Chai must find a way to defeat the Ku family and restore water or the village will die.
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Duel at the Supreme Gate
Title: Duel at the Supreme Gate
Character: Kuan Han Pin
Released: July 25, 1968
Type: Movie
This kung fu classic focuses on a contested succession at the Supreme Gate School. When turncoat Shen Darong kills several of the Supreme Gate students, the survivors are forced to accept him as their leader. Or are they? The students organize a tournament for Shen to prove his skills, inviting other formidable warriors in the hopes that someone can defeat him.
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Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
Title: Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
Released: April 10, 1968
Type: Movie
Red Lamp Shaded in Blood is a decent Martial World film of the type that Chu Yuan made famous for Shaw Brothers. These are often based on the works of Jin Yong and Ku Long. Red Lamp features all the requisite tropes of the genre: various sects of the Martial World, an evil sect scheming to rule the Martial World, an outcast orphan sent on a quest, mystically acquired Martial Arts, a mysterious hermit, a mysterious killer and , of course, star crossed lovers.
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Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer
Title: Huang Feihong: The Invincible Lion Dancer
Released: April 2, 1968
Type: Movie
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The One-Eyed Swordsman
Title: The One-Eyed Swordsman
Released: March 7, 1968
Type: Movie
The One-Eyed Swordsman is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.
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Tragedy of the Poet King
Title: Tragedy of the Poet King
Released: January 30, 1968
Type: Movie
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Dragnet of the Law
Title: Dragnet of the Law
Character: Chan Lung
Released: December 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Expert of lithographic plates and counterfeit banknotes Lee Lik-hang is hunted down by the hitman Ma Biu on the orders of the gang leader Chan Lung. Cheng Wai-lun, witness to the crime and the unwitting custodian of the plate, finds himself wanted both by the police and the criminals. Seeking to unweave the web of intrigue is Kong Yin, cousin of Cheng's fiancée Cheung Mei-ling and the famed 'Lady Bond' who poses as the gambler Judy and doubles as a singer at Chan's nightclub. Kong identifies the boss as the culprit but is forced to flee following a failed attempt to obtain the needed evidence. Both Ma and detective Chow To reach Cheng who chooses police detention over abduction by the gang. Cheng evades Chan's underlings and hands the hitmen over to the authorities. Cheung's abduction results in a fierce battle when Chow and his squad arrive at the criminal den, arresting the gang leader and retrieving the lithographic plate.
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Paragon of Sword and Knife
Title: Paragon of Sword and Knife
Character: Tso Kam-pak
Released: December 20, 1967
Type: Movie
Paragon of Sword and Knife is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung
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The Golden Cat
Title: The Golden Cat
Released: October 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong Jane Bond film starring Josephine Siao.
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Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
Title: Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
Character: Fan Tai Hoi
Released: September 14, 1967
Type: Movie
Further adventures of Lady Black Cat.
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The Story of a Discharged Prisoner
Title: The Story of a Discharged Prisoner
Character: One-Eye Jack
Released: September 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Lee Jwo Horng is fresh out of jail after doing time for 15 years. By then his fiancée Betty has already become the mistress of triad boss One-Eye Jack. Lee doesn't want his younger brother Chih Shen to look down upon him, so he decides to keep his release a secret from Chih Shen, and finds accommodation with his friend Ah Han instead. Jack forces Lee to team up with him again for more criminal jobs, but, determined to clean up his act and stay out of trouble, Lee doesn't yield to his pressure. Jack then turns his attention to Chih Shen and lures him to the dark side instead...
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The Perilous Rescue
Title: The Perilous Rescue
Character: Wu Tin-hung
Released: July 23, 1967
Type: Movie
The agile and cerebral fighter Kong Yin is invited to join the police SWAT team. Kong is soon sent on an undercover mission to investigate the gang operating at the Happiness Rubber Plant to coerce female workers into prostitution. An indignant Kong joins hands with fellow worker Chow Mei-ha and factory head Wong Chi-kong to expel Blackie Kei whose ruthless and blatant exploitation of the workers has been going unpunished. Facing the loss of a lucrative source of income, Blackie and his underworld bigwig boss Wu Tin-hung intercept the love letters exchanged between Wong and the wife of the general manager Ting Yuk-lan and use the correspondence to extort money from the adulterers. The fearless Chow dons a maid disguise and ingratiates herself with the gangster, followed by a police raid masterminded by Kong to crack down on the notorious gang.
