Lam Fai-Wong

Lam Fai-Wong

Movies for Lam Fai-Wong...

I Am Sorry
Title: I Am Sorry
Released: May 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Carole and Mandy have just become neighbors in a luxury apartment complex. Mandy is a successful career woman, educated and independent. Carole is a kept woman, dreaming of the day when her businessman lover will divorce his wife to marry her. Through Mandy, Carole meets Edgar, a neurotic headwaiter. She breaks off her affair with the businessman, but Edgar is still masochistically involved with his old girlfriend Alice. Carole realizes that she still has a lot to learn about life. And nothing is going to stop her from learning it.
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Mr. Possessed
Title: Mr. Possessed
Character: Cheung Sam
Released: June 9, 1988
Type: Movie
Riley (Kenny Bee) is being followed by the ghost of an evil warlock, who was killed in a duel with Riley's father many years ago. Now, he wants to seek revenge by causing misfortune in Riley's life. Therefore, Riley's mother (Pik-Wan Tang) will see to it that the demon is vanquished by using another human being as bait. She sees a ray of hope when she meets Riley's girlfriend (Carol 'Do Do' Cheng) - a woman she detests.
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Tiger on the Beat
Title: Tiger on the Beat
Character: Flying King
Released: March 19, 1988
Type: Movie
A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.
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Golden Swallow
Title: Golden Swallow
Character: Bandit
Released: December 16, 1987
Type: Movie
A poor scholar named Lo Chih-Chiu, played by Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming, rescues a swallow from three mischievous boys, and frees the bird afterward. The bird then magically takes the form of a beautiful lady named Hsiao-Hseuh, played by Cherie Chung, who falls in love with the scholar because he had saved her life. She returns the deed by rescuing him from a ruthless band of warlords. She and her sister, Hsiao-Shang, are both originally swallows, but can change into human forms due to witchcraft and wizardry. Hsiao-Hseuh later confronts Chih-Chiu, and later reveals she is a servant of an evil witch queen, who feeds on human blood. When the witch discovers their friendship and bond, she was on the verge of destroying him, but Hsiao-Hseuh pleads for his life in exchange for their separation. After being back in the custody of the witch queen, Hsiao-Hseuh sneaks out and reunites with Chih-Chiu, but posing as a different person to hide her identity.
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Cop of the Town
Title: Cop of the Town
Released: November 14, 1985
Type: Movie
A womanizing cop has to protect a beautiful model, who is being terrorized by her psychotic ex-boyfriend.
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Pursuit of a Killer
Title: Pursuit of a Killer
Character: Policeman
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: Movie
This is one of those -"who did it" -murder movies put out by Shaw Brothers. In this one, a bunch of Mainlanders come to Hong Kong for a better life. Instead, these Mainlanders are jobless and wind up killing, robbing, and selling drugs for a Dai Lo. Tired of getting chicken scratch from their Dai Lo for all the work they've done, the Mainlanders (about 4 or 5) decide to do a big job for themselves by trying to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry with all the Mainlanders being apprehended by the HKRP. They all to go to jail and do their time and get discharged. Once out, the Mainlanders are getting "rubbed off" one by one and the HKRP do not have a clue. Luckily, one member, Yeh Hung (Lo Meng), of the Mainlander gang is still in jail who still has time. So, Inspector Wong (Jason Pai Piao) decides to cut Yeh Hung loose and let him walk the streets as bait to bring the killer out.
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Danger Has Two Faces
Title: Danger Has Two Faces
Character: Robber
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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Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Title: Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Character: Governor's Advisor
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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This Man Is Dangerous
Title: This Man Is Dangerous
Character: Beast King
Released: March 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Cheng Tzu-hao and Kao Ying-wei, both wooing the same girl Ah Tzu, are transferred to the same Action Squad to help crack a number of robberies committed by a notorious robber/killer Ku Lung from Shantung. They inadvertently offend their immediate superior Beast King, and land themselves in a tight spot…
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The Master Strikes Back
Title: The Master Strikes Back
Character: Soldier
Released: January 19, 1985
Type: Movie
In The Master Strikes Back, Hong Kong's Steadicam pioneering director Sun Chung brings back legendary Ti Lung to play famous weapons instructor Tung Tieh-cheng, who is invited to teach a Ching official's soldiers, in this unofficial sequel to The Kung-fu Instructor. But after his son is kidnapped and castrated what follows is a chaotic, human whirlwind of slicing and dicing compliments of the highly touted martial arts director and one of Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates, Yuan Te.
