Lam Wai

Lam Wai

Born: October 8, 1954
in Guangdong, China
A native of Taiwan, David Lam Wai first came to attention in 1984 with his role as the leader of a group of Mainland would-be jewel thieves in Johnny Mak's classic Long Arm of the Law. He got started in movies with bit part roles at Shaw Brothers studios, and after establishing himself as a lead actor, he participated in numerous crime, action, and gangster films throughout the 1980's and 90's.

Movies for Lam Wai...

No More Bets
Title: No More Bets
Released: August 5, 2023
Type: Movie
A depressed programmer and a model decide to seek gold as a seemingly good job opportunity, but they inadvertently become involved in a well-planned Internet scam.
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Liao Zhai Fox Spirit: Spoony Woman
Title: Liao Zhai Fox Spirit: Spoony Woman
Released: May 27, 2023
Type: Movie
The scholar Wang Zifu fell in love with the girl Ying Ning at first sight. By coincidence, he found Ying Ning's residence and the two became husband and wife. The scholar's mother was afraid of Ying Ning. After learning that he was a fox demon, she separated the two of them
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The Mob
Title: The Mob
Character: Zhou Mingyou
Released: January 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Zhou Fang, the young master of Tongming Hall on the Shanghai Bund, fights Longde from Chamber of Commerce to avenge the murder of his father.
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The Painted Skin: New Legend of Liao Zhai
Title: The Painted Skin: New Legend of Liao Zhai
Released: January 28, 2022
Type: Movie
The Paonted Skin: New Legend of Liao Zhai
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喀纳斯水怪
Title: 喀纳斯水怪
Released: December 5, 2021
Type: Movie
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The Curse of Turandot
Title: The Curse of Turandot
Character: Fireworks Master
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: Movie
The plot follows Princess Turandot who is cursed by a mysterious power emanating from three Mazovian bracelets that were given to her as birthday gifts. These bracelets’ life-draining effects cause the princess to becomes cruel, and gradually she loses her humanity.
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Title: The Priceless
Character: Mr. Ning
Released: August 30, 2021
Type: TV
A story that follows a married couple during their "trial period" and the mother-in-law who turns into a "strict examiner" to put the relationship between the newly-weds to the test. Beijing drifter Ying Bao walked down the aisle on her wedding day wearing the jade bracelet that her mother-in-law gave her. At her honeymoon, she discovers that the bracelet in her possession is a fake and she becomes extremely anxious at the thought of losing a valuable family heirloom that was also a seal of her mother-in-law's approval. Ying Bao's husband Shi Da Yan, mother-in-law Li Shuang Qin and many others are pulled into a commotion over the real and fake bracelets especially when there turns out to be more than one. When the secret is revealed, a change in the fate of a family from turbulent to prosperous times emerges. Everyone realizes that although the jade bracelet is precious, it can never compare to the worth of people’s hearts. Even if an object disappears, love will last forever.
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The Case of the Unknown
Title: The Case of the Unknown
Released: October 21, 2020
Type: Movie
A family was killed in Xiaoliu Village. The Public Security Bureau sent an investigation team to discover the suspect. Unexpectedly, there was someone else behind the suspect.
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Good boy and Kong Fu
Title: Good boy and Kong Fu
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: Movie
Li Le is a young boy who loves martial arts. He has followed his grandfather to learn martial arts since childhood. He participates in a martial arts competition without telling his family, hoping to win the grand prize - Macau tour for the family.
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Love Doesn't Come Easy
Title: Love Doesn't Come Easy
Character: Zhou Likai
Released: May 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Yang Fantaer (Cui Jingge), Li Jiazhen (He Chengwei) and Qi Yufang (Liang Yi) are three years old friends. Although it is over 30 years old, they remained single. In the face of emotional problems, they showed a passive attitude.
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Key To The Luck
Title: Key To The Luck
Character: Uncle Ha
Released: April 22, 2019
Type: Movie
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Integrity
Title: Integrity
Released: February 5, 2019
Type: Movie
The chief investigator of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is banking on a key witness, the corporate accountant Jack (Nick Cheung Ka-fai), to testify in court against a high-level customs officer and a tobacco trading company CEO accused of bribery and smuggling. When neither Jack nor the CEO show up on the day of the hearing, King is given seven days to save the prosecution’s case.
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Screw Baskeball Team
Title: Screw Baskeball Team
Released: May 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Chinese movie
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Yi Quan Qing Chun
Title: Yi Quan Qing Chun
Released: December 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Chinese movie
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Flipped
Title: Flipped
Released: October 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Chinese movie
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Kung Fu Kids
Title: Kung Fu Kids
Released: January 23, 2015
Type: Movie
Chinese movie
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You Are My Sassy Girl
Title: You Are My Sassy Girl
Released: August 15, 2014
Type: Movie
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Hungry Ghost Ritual
Title: Hungry Ghost Ritual
Character: Xiaotian
Released: July 10, 2014
Type: Movie
After incurring debts from his failed business venture in China, Zong Hua (Cheung) returns to Malaysia after a decade's hiatus. The demoralised Zong Hua faces problems finding a job and tries hard to get used to things at home, including his estranged relationship with his step-father, Xiaotian, who runs a Cantonese opera troupe, and half-sister, Jing Jing (Cathryn Lee). Jing Jing is hostile towards Zong Hua as she always has the impression that the death of their mother was caused by the excessive fights between Zong Hua and his step-father.
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Feeling the Love Flute
Title: Feeling the Love Flute
Released: June 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Chinese movie
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Fighting
Title: Fighting
Released: March 21, 2014
Type: Movie
One day Ruo-fei found himself traveling into the past during a national game. Ruo-fei was strangely obsessed by an athlete named "Lone Wolf", who had a very special charisma. Lone Wolf’s dream was to become a pilot. During the game, Lone Wolf met an American guy named Jason whose family was very wealthy. Jason was a vigorous man who was determined to win this martial arts tournament. Lone Wolf and Jason became the main focus of the entire game and a lot of people were betting on the outcome of their upcoming fight. Finally, it was time for the final battle, the duel started, two different temperaments and two different backgrounds but yet the fighters understood each other, equal in strength; each had its own qualities and merits, making the duel very suspenseful. Lone Wolf and Jason were once enemies (rivals) and now appreciated each other. Who would win the final battle and became the real hero?
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Kung Fu Fighter
Title: Kung Fu Fighter
Released: November 13, 2013
Type: Movie
After accidentally killing his competition during a kung fu movie audition, Cheng Lindong is sentenced to seven years in prison, upon which he is released back into the world and the arms of his faithful girlfriend, Ke Lin. In a desperate move for a new life, he changes his identity and finds a job as a sparring partner at a boxing gym subsidized by its wealthy benefactor, Huang Li, who also happens to own a film studio.
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Conspirators
Title: Conspirators
Character: Pang
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Chen Tan, a private detective in Thailand, travels to Malaysia following a series of clues found in a photo. There he searches for a man called Chai, who might help reveal the truths behind the murder of his parents 30 years ago. Chen finds Zheng, a Malaysian detective born in China. Together they meet Chai's daughter, Zi-Wei who could hold the key to cracking the case.