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Shaky Steps
Title: Shaky Steps
Character: To Lik
Released: April 26, 1967
Type: Movie
HK crime horror film.
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The Lady Killer
Title: The Lady Killer
Character: Wu Wan-Lung
Released: April 19, 1967
Type: Movie
Bat Girl (Josephine Siao) returns from Singapore to Hong Kong as the singer Barbara to investigate her dad, a trapeze artist’s death. She is orphaned. She stays with her aunt. Her cousin is Sze Wai (Lui Kei), a pulp fiction writer of the superhero, Bat Girl. Encountering injustice, Bat Girl confronts Sze to interrogate about the whereabouts of Wu Wan-Lung (Sek Kin). Bat Girl unites with her friend, Chan Kwong-ying (Lydia Shum). Sze tracks down Bat Girl and is involved in a fight with Lung's marksmen in a nightclub. A private detective, James Bond (Cheng Kwun-Min) helps Lung find Bat Girl to no avail, as she appears in guises. Bat Girl eavesdrops on Lung and realises he was her father's murderer. She revenges on Lung, and a strange female creature (Yung Yuk-yi) appears as the Lung's house's owner. The creature finds that Bat Girl is her daughter. She wrestles with Lung and they are both burnt to death. At last, Sze finds out that his cousin is Bat Girl and they begin a romance.
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The Witch
Title: The Witch
Character: Chiu Yuen Tsi
Released: April 11, 1967
Type: Movie
Hong Kong martial arts / horror.
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The Black Killer
Title: The Black Killer
Character: Kam Gong
Released: March 8, 1967
Type: Movie
A 1967 Cantonese language action film directed by Cheung Wai-Gwong, starring Connie Chan, Adam Cheng and Liu Chia-Liang. Ming-Wai & Ming-Sing, a brother and sister (dual roles played by Connie Chan) who must go undercover in a gang to rescue their uncle.
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The Female Chivalry
Title: The Female Chivalry
Character: Chung Chi-wang
Released: February 19, 1967
Type: Movie
Wan Cho-sin has two daughters. The elder sister Wai-man is genteel and graceful, and the younger sister Wai-ping, taken under the tutelage of Lady Knight Silver Fox, is extrovert, outgoing and gregarious. The drug kingpin Chung Chi-wang has his eyes set on Wai-man but the girl is in love with Ma Kim-leung. Ko Tin-yam, who fearlessly wields his journalistic pen against the gangster, joins forces with his girlfriend Wai-ping to beat off Kong Yau-ming and the thugs dispatched by Chung. The encounter, leads to Kong's recognition of Wai-ping as his flesh and blood entrusted to Cho-sin's care years ago. Wai-ping pleads with her father to turn over a new leaf but fails to save him from Chung's murderous hand. Wai-man and Ma ingratiate themselves with the gangster, who uses the duo to elude the police while transferring drugs to a secluded villa. Wai-ping tips off the authorities about the traffickers' whereabouts and cracks down on the drug ring.
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Girl Detective 001
Title: Girl Detective 001
Character: Wu Hung
Released: November 22, 1966
Type: Movie
Female police officer Pak Yik-wah poses as a cleaner and works in a fitness centre to gather evidence of the trainer Henry Fung's criminal activities. In the company of sister Yik-mui, the detective attends the centre's anniversary ball where she meets and falls in love with Man Hing-cheong, a well mannered guest with an elegance about him. But Yik-wah is forced to quit when her conservative father Yau-yu finds out about her moonlighting activities. To help the crime leader Wu Hung evade the police, Henry hatches a plan to murder Yau-yu who, like the wanted man, has a mole on his sole. When the sisters come under attack from a mob of gangsters following Yau-yu's disappearance, Man arrives to save the day and reveals his undercover identity. The operative hot on the heels of Wu joins hands with the sisters and lays siege to the gangster's hideout in a heroic effort to rescue the hostage and wipe out the gang.