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The Young Vagabond
Title: The Young Vagabond
Character: Zhu Chun
Released: January 2, 1985
Type: Movie
A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.
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I Love Lolanto
Title: I Love Lolanto
Character: Lolanto's mechanic
Released: August 31, 1984
Type: Movie
Nat chan finds a mentally retarded Pat Ha, who has run away from home. Her father is a millionare and wants her to have brain surgery which has a 50% chance of death. Pat runs away because her father girlfriends secret lover threatens her.
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Wits of the Brats
Title: Wits of the Brats
Character: Mai Song
Released: May 24, 1984
Type: Movie
Tou Kuan, a spoiled affluent kid, travels with pal Mai Song to Beijing to challenge 3 Masters to improve Kuan's status. Along the way, they contend with inept assassins hired by Kuan's uncle, who wants the family business and fortune.
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Prince Charming
Title: Prince Charming
Character: Lolanto's henchman
Released: April 18, 1984
Type: Movie
Chen Li is the son of an enormously wealthy Hong Kong businessman and is vacationing in Hawaii, experiencing typical girl problems. His lothario friend Lolanto flies in from Hong Kong and is determined to find Chen Li a girl within a few days. After a series of hijinks, Chen Li and Lolanto are back in Hong Kong and investigating high-level embezzling in Chen's father's corporation. It also turns out that Kitty and May are employed there as well, with Kitty being the secretary of the supposed embezzler. Because Chen has been notoriously inconspicuous and no one knows what he looks like, he is able to assume to role of a limousine driver for Lolanto, who takes on the persona of Chen Li himself. While tracking down the corruption, Lolanto and Chen also are trying to win the hearts of the two women, but are they looking for true love or only money?
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New Tales of the Flying Fox
Title: New Tales of the Flying Fox
Character: Uncle Ping Xi
Released: April 7, 1984
Type: Movie
In the great tradition of Hsu Tseng Hung's The Silver Fox and Chang cheh's Lengend of the Fox comes this exciting adventure, where the only thing between all the clan leaders and certain death is one young woman.
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Hong Kong Playboys
Title: Hong Kong Playboys
Character: Lolanto's Assistant
Released: June 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Fu Sheng plays Sheng, a playboy who has all the latest cars and technology along with all the tricks for courting the ladies. Sheng’s mom (Lee Heung Kam) along with her personal nurse, Mei (Cherie Chung), arrive in Hong Kong with the intentions of getting Sheng to marry a woman of her liking. While searching for Ms. Right, Sheng is challenged by a couple of lady killers, Lolento (Natalis Chan) and Valentine (Hsieh Hsien) in his quest to get girls. Eventually, little does Sheng know that the girl he happens to love is near him everyday at home.
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The Lady Is the Boss
Title: The Lady Is the Boss
Character: Ah Fai
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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Shaolin Prince
Title: Shaolin Prince
Character: Monk Wu Ming
Released: February 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Two princes are seperated by birth. One is raised by the Prime Minister. The other is raised by three mad Shaolin Monks. They both learn kung-fu. When they are 23, they meet and combine there forces to defeat the evil 9th Prince.
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My Rebellious Son
Title: My Rebellious Son
Character: One of Robert's friends
Released: November 26, 1982
Type: Movie
Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clinic in a poor neighborhood in an unidentified city in early 20th century China. Siu Tai works for his father and studies bone-setting and kung fu under him, but gets into lots of trouble, especially after white foreigners and their westernized Chinese enablers descend on the town in hopes of acquiring a valuable statue of the Goddess of Mercy on display at a local Buddhist temple.
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Cat vs. Rat
Title: Cat vs. Rat
Character: Chan Jien
Released: September 29, 1982
Type: Movie
Pai 'The Rat' always gets into trouble with Chan 'The Cat'. They always try to outsmart each other even when it threatens the lives of other people.
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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
Character: Master Zhang
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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Destiny's Champion
Title: Destiny's Champion
Character: Snooker player's man
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
An aging snooker player relives the mistakes of his violent past through a poverty-stricken, streetwise kid.