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The Silent War
Title: The Silent War
Character: Zhang Guoxiang, KMT agent
Released: August 10, 2012
Type: Movie
An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
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Happy Adventure
Title: Happy Adventure
Released: January 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Demon 2 (Du Huo 2)
Title: Demon 2 (Du Huo 2)
Released: September 22, 2011
Type: Movie
This story was written based on a real case; it brings stories from different classes and different age groups. The leads in the film failed to bear the pressure from their daily lives, thus the drugs dealers took the chance and tempted with money, the leads at last fell into their sugar traps, and thus had no return. This film hopes to expose the weakness of human beings, to alert people how terrible drugs are, and, to advise people never touch drugs when facing any threats and any blows in life.
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Deng Enming's Childhood
Title: Deng Enming's Childhood
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Chinese movie
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Jeet Kune Do
Title: Jeet Kune Do
Released: November 27, 2010
Type: Movie
"Jeet Kune Do" tells the story of a Bruce Lee obsessed country bumpkin (Chen Tien-Xing) who practices Jeet Kune Do all day long, much to the dismay of his father (Bruce Leung), who had hoped his son would perfect the family's own martial art style, the Chen fist. Chen Tien-Xing travels to the city to enter a Jeet Kune Do competition. This experience makes him learn the true meaning and spirit of Jeet Kune Do.
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The Adventure Of The King
Title: The Adventure Of The King
Character: Lord Ning
Released: August 19, 2010
Type: Movie
From the director of “72 Tenants Of Prosperity” comes a period comedy movie about an emperor (Richie Ren) who disguises himself as a commoner and later falls in love with Phoenix (Barbie Hsu), the lady boss of an inn.
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Crossing Hennessy
Title: Crossing Hennessy
Released: April 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Two shopkeepers are set up on a blind date by well-meaning relatives, despite the fact that they both have somebody else on their minds.
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Jackie Chan Kung Fu Master
Title: Jackie Chan Kung Fu Master
Character: 金先生
Released: July 3, 2009
Type: Movie
Jackie Chan is the undefeated Kung Fu Master who dishes out the action in traditional Jackie Chan style. When a young boy sets out to learn how to fight from the Master himself, he not only witnesses some spectacular fights, but learns some important life lessons along the way.
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永乐恩仇
Title: 永乐恩仇
Character: 朱棣
Released: March 4, 2007
Type: Movie
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The Valiant Ones New
Title: The Valiant Ones New
Released: January 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Director King Hu earned much fame in pioneering in a new aesthetics for martial arts films in the 1960s Chinese cinema. He made The Valiant Ones in 1975 to unfold a story of a patriotic military general and a princess who courageously fight against the invaders during the Ming dynasty. Now the remake stars Nicky Wu, who has just returned to the silver screen with the blockbuster A Battle of Wits alongside Andy Lau, and Huang Yi from the TV versions of Everlasting Regret and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Roy Cheung from Johnnie To's Exiled also plays a crucial role in the film. With Yuen Wah from Kung Fu Hustle in the supporting cast and also serving as the action choreographer, this 2006 remake promises action sequences just as stunning as in King Hu's original. Unlike the many period epics released recently, the film puts greater emphasis on the historical aspect rather than the visual effects.
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Shaolin Temple Death or Consequence
Title: Shaolin Temple Death or Consequence
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Martial arts action film Wu Seng was made in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Jet Li classic The Shaolin Temple. Set in the 14th century during the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Seng stars Hong Kong action star Terry Fan Siu Wong as Shaolin-trained general Yang Wu. After Yongle usurped the throne from Emperor Jianwen, loyal general Yang Wu secretly rescued child prince Zhu Wenkui and placed him in the care of the Wenchang Temple. Ten years later, Wenkui has grown up to be a strong, young man and Yang Wu is ready to put his plans to overthrow Yongle into action. When the Emperor discovers the plot, however, he sends an army of assassins after Yang Wu and Wenkui. They flee to Dafo Temple where Yang and the temple's monks make their final stand against the emperor's men.
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A Wind Cold Town
Title: A Wind Cold Town
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Chinese movie
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Nothing Is Impossible
Title: Nothing Is Impossible
Released: October 9, 2006
Type: Movie
It may be played with the hands but the fist game is a game of the heart. It's a lot like falling in love. There is no sure win strategy, and there is no magic formula to help you read your opponent. To win, you have to commit yourself fully to the game, and make accurate guesses. Vivian loses her lover and her dignity in a pub one night. Believing nothing is impossible, she decides that her future was in her own hands. She would win everything back with her bare hands. She falls in love with the fist game and with the cheerful "Turtle", Ah Kwai, the champion of the fist game. Vivian realises that the ultimate challenge of the game is to engage each other in duels. It is the delivery and reaction that provide the real charm. Vivian and Turtle are the King and Queen of the fist game. In the world of the battle of fists, will they live happily ever after?
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Gui Li Hun
Title: Gui Li Hun
Released: March 20, 2006
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Unrivaled Sand Palm
Title: Unrivaled Sand Palm
Released: September 30, 2005
Type: Movie
Plot is unknown
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Insuperable Kid Huoyuanjia
Title: Insuperable Kid Huoyuanjia
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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鬼妹
Title: 鬼妹
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Fearful 24 Hours
Title: Fearful 24 Hours
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Martial arts master Shih and his family spend their vacation at the edge of a small town. When ghosts from a deserted house nearby begin to threaten their lives, Shih sets out to uncover the haunted mansion's secret behind the ghastly apparitions.
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Boxing Hero
Title: Boxing Hero
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Animals
Title: Animals
Released: May 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Black Mask Vs. Gambling Mastermind
Title: Black Mask Vs. Gambling Mastermind
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
When Gao, the young saint of gamblers, vows not to gamble again after his latest win, he becomes the target of assassination from rival gamblers. He teams up with Black Mask to combat the assailants when he is challenged to an ultimate gambling duel.
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The Vampire Combat
Title: The Vampire Combat
Released: September 27, 2001
Type: Movie
Master Maolung is so obsessed with the supernatural that he keeps an eye on the "yin" wife of his eldest disciple, Hu Yaotu. Hu succeeds in keeping the master concealed. A century later, everybody has a new life without memory of the past. Maolung's loyal but evil follower swears to take revenge and save his master from the subdued world at any price.
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Homicidal Maniac
Title: Homicidal Maniac
Character: Inspector Hu Ying Jie
Released: November 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Lots of familiar faces populate this drab thriller about Patrick Tam, who may or not be a psycho killer. This much is true: he’s overly obsessed with Angie Cheung (as many are I'm sure) and spends his time acting wacky. Ultimately, what we discover is that he’s wacky, but still not as wacky as we were led to believe.
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Tricky Guys
Title: Tricky Guys
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Bedroom Secret
Title: Bedroom Secret
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Wicked Tricks
Title: Wicked Tricks
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
plot is unknown
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Shui Hwu Legend
Title: Shui Hwu Legend
Released: July 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A fantastic film depicting the exploits of the Black Whirlwind knight, Li Kwai: the legendary double axe fighter from the Water Margin.