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Bitter Fear
Title: Bitter Fear
Character: Father
Released: November 3, 1966
Type: Movie
HK mystery drama film.
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Lady Black Cat
Title: Lady Black Cat
Character: Tong Long
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
A female thief who dresses as a cat, beats-up a lot of people, and robs from the rich.
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The Detective
Title: The Detective
Character: Wu Him
Released: May 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Ho Pui-lan was the secretary of the writer Wu Him, but she died suddenly at home. Ho's mother commissioned private detective Chan Kin-chau to investigate and found out that Pui-lan and Him were having an extra-marital affair, and also discovered that the contents of Him's fiction were similar to the contents of Pui-lan's suicide note. When Kin-chau finds out that the contents of Him's fiction are similar to the contents of Pui-lan's suicide note, he and Pei Lan's sister Yuk-lan reenact the murder case, and Him is stimulated and hallucinated to reveal the truth of the murder...
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The Black Musketeer 'F'
Title: The Black Musketeer 'F'
Character: Inspector Chan
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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Book Without Words
Title: Book Without Words
Character: Blue Wolf
Released: December 29, 1965
Type: Movie
Book Without Words is a 1965 Cantonese martial arts film directed by Chan Lit-Ban and starring Cheung Ching.
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Golden Butterfly, the Lady Thief
Title: Golden Butterfly, the Lady Thief
Character: Chong Tak-ming
Released: November 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Lui Yik-pang is reduced to his wits' end to rein the Golden Butterfly. Chong Tak-ming emerges as the suspect. The friendship and ties between former classmates Lui and Chong date back years ago. When the impoverished Chong turned to banditry, Lui abided by the law and arrested Chong. Chong repented and bore no grudges. Chong's daughter Ching-han and Lui's son Siu-man are lovers. Ching-han reinvents herself as a chivalrous bandit and robs the rich to help the poor after the imprisonment of her father and the death of her mother. Endowed with her father's gifts, Ching-han remains out of the law's reach, until she is tailed by the father enlisted in the police service. A bitter row ensues; the father's underling Sung Sing-biu snatches the stolen goods and activates the security system. Ching-han is prepared to turn herself in when Sung surrenders himself as a gesture of gratitude to his benefactor. Attending the wedding banquet, Lui brings his son and daughter-in-law a golden butterfly.
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Treasure Hunt
Title: Treasure Hunt
Released: November 10, 1965
Type: Movie
Yuen is a reformed criminal who rescues Mei from an attempted assault on a boat and then marries her. A year later, Big brother (Sek Kin) comes looking for Yuen to return to his criminal past. Yuen refuses and chooses the straight path. Big brother doesn’t like this, so he stages a gambling den robbery and frames Yuen.
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The Furious Buddha's Palm
Title: The Furious Buddha's Palm
Released: September 22, 1965
Type: Movie
The movie is lead by martial arts film stars Cho Tat-Wah and Yu So-Chow, the new generation famous martial arts film couple Chan Po-Chu and Siao Fong-Fong was participating in the episode fifth. As the name suggests, the movie is actually in sense of the Buddha’s theory. According to my understanding in the whole series, I believe the episode fifth is more likely in sense of the Buddha’s theory. So I try to translate in English hoping those who are not familiar with Chinese can enjoy the true spirit in the movie. The story is about how the odd-demon create his “mutilation-poison leg”. At the same time his disciple Dragon Girl realized his cruel means to all men including herself. Despairing Dragon Girl finally met her bosom friend Yuan Tung and her benefactor Long & Qiu and pull together to wipe out her evil master.
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The All-powerful Flute: Part 2
Title: The All-powerful Flute: Part 2
Released: August 25, 1965
Type: Movie
Yuan Xiao is chased by the panther head monster, and starts a fierce fight. Wang Gunlong and Min Tianhu take the opportunity to capture the flute.
