Cheng Kang-Yeh

Cheng Kang-Yeh

Born: July 26, 1948
in Shanghai, China
Known for his boyish looks, skills as a dancer, and comedic timing Cheng Kang-Yeh was a fixture of many mid 70's Shaw Brothers films. He was married to Hong Kong Singer & Actress Deanie Ip from 1966 to 1973.

Movies for Cheng Kang-Yeh...

Just Heroes
Title: Just Heroes
Character: Bill
Released: September 14, 1989
Type: Movie
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.
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Devil Hunters
Title: Devil Hunters
Released: August 10, 1989
Type: Movie
A veteran mobster finds that not only are the police after him, but so are members of his own gang, led by a young gangster who wants to take over.
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A Fist Full of Talons
Title: A Fist Full of Talons
Character: 4 Seasons
Released: April 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Qing I-ming springs into action to help his friend, who runs into danger while trying to deliver important government documents.
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Ghost Nursing
Title: Ghost Nursing
Character: Chen's Driver
Released: May 15, 1982
Type: Movie
Jackie is a young woman determined to reverse her bad luck. She consults the God of Gold, who advises her to "nurse a ghost". She is given a small figure to worship, and the worship includes dripping three drops of her own blood every three days. At first, all goes well and she falls in love. But this new happiness causes Jackie to forget to worship the figure, and the spirit doesn't like it. With good intentions, her new boyfriend, Raymond, discovers Jackie's strange predicament and attempts an exorcism which goes horribly wrong. The spirit takes over Raymond, who starts doing nasty things.
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Dragon Lord
Title: Dragon Lord
Character: Kang
Released: January 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
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Kung Fu Zombie
Title: Kung Fu Zombie
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting his own hands dirty, he hires a Taoist wizard to animate some zombies to do the job for him. The plan goes horribly awry, and the bad guy ends up getting killed in his own trap. This pisses off the villain's spirit and he forces the priest to reincarnate him - only they can't find a suitable body. Meanwhile, an undead fiend of sorts comes to town to kill Billy's father over some other past dispute. This is where all of Billy's kung fu training comes in handy, and he manages to kill the attacker. With this, the other bad guy finally has a body to use, but the reincarnation goes wrong and the corpse is reborn as a vampire.
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Deadly Duo
Title: Deadly Duo
Released: May 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Seeking revenge for the murder of his family, a man returns to Hong Kong to track down the killers. He becomes enthralled in further intrigue when his new boss is targeted by the same group.
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Daggers 8
Title: Daggers 8
Released: October 31, 1980
Type: Movie
A young man (Yuan Man Meng) who is forbidden to study kung fu by his grandfather eventually branches out in search of someone to teach him. He encounters three teachers, who each instruct him in a different school of fighting. But when a mysterious killer murders each of the three teachers, the young man must use his newly learned fighting skills to avenge their deaths.
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The Deadly Sword
Title: The Deadly Sword
Released: October 10, 1980
Type: Movie
A swordsman uses a specialized weapon made from a deformed sword, the lethal hook, to fight an underworld clan to clear his family name and save the girl he loves in ancient China.
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The Young Master
Title: The Young Master
Character: Master Tien's Student
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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Snake Deadly Act
Title: Snake Deadly Act
Released: January 17, 1980
Type: Movie
Kwok Chung is a righteous rich kid whose hobby is to fight and brawl. One encounter nearly gets him killed, but he is saved by Yueh (Fong Hak On), the Snake Fist Master. Yueh befriends and teaches Kwok the deadly art of the snake. Soon, Kwok realizes that his teacher has more in common with a snake than just techniques. He's being set up by his teacher, and his family is also targeted for murder!
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The Young Avenger
Title: The Young Avenger
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A young man ekes out a living by robbing graves and peeing in jars.
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Big Boss of Shanghai
Title: Big Boss of Shanghai
Released: November 22, 1979
Type: Movie
Chen and his brother travel to Shanghai in search of fame and fortune, but end up pitted against Chinese Mafia bosses - and can only fight their way out of the web of violence and betrayal they find themselves caught up in.
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Kung Fu Genius
Title: Kung Fu Genius
Character: Cheng Kang Yip
Released: March 8, 1979
Type: Movie
A martial arts whiz and his ambitious friend open a kung fu school, but only draw the attention of an angry student from the town’s only other school. A confrontation leads to a fight in a brothel that causes both schools to become targets of the brothel owner’s wrath.
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Snake in the Monkey's Shadow
Title: Snake in the Monkey's Shadow
Character: Yan #2
Released: February 15, 1979
Type: Movie
A young peasant boy who is bullied by local noblemen seeks to learn drunken boxing from the head of a local martial arts school. When the boy beats up his previous tormentors, the nobles patriarch challenges the boys teacher, the drunken master, who defeats the lot of them. Embarrased, the nobles retain two hired snake style killers. They kill everyone except the peasant boy.