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My Wife's Bodyguard
Title: My Wife's Bodyguard
Released: June 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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重振精武门
Title: 重振精武门
Released: January 17, 1998
Type: Movie
After the death of his teacher Ho Yuan Jia, Chen Jan returns to his home town of Dali and live the rest of his life peaceful seclusion however the theft of a nation treasure forces him to confront the Japanese marauders and corrupt western archaeologists and officials.
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Mission of Hero
Title: Mission of Hero
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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Crazy Mission
Title: Crazy Mission
Released: December 26, 1997
Type: Movie
A group of young undercover cops, who get in a little too deep, become hunted by the police themselves. Superb action: from Dick Wei and Kara Hui.
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Dragon Town Story
Title: Dragon Town Story
Released: November 13, 1997
Type: Movie
A woman works with an assassin to get revenge upon the man who murdered her family nine years earlier.
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Killing Me Hardly
Title: Killing Me Hardly
Released: May 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Fu Pui-yu directs this low-budget, critically panned Hong Kong knockoff of Charlie's Angels, about a shadowy figure named Charlie who dictates over a trio of voluptuous crime-fighters named Sunny (Jade Leung Ching), Moony (Christine Ng Wing-mei), and Starry (Paulyn Suen Kai-kwun). While being followed by nebbish journalist Bob (Michael Chow Man-kin) and coping with their own personal issues, the three are being targeted by Andy, a crazed arms-dealer who is seeking vengeance on Charlie for the death of his wife following a particularly ugly FBI raid years previous. Since Charlie's a hard man to find, the villain takes his wrath out on his friends and employees -- especially his three angels.
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24 Hrs Ghost Story
Title: 24 Hrs Ghost Story
Character: Master River Wang
Released: April 24, 1997
Type: Movie
A spirit who haunts the unsuspecting customers of a 24-hour convenience mart. When clerk Mo tai-ho starts hearing Peking opera coming out of the telephones, the freezers and from the backroom, he's sure he's going nuts. The fact that he is daily troubled by dreams dominated by a hideous ghoul isn't helping much. The sole person who believes him is a lonely cop named Charles Chan, whose mother is an expert on such poltergeists and who recommends the urine of a child or the tail of a black dog to stop such visitations. Both options fail when the ghost forces Mo to drink the kid's pee and neither have the heart to mutilate a puppy. Desperate, they call on the help of a Taoist master, who proves to be no match for the spirit. Will this lowly convenience store clerk manage to overcome his supernatural foe?
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Special Action Force
Title: Special Action Force
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Passion
Title: Passion
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Against
Title: Against
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Taiwan movie
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To Be No. 1
Title: To Be No. 1
Released: August 17, 1996
Type: Movie
Fai Chuen is a young man who wants to rise in the triad of Hong Kong. He's tough; he's respected by his friends; he loves Apple, daughter of his boss in the small-time Hung Lok gang in Wanchai; and, he encourages the studies of Chun, the son of his mother's closest relative. When Chuen comes to the attention of Piu, a top triad boss, the Hung Lok gang is assigned a hit; Chuen commits the murder and then is frustrated when Apple's father takes the fall. Chuen's cockiness gets him in trouble again when he disobeys Piu to revenge a friend's death. Chuen, who's reached the police bulletin board's most wanted, is now expendable. Can he and Apple escape to the Mainland?
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Title: King of Gambler
Character: 马骓
Released: April 15, 1996
Type: TV
After seven years in prison, Long Si returns to Shanghai to regain everything that he lost. On the train, he got to know more than a dozen heroes and soon thirteen of them became sworn brothers. Long Si only took seven days to regain the dominance of the Shanghai casino. As promised, he divided his casinos among twelve sworn brothers. Unfortunately, the twelve brothers fight against each other because of the greed for profit.
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3 Kung Fu Kids
Title: 3 Kung Fu Kids
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
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The Gangsters
Title: The Gangsters
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Taiwanese movie
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Tough Beauty And The Sloppy Slop
Title: Tough Beauty And The Sloppy Slop
Character: Hong Kong official
Released: December 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Three high-octane cops--an unorthodox one from Hong Kong, a straitlaced one from the Mainland, and one from the Philippines--join forces to demolish an insidious counterfeiting ring. Cops-and-robbers action fare taken to its most gleefully bullet-ridden extreme.
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A Fake Pretty Woman
Title: A Fake Pretty Woman
Released: May 6, 1995
Type: Movie
An insecure waitress (Yvonne Yung Hung) who thinks all her problems will be solved if she has plastic surgery to become beautiful. Initially it actually does work. She becomes a model and starts dating a billionaire at once after her surgery.
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The Vengeance
Title: The Vengeance
Released: February 6, 1995
Type: Movie
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Drugs Fighters
Title: Drugs Fighters
Released: January 31, 1995
Type: Movie
Yukari Oshima plays a traffic cop who gets promoted to the drug task force and faces Yuen Wah's syndicate.
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The Deadly Warrant
Title: The Deadly Warrant
Released: December 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Escaped convicts from the Mainland bound for Taiwan collide with the Taiwan police in a murderous shootout. An explosive, action-packed underworld thriller that indeed proves deadly.
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The Other Side of the Sea
Title: The Other Side of the Sea
Released: November 24, 1994
Type: Movie
Shau has started hating the life as a killer. She requests retiring from the organisation. However, in return, the organisation assigned her boyfriend to kill her. Shau killed him out of self defense. During the confrontation, she is also injured but can escape. Tea house owner To saved her from death. Shau recovers and starts enjoying the village life. However, the killers suddenly appear and a bloody confrontation begins.
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Law on the Brink
Title: Law on the Brink
Released: October 14, 1994
Type: Movie
With Hong Kong on the brink of unification with the Mainland, can they get along? When the Beijing police want to arrest his brother for murder, Hong Kong lawyer Shen goes to Beijing to help. Time and again he butts heads with differences between Hong Kong and Mainland law and practice. Thanks to a persistent though traditional lawyer named Wu and an implacable but fair policewoman named Lan, Shen manages to keep out of jail and pursue his brother's innocence. The big problem is that the dead man, a pimp and a bully, is the son of a wealthy and influential man who'll stop at nothing to avenge his son's death.
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Circus Kids
Title: Circus Kids
Released: October 9, 1994
Type: Movie
The circus group performs at the Shanfa Circus when a huge load of bombs crash on the stage and the performers try to find a home to live and get money for food.
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The Deadly Island
Title: The Deadly Island
Released: July 8, 1994
Type: Movie
A group of triad arms smugglers led by Chung get more than they bargained for when they do business on Man-eating Island.