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The All-powerful Flute: Part 1
Title: The All-powerful Flute: Part 1
Released: August 18, 1965
Type: Movie
A powerful flute becomes the focus of all the fighters in the martial world, much blood is shed as they battle and scheme to get their hands on it.
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Six Fingers
Title: Six Fingers
Released: March 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Martial arts extravaganza centered around an empty box.
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Liu zhi qin mo
Title: Liu zhi qin mo
Character: Lo Sing Hung
Released: March 24, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two
Title: The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two
Character: Lai Chun-wah
Released: January 15, 1964
Type: Movie
'Ghostly Mother Blue Flower' Chiu Choi-wan has abducted a group of virgin boys and girls for the nourishment of her mind and soul. Alarmed by the abduction, Yiu But-fan, Kau Suet-mui and Hung Tin-bo make a night raid on the Hanshan Temple to release the children and set a torch to the bandit lair. Fuming over the arson, Chiu casts a spell on Kau, who kills the father of Chuk Yuk-heung in her cross-dressing persona as Yiu. Confronted by the angry Chuk clansmen at the Chuk Fortress, Yiu tries futilely to defend his innocence. Believing that Chiu has masterminded the framed murder, the fugitive infiltrates the White-bone Yinyang Cave where he finds himself attacked by Kau and Chiu. Demon-vanquishing Magic Monk, Chuk and Hung helped Yiu wrestle Chiu, who fled. Kau is nursed back to health by the monk and joins the fellowship in their quest to annihilate the demon. With all her venomous needles forfeited to the monk, Chiu gets her comeuppance, slain by Chuk's flying dagger.
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The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One
Title: The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One
Character: Lai Chun-wah
Released: January 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Yiu But-fan marries on the day his father Yan-kit retires as a distinguished swordsman when Yan-kit's nemesis 'Ghostly Mother Blue Flower' Chiu Choi-wan and her foster son Lai Chun-wah gatecrash the party, striking dead the elder and But-fan's wife with the White-bone Soul-thrashing needles. Having pledged his alliance to the anguished son, Taoist Tranquil of Emei vows to eradicate the menace at Mid-Autumn Festival when his junior disciple Kau Suet-mui is challenged to a duel with Chiu. Kau's fellow disciples Hung Tin-bo and Chuk Yuk-heung follow the orders of their master to roam the martial world and tumble into a bandit lair. Extricated from danger by the Taoist, the duo join hands with the passer-by Yiu to thwart Lai's assault on Kau by sorcery, again aided by the Taoist. Yiu, Kau and her peers head back to the Kau Fortress where a martial contest is being held to select a prospective groom for the daughter. Kau overwhelms Lai in the ring but concedes defeat to Chiu.
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The White-Bone Sword
Title: The White-Bone Sword
Released: July 31, 1963
Type: Movie
Wu Sheung-fung risks her life to save Wong Tin-ho with the help of the white bone sword. Meanwhile the three devils known as Heaven, Earth and Man return to the Devil Mountain with the coveted Swords. Chung Ching, who has divined the recovery of the White-bone Grass by Wu and others, dispatches Kam Yan-kit to abduct Wong to the Black Hair Cave. Luk Fong-fei, Wu and other rescuers are vanquished by Black Hair one by one. Old Devilish Eccentric hurries to their rescue and heals Wong's wound as Wong reconciles with Kam. Kam secretly returns to Chung Ching Cave to seek the precious swords when Wong and others raid the den and are again dispatched away with fakes.
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The Killing Flag (Part 1)
Title: The Killing Flag (Part 1)
Character: Pun Ng
Released: May 8, 1963
Type: Movie
The Killing Flag (Part 1) is a 1963 Hong Kong martial arts film direcred by Fung Chi-Kong.
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The Black Centipede
Title: The Black Centipede
Released: April 9, 1963
Type: Movie
Enter the dragon villain, Shek Kin, is the Leader of the Black Centipede clan, a ruthless gang who terrorize the good people of Fuzhou, Walter Tso and Connie Chan are taught some tricks from---old Sam the Seed himself on how to bring down the Black Centipede clan.