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Ambitious Kung Fu Girl
Title: Ambitious Kung Fu Girl
Character: Huang Da Niang
Released: December 10, 1981
Type: Movie
Spoiled Yuen Si Si, the naive daughter of an affluent merchant, lives her cosseted life dreaming of meeting her idol, the heroic Qin Ge. When her father decides to marry her off, she runs away in search of Qin Ge, with her fiancee in pursuit. What she doesn't realise though is that her kung-fu skills are not what she thinks they are and that the outside world is far less chivalrous that she expected.
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The Duel of the Century
Title: The Duel of the Century
Character: Gan Er Jiao
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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Bloody Parrot
Title: Bloody Parrot
Character: Medical examiner
Released: October 1, 1981
Type: Movie
An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who has nothing to do with the theft investigates and is led on the trail of the supernatural "Bloody Parrot". This leads to the "Parrot Brothel" and the star prostitute who walks around half naked. Strange things happen including a demonic possession, witches casting poison spells, disgusting autopsies and numerous sword fights. Then a dead constable turns into a vampire! This is all in the first 30 minutes!
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Notorious Eight
Title: Notorious Eight
Character: Zhao
Released: September 3, 1981
Type: Movie
A group of secret agent gambling heroes put the squeeze on some gangsters who are cheating the public now after having been involved with Japanese war criminals.
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One Way Only
Title: One Way Only
Character: Bamboo
Released: August 2, 1981
Type: Movie
Acclaimed actor Danny Lee, known for his role in john Woo’s The Killer, has his directing debut in One Way Only, a Hong Kong Easy Rider, where the road and motorbikes are symbols of freedom against government oppression, which Jack Kerouac’s sees as a way of discovering oneself. Li plays a motorbike workshop owner that although injured during an illegal motorcycle race, continues to race regardless of the physical consequences and the law, because the road rules all.
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The Emperor and His Brother
Title: The Emperor and His Brother
Character: Ching henchman
Released: July 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A young boy betrays his family who hides a refugee and tells the pursuer where the hiding-place is - just because he wants a valuable telescope for reward. His father decides to kill the boy in order to restore the honor of the family.
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The Treasure Hunters
Title: The Treasure Hunters
Character: Phantom
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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Challenge of the Gamesters
Title: Challenge of the Gamesters
Character: Mr. Fussy
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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Lion vs. Lion
Title: Lion vs. Lion
Character: Con man
Released: February 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A teacher comes across a secret list of anti-Ching rebel names and quickly becomes a target for Ching loyalists. The Five Venom's actor Lo Meng teams up with kung-fu comedic actor Wang Yu to bring some of the best lion dancing action footage ever seen on film. The amazing lion dance sequences alone gives this film major historic significance where it's the first time Northern and Southern lion dancing skills are compared.
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My Young Auntie
Title: My Young Auntie
Character: Second Uncle
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Cheng, a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei, but her efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao, her wayward and irrepressible great-nephew. Following a frenzy of spectacular comic mishaps, the hapless duo are setup and imprisoned and the deeds to Cheng's estate are stolen. She is held hostage after a doomed attempt to reclaim the papers back from Yu Wei's place, and the stage is set for a savage fight to the death.
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Hex vs. Witchcraft
Title: Hex vs. Witchcraft
Character: Ah Kau
Released: November 19, 1980
Type: Movie
A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways.
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Every Man for Himself
Title: Every Man for Himself
Released: October 31, 1980
Type: Movie
Sha Yung (Wang Sha) and Shuang La (Lin Hui-huang), a sly duo with some kung fu skills, make their living through clever schemes. After accumulating a sum of money through less-than-honest means, they venture into the “consultancy” business, which proves to be a thriving enterprise. Their path crosses with Ah Ying (Yang Tsing-tsing), who disguises herself as a man. Upon learning that she is being pursued by her widowed stepmother, Hua (Lo Wan-yin), and Hua’s lover, who conspired to harm Ying’s father, Sha Yung and Shuang La extend their sympathy. Hua employs a professional assassin to attack Ying’s hideout . The two resourceful con-artists assist Yang to resist the assault. Eventually, they capture Hua and her partner in crime, setting the stage for a reckoning with justice.
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Heroes Shed No Tears
Title: Heroes Shed No Tears
Character: Nailed Shoe
Released: July 24, 1980
Type: Movie
Kao is given a mission by his elderly master to take a cursed sword and solve petty squabbles between skilled martial masters.