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Hero of Hong Kong 1949
Title: Hero of Hong Kong 1949
Released: June 3, 1994
Type: Movie
In 1949, CCP domain the mainland China and many people moved to Hong Kong during this period, especially the soldier of KMT. Hong King Shan, general to embarrass leading his guides escaped to Hong Kong to lived at Tiu Kan Lan, but they were repelled by the other residents. After that, he know Fan, the head of Tsing Pong and a female doctor Sheung Tse Tin. Hon and Sheung fell in love but objected by Sheung’s brother. Fan convinced Hon and his followers to kill the head of black society, Simon, and re-build up the reputation the Tsing Pong ……
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追捕野狼帮
Title: 追捕野狼帮
Released: February 27, 1994
Type: Movie
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Deadful Melody
Title: Deadful Melody
Character: Ghost Master
Released: January 8, 1994
Type: Movie
A young security man must prove himself worthy by defending the one object wanted by all the masters of the Martial Arts world - the Magic Lyre!
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Marked for Murder
Title: Marked for Murder
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
An innocent bank employee turns fugitive when he accidentally witnesses the murder of his boss. An employee witnesses the murder of a manager in a Hong Kong bank and hides the evidence the manager left. Than he runs away to Shenzhen and becomes chasing target of both police and gangsters.
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Man of the Times
Title: Man of the Times
Released: August 28, 1993
Type: Movie
A look at the life and times of Chan Chi Chiu--an ambitious cop's journey to become the highest ranking officer in Hong Kong.
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Title: The Heroes From Shaolin
Released: August 16, 1993
Type: TV
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Flirting Scholar
Title: Flirting Scholar
Character: King Ning
Released: July 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.
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Lord Of East China Sea II
Title: Lord Of East China Sea II
Released: May 13, 1993
Type: Movie
The continuing saga of the life of one of the most powerful men in China in the first half of the 20th Century. By the late 1920's, Luk has established himself as the overlord of Shanghai; a player in politics, business, and the huge underworld. But his generosity begins to strain his finances. Pondering his future, he decides to make a strong commitment to the country, opting for high society over getting high.
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Lord Of East China Sea
Title: Lord Of East China Sea
Released: April 22, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of the rise to prominence of Luk, a Shanghai fruitseller who became one of the most powerful men in China in the first half of the 20th Century.
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All Men Are Brothers - Blood of the Leopard
Title: All Men Are Brothers - Blood of the Leopard
Character: Lu Chien
Released: April 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Based on parts of the classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (aka Outlaws of the Marsh).
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The Love That is Wrong
Title: The Love That is Wrong
Released: January 21, 1993
Type: Movie
Amy and Ann are a lesbian couple but their relationship gets disrupted when Amy falls in love with her male office colleague named Wang. As Amy spends more and more time with Wang Ann feels that she has lost Amy to Wang and develops a hatred towards men.....a hatred that will lead her to kill.
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Drug Tiger
Title: Drug Tiger
Character: Uncle Hsiung
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A young boy witnesses the murder of his family by a sadistic gang leader. Years later, he takes revenge with the help of his childhood friend and a female cop.
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Whores from the North
Title: Whores from the North
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Four girls from the north work in the same nightclub. The foreman Xian brings the dancers, Qin Na and Maine in Hong Kong, Shiliyangchang, fighting for the dream of prosperity. Each has a different experience, and the end will be tragic and joyous
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Witch
Title: Witch
Released: December 31, 1992
Type: Movie
May is a man who, in order to reincarnate to an honorable situation, must remain a virgin for three lifetimes. But the evil (and titular) witch has other ideas. She tricks him, then screws him, then kills him. Now dead, May becomes the servant of the prince of hell, whose parents want to marry him off. But despite being offered the choice of 73 beauties, he rejects them all as being too old. The prince (who, like the other inhabitants of hell, is quite a nice guy) is mad about Chin ... but she's "on the corps side" - that is, in the land of the living. May is instructed to accompany the prince through the tricky task of getting to know and woo the living girl. But the witch is still around, and still after May.....
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King of Beggars
Title: King of Beggars
Character: Lord Seng Ko Lin Chin
Released: December 17, 1992
Type: Movie
The heir to a noble and influential family finds the love of his life, but she will only accept him if he becomes a kung-fu master. He becomes a legendary folk hero who tries to save the emperor.
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No Guilty
Title: No Guilty
Released: November 12, 1992
Type: Movie
The film is about Ming, a famous photographer that is suspected of killing womens and committing necrophilia on their bodies, his buddy (who's a cop, played by Wai Lam) embarks in a quest to clear Ming's name.
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Passionate Killing in the Dream
Title: Passionate Killing in the Dream
Released: November 5, 1992
Type: Movie
A woman can see through the mind of a serial killer. But can she use her talents to alert the police to the killer's next move or will the killer catch on and track her down...
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Ghost Killer
Title: Ghost Killer
Character: Yip Tai Nan
Released: July 18, 1992
Type: Movie
Drug courier Lousy Chao and his wife Ngor are killed by his boss, after being framed for drug substitution. His ghost finds a man with the same birthday, Ming, to help take revenge. The unfortunate Ming has just proposed to Hung, but Lousy hijacks his body, and starts by killing his immediate boss Shing Yiang To in a sauna. This alarms Shing's boss Nan. Meanwhile, the possessed Ming take nightclub host Jenny home for "late supper". Hung is sure something is amiss, and consults her taoist uncle Shun. Nan is further shaken when his partner Chuen is killed, but still keeps an appointment with Thai drug dealer Buddha. Up until this point, both Ming and Nan consider ghosts to be "bullshit", but they are soon convinced otherwise...
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Visa to Hell
Title: Visa to Hell
Character: Jiu Mou
Released: May 10, 1992
Type: Movie
Cop & robber story with a twist. A cop is trying to nail a bad guy (played by Dick Wei). This pisses the bad guy enough that he goes to the cop's house and kills both his wife and his daughter. When the cop gets there, he catches Dick Wei on his way out and ends up cornering him. Dick, who doesn't want to give the cop the satisfaction, jumps to his death. But the cop follows him into hell to make him pay.
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Come from China
Title: Come from China
Released: May 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Explosive action flick about a group of mainlanders who get betrayed after robbing a Casino in Macau.
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Gangs '92
Title: Gangs '92
Released: March 7, 1992
Type: Movie
A rich teenager (Aaron Kwok) hangs out with a young gang of pickpockets. After dealing with the wrong guys (Jimmy Lung Fong and Karel Wong), things will turn into violence.
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The Story of Lady Sue
Title: The Story of Lady Sue
Released: January 30, 1992
Type: Movie
Young master Ying Feng is kicked out of home by his father, a master of mystical magic cures, because the "leader of black religion" is out to kill his entire family. Honest and stout-hearted, Ying Feng punches three guys who want to screw pretty dancer Miss Fan. Fan gets sweet on Feng and he agrees to let her stay with him. The Fairy comes to town, touting his magic powers to cure the sick for anyone who'll pay his exorbitant fee. Ying Feng has some of the same talent, and cures a sick woman with no money and for no payment, thereby shaming The Fairy into both taking him on as a disciple and agreeing to charge less. Li Quan, the "leader of black religion", has not given up trying to find Ying Feng, but his search is greatly slowed down by his assistants being far more interested in screwing each other silly than revenge. Note - Both of the lead characters are actually called "Fung" in Cantonese, so I have used the Mandarin forms of their names, to distinguish them.