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Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
Title: Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
The first movie adaptation of Jin Yong's novel.
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The Blonde Hair Monster
Title: The Blonde Hair Monster
Character: Cheung Yan Lai
Released: October 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Cheung Yan-Lai, framed by his elder brother Cheung Yan-Tsuen, is sent to jail. He manages to escape and plans to take revenge along with a sorcerer, who uses orangutan blood to turn the Yellow Hair Monster into a lethal weapon.
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Yellow Giant
Title: Yellow Giant
Character: Cheung Yan-lei
Released: October 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Cheung Yan-lai is imprisoned as he is framed by his elder brother Yan-tsuen. Yan-lai escapes and takes revenge with a quasi-scientific sorcerer, who uses orangutan blood to turn the Yellow Hair Monster into an unparalleled weapon when it drinks human blood. Yan-lai, the Yellow Hair Monster, and the sorcerer, go to confront Yan-tsuen after knowing he will donate a gold Buddha for fund-raising. They are caught in a warehouse. A female ghost kills Yan-tsuen. Heroine Wong Ngang and the Director rush there. They fought with the sorcerer, who dissolves a corpse using a poisonous solvent. It also kills the Monster. Yan-lai gets an electric shock and the sorcerer is scared to death by a vampire. Mother Lo, Yan-tsuen's maid, disguised as the ghost and the vampire. The gold Buddha belonged to her father, who was killed by Yan-tsuen. Yan-tsuen raped her. She sought revenge, takes back the Buddha, and killed Yan-tsuen's wife. Wong Ngang gets the Buddha. She, Wu Ah, and Heung Ngan are satisfied.
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The Haunting Shadow
Title: The Haunting Shadow
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: Movie
HK mystery film.
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Pledge of the Twin Blades (Part 1)
Title: Pledge of the Twin Blades (Part 1)
Character: Sung Kwai
Released: August 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Lau Ching-yee sets out to investigate the raid on her uncle's consignment of silver when she stumbles upon two suspects, the stately Cheung Ting-yu and his attendant Mang Leung. Cheung makes the acquaintance of the knight-errant Poon Mo, who is recruiting allies to join the band of martial adepts against Tsak Sing-tau in the ring to win 20 chests of jewels for the poor. Failing to pressure Cheung to turn over the silver, Lau engages him in a fierce fight until the respected elder Moh Oh-ming intercepts and settles the dispute. Who is behind these strange events?
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How the Ape Girl Stole the Lotus Lamp
Title: How the Ape Girl Stole the Lotus Lamp
Released: May 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Classic swordplay movie with some crazy monkey fighters.
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Hound Murderer Case
Title: Hound Murderer Case
Character: Kiu Yat-Po
Released: August 23, 1961
Type: Movie
Chinese mystery film with a mysterious werewolf man.
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The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine
Title: The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine
Character: Chiu Yee-Kong
Released: October 21, 1960
Type: Movie
The Diamond Gang commits a robbery. The leader Chiu Yee-kong wants to keep the booty and this arouses the suspicion of gang member Tai-wai. The police does not have a clue and thus invite Wong Ngung, Heung Ad and Wu Ngar for help. Kong is in accomplice with his third concubine. They order someone to steal the diamond and leave Wong's symbol. Wai turns his attention on Wong. Wong, Ad and Wu are not afraid of Wai and they throw him out. They sneak in Kong's apartment to investigate. Kong's second concubine is mad at Kong for neglecting her. She tells Wong the truth but gets killed. Kong's people surround Wong, Ad and Wu. Each of the three faces their enemy. Ad is tortured by Wai. Wong and Wu arrive in time and save her. One of Kong's people tells Wai the truth. Wai immediately attacks Kong. Wong, Ad, Wu and the police arrive at Kong's headquarter to arrest the gangsters. Wai is arrested but Kong has escaped. The diamonds are found. The inspector makes Wong, Ad and Wu as partners.