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Mad Mad Kung Fu
Title: Mad Mad Kung Fu
Character: Lung Chan
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
This old school martial arts comedy involves the search for the elusive “Bamboo Stick,” an aged kung fu master played by Simon Yuen, who kills a local crime boss’s son after taking the place of the son’s forced bride on the wedding night.
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Heroes of the East
Title: Heroes of the East
Character: Shou Kwan
Released: December 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Gordon Liu stars as a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife. When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, he's forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.
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Dirty Kung Fu
Title: Dirty Kung Fu
Released: November 16, 1978
Type: Movie
Dirty Kung Fu is about a young bounty hunter who uses his kung fu skills or lack thereof to capture criminals.
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Title: Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Character: Coffin King
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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Flying Guillotine II
Title: Flying Guillotine II
Character: Sui Sheng Piu
Released: January 19, 1978
Type: Movie
The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.
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The Clumsy Gambler
Title: The Clumsy Gambler
Character: Mo Lai-see
Released: November 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Hong Kong comedy
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Executioners from Shaolin
Title: Executioners from Shaolin
Character: Xiao Hu
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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Layout
Title: Layout
Released: February 10, 1977
Type: Movie
The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.
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Challenge of the Masters
Title: Challenge of the Masters
Character: Tsang Hang
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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Killer Clans
Title: Killer Clans
Character: Feng Hao
Released: March 20, 1976
Type: Movie
Based on a popular swordplay novel, this colorful and complex saga (whose Chinese title literally translates into the poetic Meteor, Butterfly, Sword) has enough conspiracies, stratagems, and sword fights to fascinate even novice kung-fu cinema viewers. The cast of Shaw Brothers' leading swordsmen and swordswomen are masterfully staged by Yuen Cheung-yan, the brother of Matrix and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping. The result is both a great action movie and an exceptional dramatic film.
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Heroes of the Underground
Title: Heroes of the Underground
Character: Wu San-Xian
Released: January 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Besides martial arts, Bruce Lee's contribution to Chinese society was instilling a strong sense of nationalism. After his death, anti-Japanese films found new breathe especially in Taiwan. Based on a King Hu’s script, Heroes Of The Underground tapped into Lee's nationalistic fervor and the Confucian ethic of country above family and starred the popular Ching Li as a World War II, Chinese secret agent planted into the Japanese Headquarters at Changsha. Tears flow in the name of country pride.
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The Gambling Syndicate
Title: The Gambling Syndicate
Character: Zhu 'Nine Hands'
Released: April 19, 1975
Type: Movie
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
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Forbidden Tales of Two Cities
Title: Forbidden Tales of Two Cities
Character: Kang Li
Released: January 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Li Han-hsiang, one of the most experienced and respected filmmakers in Hong Kong, wrote and directed this charming and fascinating comedy of amorous complications and modern morals in the very middle of his forty year career. The two cities are Macau, where a love quartet is the source for sexy merriment, and Hong Kong, where a gambler tells a charming woman why there are four shackles hanging from his apartment ceiling!
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Gossip Street
Title: Gossip Street
Character: Rat
Released: May 17, 1974
Type: Movie
The place to be is flat number 8 on the second floor of the Gossip Street apartment building, where all the neighbors gather to gossip. The sitcom turns serious when a local mobster wants to change the place into a gambling den.
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Hong Kong 73
Title: Hong Kong 73
Character: Burglar
Released: April 24, 1974
Type: Movie
As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.
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Scandal
Title: Scandal
Character: Shoemaker
Released: April 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Director Li Han-hsiang teams up with Michael Hui in this tongue in cheek tale of extramarital affairs and corruption. Michael Hui and Wang Sheng are two loafers who prove they are good for something after all.
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The House of 72 Tenants
Title: The House of 72 Tenants
Character: Shanghai man
Released: September 21, 1973
Type: Movie
Set during a period of depression, the film chronicles the daily lives of a single urban building split up into several separate units, and the actual people that dwell within.
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The Pirate
Title: The Pirate
Character: Secret Agent
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Pirate Chang Pao-Chai springs a leak after an otherwise successful raid on a foreign ship. He goes ashore to get materials to patch his ship up, where he encounters corrupt Qing officials and poor, oppressed peasants. Being a good man at heart, he decides to help out and becomes an even bigger outlaw in the process.
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Facets of Love
Title: Facets of Love
Released: April 5, 1973
Type: Movie
This story is centering around a Ming Dynasty brothel that steams with secret erotic myths, trysts and twists of pleasurable indulgence. A shaw production
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The Villains
Title: The Villains
Character: Feng's comrade
Released: March 9, 1973
Type: Movie
A poor orphan seeks help from her wealthy uncle and his sons.