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Raiders of Losing Treasure
Title: Raiders of Losing Treasure
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
An international terrorist organization is behind the inheritance left by the father of a well known businesswoman in Taiwan. With the help of some of her workers, she will have to find out who is behind this evil organization.
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Who's Killer
Title: Who's Killer
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A bunch of HK kids and their teacher visit a remote island where they encounter an axe-wielding maniac.
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Wonderful Killer
Title: Wonderful Killer
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A merciless slasher--who might also happen to be a demure, studious coed--targets the student populace of a Chinese university.
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Sexual Fire
Title: Sexual Fire
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Hong Kong movie
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
1992 film
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Wolf of Revenge
Title: Wolf of Revenge
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Ah Chun is attacked by gangsters. He stays alive, but his wife and kid dies. Now Ah Chun has only one goal: Revenge!
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Heroic Brothers
Title: Heroic Brothers
Released: October 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Lam Wai plays the murderous vigilante and Alex Man is the tough cop in this forgotten little masterpiece that has good kick ass action.
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The Transmigration Romance
Title: The Transmigration Romance
Character: Inspector Lin
Released: June 28, 1991
Type: Movie
A make-it-up-as-you-go supernatural thriller about a guy in love with a ghost
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Retreat of the Godfather
Title: Retreat of the Godfather
Released: January 25, 1991
Type: Movie
Kwong is a mafia king. When a rival gang steals a rare chinese artifact from him, he blaims his two "bag-men" and threatens to "cut their life" if they don't recover the treasure.
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Drugs Area
Title: Drugs Area
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Action flick about illegal drug dealing in Hong Kong and the undercover cops who risk their lives and their relationship to capture the bad guys.
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The Dignified Killers
Title: The Dignified Killers
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Huei (Lam Wai - Long Arm of The Law) returns home and gets heavily involved in gangster activity once more working alongside boss Luo (Ku Feng). Re-connecting with friend Ping (Emily Chu - A Better Tomorrow) who's now working as a bar girl to earn money for her father's operation, gangster activity is now mixed with romantic activity. Something that enrages Huei's triad brother Sen (Lung Siu-Wa) to the point of betrayal...(www.sogoodreviews.com)
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The Little Shaolin Monk
Title: The Little Shaolin Monk
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Lucky Dragon
Title: Lucky Dragon
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Follow the journey of a mischievous dragon that has been transformed by magic into a little boy and exiled from his home in the clouds to live among humans.
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Blood Stained Tradewind
Title: Blood Stained Tradewind
Character: Song Ben
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
"Shing (Alex Fong) and Hsiong (Waise Lee) are competitive young men raised by the head of a powerful Triad group. Shing appears to have the winning edge; his gunfighting skills are unsurpassed earning him the nickname Golden Gun and the pretty daughter of the Triad boss appears to favor him more than eager brother Hsiong. But when Shing turns down his godfather’s appointment to head the triad group his luck runs out and he’s kicked out of the group and shunned by the family. Hsiong becomes the new boss and the pretty daughter marries him instead. Shing moves to Macau and becomes a common laborer and rooms with Carrie Ng and her small son. But Carrie’s kid brother is a bad egg who brings the world of crime back into Shing’s life. Then all hell breaks loose and everyone’s life is in jeopardy when traitors and double crossers rise up and take over.
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King of Gambler
Title: King of Gambler
Released: November 24, 1990
Type: Movie
Casino owner Mr. Tanaka lose face when he loses 700 million US dollars to an American player. In an attempt to win back the money Tanaka turns to the triads that have a player who possesses a pair of very special skills.
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Life is a Bet
Title: Life is a Bet
Released: October 7, 1990
Type: Movie
A contract killer (Alexander Lo Rei) is sent to Taiwan to kill a famous triad boss. After accomplishing his mission he must leave Taiwan as soon as possible since his life is in danger.
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No Way Back
Title: No Way Back
Released: May 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Heroic Bloodshed movie from 1990
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It Takes Two to Mingle
Title: It Takes Two to Mingle
Released: March 8, 1990
Type: Movie
A tough-as-nail-cop becomes irrate when he learns that his sister is dating the son of a powerful triad leader.
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Stars & Roses
Title: Stars & Roses
Character: Hong's boyfriend
Released: December 21, 1989
Type: Movie
Hong Kong photo-journalist Lau and Vietnamese translator Yuen Hung become friends when Lau is arrested for a traffic accident. Yuen wants Lau to find out the whereabouts of her brother. Lau is later thrown into prison again due to being mistakenly as a demonstrator and sentenced to three years of hard labor. With help of Yuen, Lau and Yuen's brother escape to China but Yuen's brother is killed on the way. Lau flees to freedom. Yuen cannot go to China and Lau has to let her go...
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Proud and Confident
Title: Proud and Confident
Character: Chiu
Released: April 5, 1989
Type: Movie
Andy Lau leads a pack of arrogant new recruits at a training center for an elite police fighting force.
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Chinese Cop Out
Title: Chinese Cop Out
Released: March 31, 1989
Type: Movie
Mainland cop (Lam Wai) travels to Hong Kong to team a Hong Kong police officer (Melvin Wong) in order to investigate a case involving a brutal killer (Simon Yam).
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Dark Side of China Town
Title: Dark Side of China Town
Character: Shan Tung Shing
Released: January 14, 1989
Type: Movie
An HK police officer sends his son to America to protect him from the influence of the HK triads. However, his son becomes enmired in Chinatown triad dealings in America and returns to Hong Kong as a marked and wanted man.
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Bloody Brotherhood
Title: Bloody Brotherhood
Character: Cheung Ka Wai
Released: January 7, 1989
Type: Movie
Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discovers that this is all but a myth.
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Ghostly Love
Title: Ghostly Love
Character: Ching Sam
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
"Chinese Ghost Story" clone, with "Erotic Ghost Story" treatment. Scholar Tsin Fai arrives in a strange village where the beautiful Siu Chui mysteriously arrives in his room and into his bed. Next day, in the street, she treats him as a stranger...
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Picture of a Nymph
Title: Picture of a Nymph
Character: Swordsman
Released: March 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Shih Erh (Yuen Biao), a Taoist monk disciple, takes in a scholar named Tsui Hung-Chuen (Lawrence Ng) after he inadvertently burned down his house after battling a demon. Shih Erh and his master Wu Men-Chu (Wu Ma) house and attempt to protect Tsui from the demons and spirits that lurk nearby; however, Tsui encounters a benevolent female ghost named Mo Chiu (Joey Wang), who is confined to the hands of the wicked King Ghost (Elizabeth Lee).
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Dragons Forever
Title: Dragons Forever
Character: Thug at Bar
Released: February 11, 1988
Type: Movie
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
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No Compromise
Title: No Compromise
Character: Lui Da-Chuan
Released: January 21, 1988
Type: Movie
A cop goes after a husband-and-wife team of criminals who are expecting the birth of their first child.