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Wong An Vs. the Flying Tigers
Title: Wong An Vs. the Flying Tigers
Character: Advisor Lung
Released: September 21, 1960
Type: Movie
The Flying Dragon gang goes on a rampage and the police Inspector is at his wits' end. He then commissions Wong Ngung, Wu Ngar and Heung Nga to help him catch the gang members. Suet-ying, a young woman, is addicted to gambling and owes a huge sum to the gambling den that belongs to the Flying Dragon gang. She has even signed IOUs. When the younger sister of Ying's husband sees that Ying is weighed down by worries, she asks Wu Ngar for help. Wu Ngar sneaks into the gambling den, but her behaviour is suspected by the gang leaders, Tai-kit and Tai-hong. Fortunately, Wong Ngung saves her. To get back the IOUs, Ying falls under the control of Hong and Kit. Master Lung has evil designs on Ying. He first kills Kit and seizes Ying. Hong then shoots and kills Lung. Wong Ngung and her two partners get back the IOUs for Ying. They notify the police Inspector to arrest the members of the Flying Dragon gang. Hong is shot and injured by Wong Ngung. He is arrested with the other gang members.
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Apartment Murder
Title: Apartment Murder
Character: Yim Tai-Hung
Released: July 23, 1960
Type: Movie
Yim Tai-hung stages a diamond heist but one of his men slips away with a diamond necklace. Sustaining a fatal wound, the betrayer gives the necklace to his friend Chow Ping at Rose Apartment before he expires. Chow calls her cousin Wu Nga for help. But Wu, Wong Ang and Heung At come too late. She however manages to reveal the whereabouts of the necklace at her last breath. The trio is framed for the murder but is later acquitted. Striving to crack the case, Wong infiltrates the apartment at night and uncovers the necklace, which is then used to lure the real culprit out. But her plan is foiled by a young and reckless Wu who falls into Yim's trap. Luckily Wong and Heung deliver the hostage to safety while the police arrest Yim's accomplices and kill the ringleader in the ensuing shootout.
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Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla
Title: Wong Fei Hung's Battle with the Gorilla
Released: June 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Wong Fei-hung and his disciples hear that a small village is being terrorised by a ferocious gorilla. It turns out that the beast is actually a small-time crook in a gorilla suit under the orders of a precious metal smuggler who wants to intimidate the villagers. The crook takes advantage of his disguise to abduct a beautiful girl and escape to the mountains, but has a surprise in store for him. Just how many gorillas are loose in them there hills?
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The Ten Brothers Vs. the Sea Monster
Title: The Ten Brothers Vs. the Sea Monster
Character: Commander
Released: February 25, 1960
Type: Movie
The Ten Brothers return as the Lake Devil is plagued by a monster fish. To settle the old score, Marshal asks Shrimpy and his ten sons to exterminate the fish. Excelled on land, the ten brothers find themselves quite useless in the water.
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Road
Title: Road
Character: Lui Tai-Hon
Released: July 29, 1959
Type: Movie
During the anti-Japanese war, truck driver Lee Sing's secret mission is to transport weapons and supplies for the resistance fighters. Sing has to deliver a signal gun to guerrillas at ten on that night for launching an attack against the Japanese soldiers. He works for the Ko's family and he has to send the gun to the provincial city to prevent it from being bombed. Sing carries on his vehicle a group of passengers including a Chinese traitor, a guerilla, a compassionate nurse, a comfort woman on the run, a teacher and his pregnant wife. Sing is given a hard time by the Japanese troops on the road. The Japanese ransack the vehicle and they find the signal gun. All the males on board are being interrogated with torture, but the passengers pool their efforts to subdue the traitor and accomplish their mission.
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How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage
Title: How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated the Tiger on the Opera Stage
Released: July 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Hung Gar Champion Wong Fei Hung The most prolific hero of kungfu movies wasn’t Bruce Lee. It was a founding father of Hung Gar kungfu and a real folk hero named Wong Fei Hung.