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The Master
Title: The Master
Character: Ying Chang
Released: May 23, 1980
Type: Movie
Although injured, a martial-arts expert teaches an orphan his methods.
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Coward Bastard
Title: Coward Bastard
Character: Master Jiu
Released: May 2, 1980
Type: Movie
The plot is a trifle about an obnoxious restaurant delivery boy causing trouble with some local bad guys for the cook who secretly knows kung fu, eventually learning some techniques and finally, with the cook, confronting the bad guys.
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The Flag of Iron
Title: The Flag of Iron
Character: Brothel manager Liang
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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Clan of the White Lotus
Title: Clan of the White Lotus
Character: Wu Nai Shing
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Shaolin practitioners and brothers Wu and Hung kill the merciless Pai Mei. However, Pai Mei's even more merciless brother White Lotus takes revenge; killing most of the Shaolin disciples, including Wu and Hung's girlfriend, leaving only Wu's pregnant wife and Hung as the only remaining practitioners of Shaolin left to avenge the deaths. But Hung's kung-fu will not be powerful enough so he must learn feminine kung-fu techniques to help him try and defeat White Lotus.
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The Deadly Breaking Sword
Title: The Deadly Breaking Sword
Character: Troublemaker at the casino
Released: December 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Leaving behind an inch of sword in the spent corpses of his opponents, Tuan Changqing is known as the Deadly Breaking Sword. After barely surviving a duel, one of his foes is treated by the diabolical Dr. Kuo, who uses his powers of mind control to transform the man into a somnambulistic killer. After Tuan Changqing teams up with Rabelaisian gambler Xiao Dao, the story proceeds as a comical kung fu buddy flick.
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Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Title: Mad Monkey Kung Fu
Character: Choi
Released: October 5, 1979
Type: Movie
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend. When the men are harassed by gangsters, the merchant decided to teach his friend monkey boxing so they can defend their business.
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The Tigress of Shaolin
Title: The Tigress of Shaolin
Character: Ji
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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Invincible Enforcer
Title: Invincible Enforcer
Character: Bao San
Released: September 10, 1979
Type: Movie
A young man who is thrown into jail simply because he displeases a police inspector. But even when he's eventually released, the police continue to persecute him until he feels he has no choice but to become a real criminal.
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Five Superfighters
Title: Five Superfighters
Character: Master Han He
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Three young martial arts students and their teacher are beaten up badly by a wandering man who proclaims himself "a corrector of bad kung-fu." Determined to avenge their teacher and regain their honor, the three students all go their separate ways to find kung-fu masters who will take them as students.
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Dirty Ho
Title: Dirty Ho
Character: Mongolian Fighter
Released: August 4, 1979
Type: Movie
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
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The Proud Twins
Title: The Proud Twins
Character: Bai Hai Sin
Released: July 18, 1979
Type: Movie
After his parents are murdered, Jiang Xiao Yu is separated from his twin as a baby and taken by a family friend to Villains Valley, where he is raised to be a villain by a host of outlaws, each of whom has a special skill. When he's old enough, he devises clever means to trap each of his uncles and escape the valley to head off into the outside world. A chance encounter with a beautiful girl dressed as a man leads to a treasure hunt and eventually a confrontation with the Princess of Yi Hua Palace, the one who murdered Xiao's parents in the first place. Eventually, a reunion with his twin will occur.
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Murder Plot
Title: Murder Plot
Character: Priest Li
Released: May 30, 1979
Type: Movie
Director Chu Yuan was already famous for his many collaborations with respected novelist Ku Lung and for his introduction of detective thriller ingredients into the martial arts movie genre. But this production was made even more special by the rare presence of superstar David Chiang. Here he gives another great performance as kung-fu knight Shen Lang, who stumbles across grave robbers while on the trail of a martial arts mass murderer. There's intrigue, betrayals, and battles galore before the last plot is revealed and the final murderer is defeated.
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Legend of Feng Shui
Title: Legend of Feng Shui
Released: May 25, 1979
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers produced film.