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Project A: Part II
Title: Project A: Part II
Character: Superintendent Chun
Released: August 19, 1987
Type: Movie
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
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A Chinese Ghost Story
Title: A Chinese Ghost Story
Character: Swordsman Hsia Hou
Released: July 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful Nieh Hsiao-Tsing, with whom he falls in love.
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Code of Honor
Title: Code of Honor
Character: Wang Han
Released: March 26, 1987
Type: Movie
In Hong Kong, Ho Chen-tung is the aging Mob boss, living by a code of honor, keeping peace among rival factions. For years, he has been estranged from his son, Hui, who lives in Australia. Tung has become a sort of father to Han, a Vietnamese refugee who also lives by an ethical code. At the same time that Hui reaches out to his father, the Hong Kong CID conclude their years'-long effort to get the goods on Tung and his associates. Tung expects the younger gangsters to live by the code he loves, but at his trial, he has a surprise coming to him. It may be up to Han to restore the balance.
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Crazy Spirit
Title: Crazy Spirit
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A buddhist priest trying to exorcise suburban home.
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Royal Warriors
Title: Royal Warriors
Character: Raging Bull
Released: June 26, 1986
Type: Movie
When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and a Japanese detective, does everything it takes to take them down.
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The Strange Bedfellow
Title: The Strange Bedfellow
Released: January 11, 1986
Type: Movie
1. IDENTIKIT LOVE Chan has difficulties solving the case since the piece of skull was so incomplete. Chan is inspired to use Winnie's feature for double exposure... 2. DRAGON SEEDING In the future, child birth is decided by computers to maintain the quality of society will be consolidated. Eric and Candice every time can only have a female "quota"... 3. BETWIXT TWINS Tong falls in love with her twin sister's boyfriend. So she kills her sister and marries the man without his knowing the swit
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Yes, Madam!
Title: Yes, Madam!
Character: Ah Tung / Armoured Car Thief
Released: November 20, 1985
Type: Movie
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two hard kicking women cops from HK and UK get the case.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
Title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
Character: (cameo at the end)
Released: August 15, 1985
Type: Movie
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.
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Danger Has Two Faces
Title: Danger Has Two Faces
Released: May 31, 1985
Type: Movie
Martial art film standout Liang Chia-jen brings the same animalistic intensity from his early heroic bloodshed films to his Danger Has Two Faces tough, ex-cop character now relegated to becoming a pet store owner. The stern Police Superintendent Liu played by Chu Chiang sets the stage for his later role in John Woo's The Killer while new comer Fei Hsiang must do Serpico-like things to find out which cop is paid for by the mob.
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Those Merry Souls
Title: Those Merry Souls
Released: May 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to them, Chiu was commissioned as a "messenger" by the Spirit World to take newly-departed souls to the other side. When Tak suffers a major accident on the movie set, Chiu keeps Tak's soul from being taken away, thereby, reviving him.
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Welcome
Title: Welcome
Character: Lam Fong
Released: May 23, 1985
Type: Movie
A girl from war-devastated Hong Kong in 2005 returns to the present to destroy the man responsible for bombing himself and his VP boss at a foundation plant ceremony. It is prophesied that the aftermath of the bombing will lead to devastating wars in the future. With the man eliminated wars can be prevented, but the spirit of his great-grandfather wants to save him.
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Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Title: Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Character: San Te's Senior Monk / Gym Chief's Man
Released: May 17, 1985
Type: Movie
Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.
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Crazy Shaolin Disciples
Title: Crazy Shaolin Disciples
Released: March 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Following a raid led by a deadly Manchu enforcer (Lo Lieh), rebels Hong Si Kuan (Lo Meng), Fong Sai Yuk (Wong Yu) and Hu Huei Chian (Chin Siu Ho) seek refuge at the Shaolin Temple. However, the strict rules of the temple don’t suit rascals Fong and Hu, and their mischievous antics lead to scuffles with the young monk Wu Qing (Gordon Liu Chia Hui). Things get worse when Fong frees a mad monk (Chun Wong) from his hidden cell, and Hui falls for a pretty local lass. Meanwhile, the fierce Manchu rebel-hunter is still lurking nearby, determined to find his prey whatever the cost!
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Host for a Ghost
Title: Host for a Ghost
Released: September 27, 1984
Type: Movie
Here's a movie about a spirit who escapes "the pain of hell" by agreeing to return among the living.
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Opium and the Kung Fu Master
Title: Opium and the Kung Fu Master
Released: July 14, 1984
Type: Movie
A small town is protected by one of the famous Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. The town is very safe as Ti Lung and his Kung Fu students patrol for criminals. Enter the rival Kung Fu school whom Ti Lung's students have beaten in a lion dance competition and then humiliated in a brawl. The rival school is joined by an opium dealing Kung Fu master who plans to turn the town into a community of addicts!
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Long Arm of the Law
Title: Long Arm of the Law
Character: Ho Yiu-Tung
Released: July 11, 1984
Type: Movie
A group of desperate Chinese criminals hope to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of an undercover cop.
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The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre
Title: The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre
Character: Sung Ching Shu (as monk)
Released: June 19, 1984
Type: Movie
The story concerns the efforts of the emperor to obtain the Dragon Sabre and it's companion magic sword so the "martial world" will be forced to respect him. He enlists a bad guy who plots a massacre of the Mongolians to blamed on the "Ming cult" so that the Mongolian hero played by Ti Lung will attack and steal the sabre from the cult and then give it to the bad guy who has in the meantime stolen a powerful magic sutra from Budhhist nuns, kidnapped a Mongolian Princess and is trying to become a Yin/Yang fighter which looks like ... wait, none of this makes much sense, but that's the film. Derek Yee plays the hero of the Ming cult who is trying to find out who is framing the cult for the massacre.
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My Darling Genie
Title: My Darling Genie
Released: May 11, 1984
Type: Movie
Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring the enchanting Cherie Chung. Derek Yee is Cheng, a brusque construction worker who discovers a magical umbrella on a routine dig. When the umbrella is opened and sprinkled with water, a 200 year-old genie arrives to grant the owner's wishes. As if that weren't enough, this genie happens to look like Cherie Chung! Cheng has been given a virtual ticket to Heaven, but he's more annoyed than grateful, and uses the Genie to perform mostly menial tasks.
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Return of Bastard Swordsman
Title: Return of Bastard Swordsman
Released: May 8, 1984
Type: Movie
Just when audiences thought the director couldn't get more spectacular and outrageous, he unleashed this eye-filling, mind-bending "Martial Arts World" sequel of clan rivalries, ninja atrocities, wizard sorceries, and the mythical Silkworm style that changes our hero into a veritable Spider-swordsman. The screen practically explodes with colorful characters and kung-fu -- all directed, co-written, and co-choreographed by Lu Chun-ku, and showcasing some of the best Shaw Brothers action stars. The original Bastard Swordsman was just the beginning, this superlative cult classic that out-phantasmagoricals the original.
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The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Title: The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
Character: Temple Monk
Released: February 17, 1984
Type: Movie
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.