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Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell
Title: Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell
Released: June 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Wong Fei-hung goes up against members of the underworld
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Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl (Part 1)
Title: Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl (Part 1)
Released: March 18, 1959
Type: Movie
The late Ming court is a corrupt regime. Lin Ngai-sheung, nicknamed the 'Jade Killer', inherits the swordplay book of Tianshan and becomes a bandit of the people to rob from the rich. Her feud with Wudang Sect's Cheuk Yat-hong rooted from the time she held up a corrupt official. Cheuk, instigated by others, sees Lin as his enemy. However, Lin slowly falls for him. When Cheuk learns the truth, he helps Lin to defeat her enemies.
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Story of the Vulture Conqueror
Title: Story of the Vulture Conqueror
Character: Yau Chu-kei
Released: October 23, 1958
Type: Movie
Yeung and Kwok are best friends whose wives become pregnant around the same time. Yeung's wife, Pao Sik-yeuk, finds a wounded man hidden in the barn and secretly helps him. He turns out to be a foreign Prince and disaster follows. The sons are then scattered with one growing up in the Prince's kingdom and the other in Mongolia. Now grown, they go out into the world and discover the secret details of their lives.
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Wong Fei-Hung's Battle with the Five Tigers in the Boxing Ring
Title: Wong Fei-Hung's Battle with the Five Tigers in the Boxing Ring
Released: June 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Wong Fei Hung meets the Five Tigers
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Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle
Title: Wong Fei-Hung's Fierce Battle
Released: February 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Wong Fei Hung must stands up for people who are unable to stand up for themselves.
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The White Crane Hero
Title: The White Crane Hero
Released: December 25, 1956
Type: Movie
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Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan
Title: Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan
Character: Ching Tien-Chung
Released: October 20, 1956
Type: Movie
Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan is a Wong Fei-Hung movie starring Kwan Tak-Hing.
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Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance
Title: Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance
Character: Kwok Hung-Bu
Released: February 28, 1956
Type: Movie
Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance is a 1956 Wong Fei-Hung movie directed by Wu Pang.
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Eternal Love
Title: Eternal Love
Character: Yam Chi-ming
Released: September 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Chan Sai-wah abides by his late father's word and marries the wealthy Yam Suk-kuen. They have a son, Kwok-leung. Though Wah is manager of the hotel owned by his father-in-law, Kuen is not a good wife. For all the years of their marriage, Wah has never been happy. Attracted to the humble and honest Carrie Mui, Wah decides to leave his domineering wife Kuen, but is stopped by his father-in-law. The lovers set off to Macau for a new start. Their life has become increasingly miserable under the pressure from Yam's family. When Wah leaves to seek help from his son in Hong Kong, Carrie decides she should leave so that Wah can go without feeling any guilt or burden. On the other hand, Wah is too ashamed to face his son, and returns to Macau. He lives his life in misery. Years pass, the lovers meet again. Wah is reduced to begging in the streets while Carrie becomes an opera diva.
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Backyard Adventures
Title: Backyard Adventures
Character: Fitness teacher
Released: July 12, 1955
Type: Movie
Reporter Yu Mong-yuen is recovering from a leg injury in his fiancee Man-wah's apartment. Bored, he looks out the rear window and observes the life of the neighbouring building. Among the tenants are a sugar-daddy and his mistress, a middle-aged man wants to marry a young girl, but she is in love with his son. Finally, she hatches a plot and makes the man agree to her marrying his son ; a sly fortune-teller ; a lively gym, a rich widow quarrels with the trainer of a gymnasium because his dog has bitten her cat ; and an opera school, a woman signs, leaning on the balcony, and a man tries to strangle her. In fact they are rehearsing an opera…… One evening, Wah is on the night shift, and Yuen watches the opera troupe rehearse to the end. Under the influence of drugs, Yu mistakenly believes that a divorced man has murdered a taxi dancer. He alerts the police, but the whole thing is nothing more than a misunderstanding.
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Wong Fei-Hung Tries His Shadowless Kick
Title: Wong Fei-Hung Tries His Shadowless Kick
Released: July 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Starring Tak-Hing Kwan as Wong Fei-Hung
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The Phantom of the Opera Boat
Title: The Phantom of the Opera Boat
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
HK historical drama.