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Monkey Kung Fu
Title: Monkey Kung Fu
Character: Kung fu instructor
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 Last Judgement
Title: The Last Judgement
Character: Ah Feng
Released: April 5, 1979
Type: Movie
Most of the Liang family are murdered by Ling Guixing and the surviving son Liang Tianlai (Ng Wai-Kwok) wows to bring him to justice. Fighting against corruption in several courts, his only main witness is beggar Afeng but as Ling has people around him willing to bribe and murder, soon Liang is left alone. All up until he meets what seems like the last upstanding official...
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Young Lovers
Title: Young Lovers
Character: Scoundrel
Released: March 13, 1979
Type: Movie
In the vein of "Romeo And Juliet", Hong Kong style, the small ensemble cast and little-known director Michihko do a big league job with their rendition of "Romeo And Juliet" in "The Young Lovers". Although poor boy (Derek Erh Tung-Sheng) and rich girl (Yu An-An) are from opposite ends of the spectrum, their undying love refuses to let anyone get in their way, including their parents. Shakespeare would be moved.
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The Boxer from the Temple
Title: The Boxer from the Temple
Character: Xiao Fu Lu
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Complex plots? This director didn't want them. Expensive, famous stars? Didn't need them. Glorious sets and costumes? He could take them or leave them. With his choreographer Hsu Hsia, John Lo Mar liked making lean, mean, fighting movies, and fans rejoiced. Here Wu Yuan-chin stars as "the Kid," a monk whose education in the aptly named "Crazy Lo Han Fist" finds him battling a cruel bandit's son and befriending an abused prostitute. From then on, it's one fight after another in another John Lo Mar martial arts marvel.
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The Fighting Fool
Title: The Fighting Fool
Character: Blind man
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.
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Bank Busters
Title: Bank Busters
Released: December 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Hong Kong crime movie from 1978
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Invincible Shaolin
Title: Invincible Shaolin
Character: Ching Soldier
Released: November 19, 1978
Type: Movie
Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general kills the South Shaolin teachers and blames their death on the North Shaolin teachers. The South Shaolin master sends more of his pupils, who are killed accidentally by the North Shaolin teachers. He finally sends two more of his students to train with old masters and trains one student himself with the goal of finally defeating the North Shaolin experts.
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Mr. Funnybone Strikes Again
Title: Mr. Funnybone Strikes Again
Character: Meng
Released: November 18, 1978
Type: Movie
The beloved king of Hong Kong comic book characters, Old Master Q, is back in live action again by popular demand. This hilarious sequel to Mr Funny-bone finds him, and his delightful sidekick "Big Potato", opening an Old-fashioned healing clinic - leading to a fun and fascinating clash (cultural and otherwise) when the old ways smack face first into ultra-modern Hong Kong. But, this being the great Mr Funny-bone, he triumphs in spite of himself and his large-cranium companion.
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
Title: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
Character: Ming Clan Five Fighters
Released: October 27, 1978
Type: Movie
The thrills continue in this second part of this cherished adventure, created by the renowned director Chu Yuan and ingenious novelist Chin Yung. Only the union of the title weapons can save the six remaining martial arts sects who are vying for mastery. So just sit back and enjoy the movie event which spawned a legacy that continues even today with a long-running, internationally loved television series, a role-playing game, and even collectible replicas of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre themselves!
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Title: Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Character: Ming Clan Five Fighters
Released: October 18, 1978
Type: Movie
Director Chu Yuan's titanic teaming with respected, inspired author Chin Yung created this unforgettable saga. Set during the Yuan Dynasty, it tells the fascinating story of the "Sacred Fire" sect, the Wu Tang swordsmanship clan, the disciples of the O Mei group, The Book of Chu Yang, and the destruction of Shaolin - complete with a killer cliffhanger. And that's just the start of the fascinating intrigues and ingratiating characters found here.
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Crazy Imposters
Title: Crazy Imposters
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: Movie
A Shaw Brothers production directed by Kuei Chih-hung.
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The Avenging Eagle
Title: The Avenging Eagle
Character: Eagle
Released: September 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
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Hello Sexy Late Homecomers
Title: Hello Sexy Late Homecomers
Released: September 7, 1978
Type: Movie
A sex comedy by the Shaw Brothers studio.
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The Five Venoms
Title: The Five Venoms
Character: Prison Officer
Released: August 12, 1978
Type: Movie
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special style of kung-fu.