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The Killer
Title: The Killer
Character: Kung fu school student
Released: August 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Chiao Tzu Wei hires a killer under the premise that the local government (run by the local kung fu school) is corrupt and extorting the people of the town. The killer happens to be Hsieh Chun (aka Hsiao Hu) who left town ten years ago. (When Hsieh Chun opens up a suitcase full of knives, you know that there is going to be tons of killing!). Thinking that the local kung fu school is bad, he goes over there to fight them. There is some reuniting of lost friends and some love between two of them. The bad guys are constantly double crossing everyone and this leads to total mayhem and carnage. The final fight scene (which is actually several fight scenes going from one to the next) is incredible, especially the blood soaked finale between the evil Japanese leader of the opium ring and the two brothers.
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The Boxer from Shantung
Title: The Boxer from Shantung
Character: Hsiao Chiang Bei
Released: February 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
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The Duel
Title: The Duel
Character: Hsiao Mao
Released: April 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Tan Jen-chieh's life spins out of control when he’s forced into exile to clear his name following the murder of his adopted father. He's hunted in the streets. His lover, Butterfly, turns to prostitution. And his father's likely killer – a smooth operator known as the Rambler – is always lingering nearby. But before Tan and the Rambler can slit each other's throats, they learn they've been double-crossed and go two against everyone in a rage of double-edged vengeance.
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Title: The New One-Armed Swordsman
Character: Lung's Disciple
Released: February 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when he crosses his path with a beautiful girl in need, Pao Chiao. Even against impossible odds, he will prove a great warrior.
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The Iron Buddha
Title: The Iron Buddha
Character: Inn waiter
Released: November 12, 1970
Type: Movie
After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally.
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Have Sword, Will Travel
Title: Have Sword, Will Travel
Character: Yang Hang Chiu
Released: December 25, 1969
Type: Movie
Ying Ke-Feng, head of Peerless Manor, is an expert swordsman whose escort business transports 200,000 taels of silver to the capital each year. This year, however, he is afflicted with an infirmity that renders him unable to use his sword.
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The Three Smiles
Title: The Three Smiles
Character: 2nd Young Master
Released: September 23, 1969
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
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Three Swinging Girls
Title: Three Swinging Girls
Released: September 6, 1968
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers comedy.
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Spring Blossoms
Title: Spring Blossoms
Character: Luo Da Wei
Released: April 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Spring Blossoms is a parable about the Chinese youth culture and what's important to the younger generation when it comes to romance. It starred a new wave of seventies, Shaw's beauties, Lily Li, Shu Pei-pei and Essie Lin-chia as single women looking for love. It's a triple-decker romantic bus ride on a road to nowhere speeding toward a low bridge.
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The Assassin
Title: The Assassin
Character: Tzu's Attendant
Released: December 22, 1967
Type: Movie
Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple pleasures until an accidental meeting with another patriot sets him back on the road to bloody, brutal vengeance.
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Hong Kong Nocturne
Title: Hong Kong Nocturne
Character: Wang Ming
Released: February 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A musical about 3 sisters, singers and dancers, and their dad, a magician performing in nightclubs until they make their own life.
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The Perfumed Arrow
Title: The Perfumed Arrow
Character: Du's page
Released: November 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Ling Bor plays Wen Fei E who is both an excellent academic as well as martial arts expert. Since her childhood days fond of dressing up as a boy, she becomes a village scholar sharing classes with Tu Zi Zheng (Chin Feng) and Wei Zhun Zhi (Ho Fan). When Fei E's innocent father is framed and sent to prison, she rushes to his rescue saving Jing Fu Quan (Kam Fie) who is in the hands of robbers along the way. Mistaking Fei E to be a noble hero, Fu Quan has no greater wish than to get married to her savior...
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Sweet and Wild
Title: Sweet and Wild
Released: August 23, 1966
Type: Movie
Young love and its comedy of errors. Hsiao Fang, played by Li Ching, is a spunky young girl not afraid to fight back against hooligans. Unfortunately, she mistakes the handsome Ma Ta-hai, for one such hoodlum. The two are immediately attracted but refuse to admit their true feelings. The real hooligans are from a rich family led by a devious Madam who devise a revenge plot. With plot twists, mistaken identities, along with some terrific musical numbers, romance has never been this much fun.
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Till the End of Time
Title: Till the End of Time
Released: March 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Jenny Wu is a singer who charms the well-to-do Peter Chen, but his parents object to a union between their only son and a lowly cabaret singer. He ignores their advice and marries her anyway, and for a time, they find some manner of wedded bliss. But the years are not entirely kind. He works hard to make ends meet, but his health pays the price.
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The Dancing Millionairess
Title: The Dancing Millionairess
Character: Dancer
Released: February 12, 1964
Type: Movie
Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance. Soon she's bankrolling the affair, the sets are being built, and the singing and dancing begin!