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Seeding of a Ghost
Title: Seeding of a Ghost
Released: December 29, 1983
Type: Movie
A Hong Kong taxi driver suffers after being cursed by a sorcerer he accidentally hit with his cab. After the driver's wife is raped and killed by teenage hooligans, he pleads with the sorcerer to lift the hex and restore his wife to the land of the living. Otherworldly zombie chaos ensues.
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Descendant of the Sun
Title: Descendant of the Sun
Released: December 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Celebrated director Chu Yuan helms "Descendant Of The Sun", a Superman meets Hercules a la old style martial art film. Derek Yee is a magic solar baby sent Earthbound by a benevolent god, raised by an old carpenter, has martial art superpowers and "green kryptonite" loses them during solar eclipses. That's when the evil baby counterpart shows up. Demon-paced martial arts action by Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates Yuan Pin and Yuen Hua compliments Toho Studio style special optical effects.
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The Boxer's Omen
Title: The Boxer's Omen
Character: Monk
Released: October 23, 1983
Type: Movie
After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.
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Men from the Gutter
Title: Men from the Gutter
Character: Policeman at raid
Released: October 15, 1983
Type: Movie
A hot-head cop, a by-the-books cop, and a hitman all vie to take down a drug boss. Meanwhile, a gang of criminals plan to rob an armored truck.
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Holy Flame of the Martial World
Title: Holy Flame of the Martial World
Character: Miu Shan Clan leader
Released: June 10, 1983
Type: Movie
This internationally popular tale of a brother and sister seeking vengeance for the death of their parents through the mythical yin/yang Holy Flame technique is an eye-filling epic. Kuo Chue (a.k.a. Philip Kwok), famous as the star of Chang Cheh's internationally famous "Venom" film series, both co-stars and choreographs this impressive tale - leading to a vaunted "action director" career with both the 007 thriller Tomorrow Never Dies and the cult classic Brotherhood of the Wolf to his credit.
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Usurpers of Emperor's Power
Title: Usurpers of Emperor's Power
Released: May 27, 1983
Type: Movie
Liu Yung plays Li Lang, a court official out to avenge his former emperor. The target is easy to hate: the power-hungry Kuang-yi (Chao Kuo) is a plundering rapist and a cold-blooded murderer. But can one man take on the imperial army?
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The Lady Is the Boss
Title: The Lady Is the Boss
Released: March 31, 1983
Type: Movie
Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.
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The Lady Assassin
Title: The Lady Assassin
Character: Palace guard
Released: January 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua is the title character caught between battling princes. Then there's award-winning actor Ku Feng, "Bastard Swordsman" Hsu Shao-chiang, "King of Shaw Brothers' Screen Villains" Wang Lung-wei, "Venom" Sun Chien, and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.
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The Enchantress
Title: The Enchantress
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Max Mok is the dashing young swordsman Feng Xiwu who arrives at a beautiful, but deadly location known as Moonlit Sky to investigate rumors of deaths and disappearances there.
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Mercenaries from Hong Kong
Title: Mercenaries from Hong Kong
Released: December 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task which consists of who's who of the Shaw Brother's action stars (Lo Lieh, Johnny Wang Lung Wei, Wong Yue, Chan Wei Man and comedy relief Nat Chan). However once they arrived for the mission nothing is what it seems with the standard plot-twists and turns as we find out who's the traitor among the group.
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Ode to Gallantry
Title: Ode to Gallantry
Released: December 16, 1982
Type: Movie
In this entertaining, surprisingly lighthearted martial arts extravaganza, Kuo Chue, finds himself being confused with his doppelganger time and time again. With each case of mistaken identity, he becomes drawn into a number of heated conflicts between several rival schools and gangs - a dilemma that he just isn't prepared to deal with! As he is pulled to and fro by circumstances, there's no telling where the day will take him! By the film's end, he's sure to learn some valuable lessons about brotherhood and honor, but at what price?
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Buddha's Palm
Title: Buddha's Palm
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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The Fake Ghost Catchers
Title: The Fake Ghost Catchers
Released: July 30, 1982
Type: Movie
This delightful action comedy came out a full two years before Ghostbusters premiered. Coincidence? You be the judge. Whatever the inspiration, nothing can compare to this amazing showcase of wushu and wizardry as one of the best all-star fighting casts take on spectres, spirits, and phantoms as well as each other.
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Five Element Ninjas
Title: Five Element Ninjas
Character: Hong's Man
Released: April 21, 1982
Type: Movie
A young martial artist vows to take revenge against the ninja who murdered his martial arts master and brothers. He finds a new teacher and faces, together with his new brothers, the Five Element Ninja challenge.
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Passing Flickers
Title: Passing Flickers
Released: April 6, 1982
Type: Movie
The main characters - the arrogant, harassed director, the sexy starlet, or naïve actors are familiar enough stereotypes. Along the way however, there is some fun to be had as more humorous incidents occur on the sound stage, together with dashes of nudity. Some of the events are presumably inspired by real life experiences, others have a distinct air of wishful fabrication. The over-the-top Kung Fu star, deserted by director and crew as he goes through his pointless extended routine, for instance. Or the action heroes, sweating in furs while they dutifully munch through their meal scene, 'snow' falling outside in studio land.
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Brave Archer and His Mate
Title: Brave Archer and His Mate
Released: February 25, 1982
Type: Movie
Guo Jing and Huang Rong return to Peach Blossom Island and are shocked to see that Guo's first martial arts teachers, the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan", have all been murdered except for Ke Zhen'e. Guo Jing is tricked into believing that Huang Rong's father, Huang Yaoshi, is responsible for the murders and he attempts to avenge his teachers by fighting Huang Yaoshi. The intelligent Huang Rong eventually uncovers the truth and reveals that the murders are actually part of a plot masterminded by Ouyang Feng and Yang Kang. Ouyang and Yang want to make Guo Jing and Huang Yaoshi kill each other and Yang can learn Ouyang's newly mastered skills from the fake copy of the Nine Yin Manual.
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Winner Takes All
Title: Winner Takes All
Released: February 12, 1982
Type: Movie
Patrick Tse is the thief of thieves whose family is long retired from the robin hood lifestyle for 10 years. Recent robberies have occured who use the families calling card and the police forcefully want this mystery solved. They suspect smeone from there past but feel this cant not be him, then who is it?
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House of Traps
Title: House of Traps
Character: Constable
Released: January 9, 1982
Type: Movie
It all started with The Five Venoms, the internationally loved kung-fu thriller. It continued through more than a dozen bloody good entertainments featuring the same actors in different roles. This is considered the last official "Venoms" movie, but what a film it is. There's one plasma-spurting attack after another as heroes and rogues alike try to solve the secrets of this hell house. The core Venoms themselves choreograph the gory fun in this fond farewell to their worldwide film series sensation!
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The Brave Archer 3
Title: The Brave Archer 3
Released: November 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Guo Jing and Huang Rong pursue Yang Kang to Iron Palm Peak, where Qiu Qianren and the Iron Palm Sect is based. Huang is injured by Qiu in a fight and she escapes with Guo Jing's help. Guo brings her in search of a cure to heal her wounds and they stumble upon a house in a swamp, inhabited by a woman called Yinggu. Yinggu tells them that the only person who can save Huang Rong's life is Duan Zhixing, the former ruler of the Kingdom of Dali, who has become a monk now.