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The Cunning Hustler
Title: The Cunning Hustler
Character: Gambler
Released: July 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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The Brave Archer 2
Title: The Brave Archer 2
Character: Scholar Chu one of the Weird Six
Released: May 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan rivalries in the "Martial Art World" lead to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named the new leader of the Beggar Clan. All this is mounted with sparkling energy by three kung-fu choreographers and a star-packed cast.
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Life Gamble
Title: Life Gamble
Character: Cui
Released: April 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.
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Soul of the Sword
Title: Soul of the Sword
Character: Monk Lung
Released: April 21, 1978
Type: Movie
Ti Lung is the Nameless Swordsman bent on defeating the faceless King of Swords to claim the title, and the glory, for himself. Hordes of fighters lunge from the shadows to cut down the mysterious challenger. Even a cunning seductress takes a stab at him in a revealing bath house assassination. It is said that a man's weapon reflects his utmost dreams, desires and fears. A warrior with no name and one motive has a soul as merciless as cold steel.
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The Mad Monk Strikes Again
Title: The Mad Monk Strikes Again
Character: A Er, Lan's husband
Released: March 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Shaw production
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The Vengeful Beauty
Title: The Vengeful Beauty
Character: Jin Ren Ting
Released: March 11, 1978
Type: Movie
Despite its stand-alone title, this mixture of martial arts and exploitation is a semi-sequel to Shaw Brothers's Flying Guillotine series. This time, the focus is Rong Qui-yan, a kung fu student turned dutiful wife whose life falls apart when her husband is murdered by a squad of government operatives led by the duplicitous Jin Gang-Feng. Qui-yan is forced to go into hiding as she plots her revenge and finds allies in fellow fugitive Ma Seng and ex-lover Wang-jun.
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Clan of Amazons
Title: Clan of Amazons
Character: Sikong Zhaihua
Released: February 19, 1978
Type: Movie
The Embroidery Bandit is stealing treasures while blinding his victims. The hero Liu Xiaofeng is called in to solve the mystery. The evidence points to the all-woman Clan of the Red Shoes - but appearances can be deceptive.
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Flying Guillotine II
Title: Flying Guillotine II
Character: Patriotic hero
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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Pursuit of Vengeance
Title: Pursuit of Vengeance
Character: Jin Feng-Zi
Released: December 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Master of the "swordplay thriller" genre, Chor Yuen and renowned kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia tell the fabulous tale of the "Fastest Swordsman in the World" facing the "1000 Face Devil" and no less than seven murderers.
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Chinatown Kid
Title: Chinatown Kid
Character: White Dragon thug
Released: December 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Struggling to survive the murderous gang wars of Hong Kong, Tan Tung, a young martial arts street fighter, successfully takes on all challengers—until he runs up against the savage underworld empire of Hong Kong's Triad mafia. Escaping to San Francisco, he again tangles with criminal gangs, but this time fights his way to the top of the city's most feared gangster organization led by the White Dragon boss.
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Dreams Of Eroticism
Title: Dreams Of Eroticism
Character: Jia Qiang
Released: November 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A timeless and titillating tale of the immoral private lives of the royal court's high officials. All the bed and body hopping is not exclusive to the family, either. Their maids and servants get involved as well, leading to flesh, fibs, and suicide, among other things. Taken all together, this is an all-time classic of sumptuous sexuality.
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The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare
Title: The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare
Character: Biker / Pervert
Released: November 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Shaw Brothers Exploitation Flick, 5th installment in "The Criminals" series.
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The Call Girls
Title: The Call Girls
Character: Chau
Released: October 29, 1977
Type: Movie
Exploitation film about prostitution.
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The Brave Archer
Title: The Brave Archer
Character: Scholar Chu (2nd Weird 7)
Released: July 30, 1977
Type: Movie
Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and the boys are rescued by six pugilists later. The pugilists agree to separate the two boys, tutor them separately in martial arts, and let them meet again when they have grown up, to determine whose abilities are better. Guo becomes the student of the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan" while Yang Kang becomes the foster son of a Jurchen prince inadvertently.