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Autumn
Title: Autumn
Character: Ko Hak-ming
Released: January 17, 1954
Type: Movie
Hak-ming heads the Ko Family, but he and his brothers, Hak-ting and Hak-on, and the second wife of the late Master Ko quarrel. Young Cousin Mui, who has tuberculosis, is forced by to marry an older woman. Kok-sun is guilty of being unable to stop the marriage. Sun and maid Chui-wan are wary of their feelings for each other due to class difference. Cousin Mui dies of illness. Hak-ting has his eyes on Wan. His wife, Wong, complains to their daughter, Shuk-ching, who cannot take it and commits suicide. Wong blames herself for her death. Undergone these tragedies, Cousin Kam's mother let Kam have a modern wedding with Kok-man. When Ming is ill, Ting and On want to sell the ancestral home. Hak-ming dies of angst. When the fifth uncle of Sun forces Wan to be his concubine, Wan tries to kill herself but is intercepted by Sun. Pressurised by people of the house over the issue of inheritance, Sun protests by declaring his love for Wan and leaves the family, with his mother, brother Man and Wan.
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Spring
Title: Spring
Character: Ko Hak-ming
Released: December 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Ko Suk-ying is saddened over her arranged marriage as manipulated by her father Hak-ming. Ko Kok-sun's Cousin Chow Wai's spends the Mid-Autumn Festival before her marriage with the Kos. She has been in love with Sun. Sun finds out about her love for him when she is about to be married off, he is too weak to oppose to Wai's betrothal to another man. Sun's son, Hoi-sun, falls ill. Fearing the displeasure of his elders, Sun dares not consult a western doctor. Meanwhile, another dispute arises among members of the family over the ancestral land. When accused of being incompetent in his management, Sun takes the blame silently. Wai dies of grief while Hoi-sun becomes a victim of mistreatment. Sun is devastated at this double blow. Hak-ming instructs Sun to arrange for Ying's wedding. Knowing the kind of man Ying's fiancee is, Sun is reluctant. Not wanting to follow in Wai's footsteps, Ying fights for her own rights, and backed by an enlightened Sun, she leaves for a new start.
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Family
Title: Family
Character: Ko Hak-ming
Released: January 7, 1953
Type: Movie
"Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent Trilogy". In "Family", director Ng Wui skilfully condenses the voluminous first part of the novel into an emotionally powerful and intellectually focused story of youngsters struggling to survive oppression and repression in a feudalistic family. This well-received film quickly established the company's reputation.
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Midnight Bells
Title: Midnight Bells
Released: April 19, 1950
Type: Movie
HK historical drama
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Dawn Must Come
Title: Dawn Must Come
Character: Cheung Kau
Released: January 31, 1950
Type: Movie
The film depicts the lives of Guangdong peasants who have gone through the suffering of the Sino-Japanese War only to experience home-grown oppression by a rapacious landlord in their village.
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The Misguided Spirit in the Well
Title: The Misguided Spirit in the Well
Released: January 6, 1950
Type: Movie
HK historical drama.
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Wong Fei-Hung Burn the Tyrant's Lair
Title: Wong Fei-Hung Burn the Tyrant's Lair
Released: October 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Shot at the same time as the inaugural chapter, The Story of Wong Fei-hung, Part Two is a continuation of the story. Solving the cliffhanger at the end of Part One and carrying on with a series of fights against a lineup of martial artists recruited by Master Wong's nemesis, Part Two culminates in a showdown with Grey Hair Fu, played by the great character actor Sek Kin, who is to appear as the archvillain in most of the following chapters, each time in a different guise.
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Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle
Title: Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle
Character: Grey Hair Fu
Released: October 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Martial artist Wong is confronted by other masters. After he returns to his disciples, he vents his anger during a fierce fight.
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One-Eye Dragon, the Strange Hero
Title: One-Eye Dragon, the Strange Hero
Released: December 22, 1947
Type: Movie
An early Romantic Comedy featuring Tak-Hing Kwan and Kien Shih.
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Nothing Compares to You
Title: Nothing Compares to You
Released: November 15, 1947
Type: Movie
After spending seven years apart due to warfare, childhood sweethearts meet each other again and fall in love, yet tragic fate awaits.