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The Duel of the Century
Title: The Duel of the Century
Character: Chief Lama
Released: October 22, 1981
Type: Movie
This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's last together for the Shaw Studios, but it's another action-filled winner. Liu Yung and Sun Chien team to investigate the martial arts murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, imposters, and one deadly duel after another. No less than three choreographers are on hand to handle the multitude of magnificent martial arts.
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The Treasure Hunters
Title: The Treasure Hunters
Character: Librarian
Released: July 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Fu Sheng and his real-life brother star as friends who are searching for a treasure that a Shaolin priest, a villainous traitor and his sister are also trying to find.
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Murderer Pursues
Title: Murderer Pursues
Character: Rascal at basketball court
Released: June 26, 1981
Type: Movie
A fascinating crime saga of a Sino-Vietnamese crime gang. Danny Lee stars as a misunderstood refugee while Ray Lui plays a cop struggling against his own preconceptions to make sure that justice is done.
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Challenge of the Gamesters
Title: Challenge of the Gamesters
Character: Casino security
Released: April 30, 1981
Type: Movie
A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.
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The Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Title: The Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Released: March 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containing a skeleton, a treasure map, and a manual teaching him the Golden Snake style. Obeying a request hidden in the manual to give a portion of the treasure to the Golden Snake's old girlfriend, Yuan begins to seek the woman out - on the way solving the riddle of the Golden Snake, and how he came to his end.
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Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
Title: Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
Released: January 31, 1981
Type: Movie
Li Xunhuan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He had decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled martial arts fighters and leaders are bent on killing him, so they can be ranked top by Bai Xiaosheng in his renowned list of the best warriors in the martial arts world. Li Xunhuan battles them as he searches for his estranged friend A'fei, who is now married and living in seclusion. Li asks A'fei to join forces and fight against a new threat that wants to rule the world: the Money Clan.
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Two Champions of Shaolin
Title: Two Champions of Shaolin
Released: December 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when a Wu Tang attack disrupts the young lovers' wedding, Tung must put his new skill to use as he seeks revenge.
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Legend of the Fox
Title: Legend of the Fox
Released: November 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Chin Siu Ho plays a young man who believes himself to be an orphan. Until one rainy night when he and three different men find themselves taking shelter from the storm in the same place. Here the man who raised him tells him at last the story of who his parents were. His father (Lu Feng) was a great swordsman trying to dispel rumors of a wrongdoing and return a lost sword to its rightful owner. Kuo Choi and Chiang Sheng (also master swordsmen) are the parties that Lu Feng is trying to rectify things with. Through cowardly trickery on Chiang's part, a duel ensues and it all winds up with Lu's death. His son is taken to safety by a servant (the man who since raised him). Now with the truth told, Chin Siu Ho seeks out Kuo Choi's aid and seeks vengeance for the wrongful death of his father.
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The Rebel Intruders
Title: The Rebel Intruders
Character: Iron Fist Militia / Refugee
Released: September 10, 1980
Type: Movie
China is ripped apart by a civil war, and thousands of displaced refugees swarm into towns not yet ravaged by war. Three such refugees arrive in one town. They join forces with local rebel leaders to escape to the south before getting into trouble with Lu Feng who is out to exterminate all rebels.
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Killer Constable
Title: Killer Constable
Character: Palace Guard
Released: March 28, 1980
Type: Movie
2 million taels in gold has been stolen from a vault within the Forbidden City. The Empress wants the money returned within 10 days. Chief Constable Leng Tian-Ying is hired to bring back the gold robbers, dead or alive- and Leng's earned a reputation of never bringing anyone back alive.
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The Flag of Iron
Title: The Flag of Iron
Released: February 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Loyal gang member Iron Panther takes the heat for his boss after a dustup with their rivals, only to end up betrayed in this vintage kung fu yarn.
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Without a Promised Land
Title: Without a Promised Land
Released: January 8, 1980
Type: Movie
A group of Vietnamese refugees are brought to Hong Kong as a previous step to be transported to another country in order to start a new life. In the Hong Kong refugee camp they will have to learn how to survive in order not to be despised by other fellow countrymen or even by Hong Kong citizens.
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Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
Title: Ten Tigers of Kwangtung
Character: Lucky Gambling House Doorman
Released: December 25, 1979
Type: Movie
Ming partisan Chu who is on the run from Manchu forces. Local merchant and kung fu enthusiast Li Chen-chau gives the fugitive shelter in his pawnshop and quietly recruits some of his fellow martial master associates to help protect the lad. When Li's professional rival rats him out, Manchu official Liang not only orchestras his army but fools a couple other kung fu masters including Beggar Su into helping his cause. After a heated battle, Li manages to convince Su to joining his cause, thus forming the Ten Tigers.
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The Magnificent Ruffians
Title: The Magnificent Ruffians
Character: (extra)
Released: September 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Venom regulars Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, and Sun Chien star as a gang of unemployed martial artists who spend their days stuffing their faces at local restaurants and letting the staff beat them up instead of paying the bill. Their fortunes appear to improve when the head of a local security agency hires them to take out the competition, who their new employer insists is up to no good. But the boys are being played for fools, and after an unfortunate misunderstanding, they unite with their former adversary to take out the true villain.
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The Tigress of Shaolin
Title: The Tigress of Shaolin
Released: September 14, 1979
Type: Movie
Hui Ying-hung, legendary director Chang Cheh's discovery, and the protege of equally legendary director Liu Chia-liang co-stars with Liu's nephew, Liu Chia-yung in this fast-paced, action packed comedy of kung-fu characters. Liu Chia-yung is saved from drug smugglers by Hui Ying-hung, whose godfather is a drunken master and whose leprous godmother is mistress of the fairly off-putting Leprosy Boxing style.
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The Daredevils
Title: The Daredevils
Released: June 9, 1979
Type: Movie
The General's son Yang escapes a massacre at his home that subsequently sees a corrupt, criminal syndicate in charge of the local forces. Seeking shelter with four good friends who are street performers, Yang plots his revenge though refuses to acknowledge the fearsome odds he faces. The quartet try to convince him to bide his time, but the young avenger sneaks into his former home and, after a battle against a few top fighters, is killed by their leader. When Yang's friends discover his tragic fate, they devise a way of defeating the killers without having to face their mighty army directly.
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Monkey Kung Fu
Title: Monkey Kung Fu
Character: Kung Fu pupil
Released: May 5, 1979
Type: Movie
A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.
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The Fighting Fool
Title: The Fighting Fool
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
It's Meng Yuan-wen (star of The Master Strikes) versus Kuan Feng in this wild and wacky wushu saga of a priceless pole with a spectacular secret. A master martial artist's silly disciple struggles to save it from an evil white slaver, the slaver's duplicitous wife, and even his own bone-headed, but greedy, companion. Hsu Hsia choreographs the abundant action, as he had for both Five Superfighters and Drunken Master. The result is both sublime (for its kung-fu) and engagingly ridiculous.