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To Kill a Jaguar
Title: To Kill a Jaguar
Character: Shek Lung
Released: July 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Set in early 20th century Shanghai, this Hua Shan actioner stars former Golden Harvest regular Nora Miao Ke-hsiu as Bobo, a village girl who has journeyed to the big city in search of her father. Not long after her arrival, Bobo witnesses a gang fight dominated by a man she was friends with as a child. Now known as Jaguar, he works as a bodyguard for mob boss Kam, who is having a row with one of his partners. Jaguar makes trouble at one of the man's casinos as a part of a plan to smooth over the situation. Ace gunman Ko Tang is also in town and the two strike up an alliance to take over Kam's empire. Jaguar's lust for power soon alienates Bobo, who realizes that she was simply a pawn in his plan to gain control of the Shanghai underworld. Held a virtual prisoner, Bobo's one hope for revenge is Luo Lie, another friend from childhood and now her fiancee, currently imprisoned in Germany.
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Death Duel
Title: Death Duel
Character: Yang Wu
Released: July 6, 1977
Type: Movie
The Third Master is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and strength bring armies of challengers to his door, seeking the title for themselves. Not to be defeated, the Third Master fights evil, saves damsels in distress, and duels rival swordsmen to the death.
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The Criminals, Part 4: Assault
Title: The Criminals, Part 4: Assault
Character: Bill
Released: June 19, 1977
Type: Movie
Part 1 : 'Maniac' - A gang is kidnapping and raping young women. Part 2: 'Queen of Temple Street' - A gambling addict sells his wife to a brothel to pay off his debts.
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Magnificent Wanderers
Title: Magnificent Wanderers
Character: Fried fritter seller
Released: May 27, 1977
Type: Movie
Millionaire Chu Te-Sa invests his considerable wealth into the rebel movement who are intent on usurping the ruling Mongol powers. His goals are impeded by a lack of support though and the supposed allies he has made in the town are merely eager to get their hands on his money. During an attack where these craven 'comrades' flee, Chu befriends three con-artists who relish the chance to show off their fighting skills. The trio subsequently agree to help Chu in his quest to end Mongol rule and hatch a plan to destroy a major munitions dump
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The Naval Commandos
Title: The Naval Commandos
Character: Lorry driver
Released: April 10, 1977
Type: Movie
The "Godfather Of The Kung-Fu Film" created this rousing epic of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937, featuring many great actors he had worked with over the years. Their courageous and desperate attempts to do just that comprise the remarkable action in this rousing epic, featuring some of the greatest actors Chang had ever made, was making, and would ever make famous. (IVL)
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The Criminals, Part 3: Arson
Title: The Criminals, Part 3: Arson
Character: Ah Fat
Released: February 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2: 'Arson' - A Triad revenge plan to burn down a nightclub goes wrong and results in the deaths of five people.
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Shaolin Temple
Title: Shaolin Temple
Character: Shaolin Student
Released: December 22, 1976
Type: Movie
There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
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Boxer Rebellion
Title: Boxer Rebellion
Character: Boxer
Released: January 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.
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The Four Assassins
Title: The Four Assassins
Character: Inn waiter
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
Set at the time of Italian explorer Marco Polo's historic expedition to China ,during the reign of Monogol ruler Kublai Khan, it stars American actor Richard Harrison as Polo. Taking considerable liberties with the historic record, the film has Polo turning up as an Imperial Inspector assigned to root out Chinese rebles in the south, but eventually being won over to their cause.
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Five Shaolin Masters
Title: Five Shaolin Masters
Character: Manchu soldier
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.
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Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Title: Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Character: Zhou Zhongtai
Released: September 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Forced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and pick the girl? Or will he leave the girl in favor of the bike? Or is there a chance for some sort of compromise?
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Men from the Monastery
Title: Men from the Monastery
Character: Li Er Wan
Released: April 3, 1974
Type: Movie
The majestic Ming dynasty is invaded by the Manchu troops, its upto the Shaolin monastery to fight them and save the fate of the nation.
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Heroes Two
Title: Heroes Two
Character: Manchu thug
Released: January 19, 1974
Type: Movie
A band of fighting Ming Dynasty loyalists branded as enemies of the state are driven underground following the burning of the Shaolin Temple by Qing Dynasty officials. Due to a misunderstanding, Shaolin kung fu prodigy Fong Sai-yuk is duped into helping Qing agents to capture leading Shaolin rebel Hung Hei-gun. Upon discovering his mistake, Sai-yuk teams up with the remaining rebels to free Hei-gun before his planned execution. Plotting to stop them is General Che Kang, a formidable Tibetan kung fu master who commands an army of fighters including four deadly Tibetan llamas.