Servant
Fong es un rebelde estudiante de Kung Fu que siempre se mete en problemas con los manchúes. Para evitar problemas mayores, su madre, con la ayuda del monje San Te, ingresa a Fong y sus dos hermanos en el templo de Shaolin. Fong es castigado a menudo por San Te y por ello se escapa la noche del Festival de la Linterna para provocar alborotos. El gobernador manchú se queda muy impresionado con su kung fu y prepara un plan para descubrir el secreto de Shaolin. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Party guest
Un joven aprende kung fu gracias a un profesor alcohólico mientras un plan para eliminarlo es llevado a cabo a sus espladas.
Woodcutter
Newly crowned queen of kung-fu films Hui Ying-hung, stars in Long Road To Gallantry, a rivetting swordswoman spectacle. Shaw Brothers' actress Lily Li teams up with one time kung-fu wonder boy Chen Kuan-tai in a quest to find a missing martial arts manual. It's new wave heroic bloodshed with new wave talent such as the upcoming Rosamund Kwan who went on to star in six Jet Li films.
Stevedore/Waiter
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.
Villager
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!
Gambler
Un taxista de Hong Kong es maldecido tras casi atropellar a un hechicero perseguido por una turba, después de ser sorprendido profanando tumbas. Tras este encontronazo, el improvisado cliente le advierte que se ha cruzado con la magia negra que él mismo practica y que a partir de ese momento su vida puede dar un drástico cambio, augurando inexplicables acontecimientos que le perjudicaran a él y a su familia.
Un hombre viaja a Tailandia para vengar a su hermano que quedó paralítico durante una tramposa pelea de Muay Thai. Pero pronto se verá atrapado entre la magia negra y los malos presagios.
Chiu's Party Guest
Tras cumplir condena, cinco delincuentes de baja estofa, unidos por su afición común a perseguir mujeres atractivas y ponerse en situaciones embarazosas, hacen todo lo posible por reformarse. De esta manera, deciden que la mejor manera de limpiar su reputación es poner en marcha una empresa de limpieza completamente legal. Por desgracia para ellos, uno de sus primeros clientes es un señor del crimen organizado y al realizar un servicio en su edificio se llevan con ellos por equivocación unas valiosas planchas de impresión. Casi sin darse cuenta se verán atrapados en una guerra entre bandas mafiosas rivales por el control del negocio del dinero falsificado en Hong Kong. Para equilibrar un poco las cosas, contarán con la ayuda de un joven agente de policía.
Brothel patron / Restaurant customer
The story follows a "loveable" rascal as he gambles and gets into various bits of trouble with outlaws and rebels. He eventually gets into a situation where he has to impersonate the eunuch servant of an elderly eunuch who is an evil martial art master. This gets the rascal involved with the emperor who is studying martial arts. The whole movie revolves around a quest for all the copies of a special Buddhist text.
Martial artist
Seeking to improve his combat skills, a young man falls in love with a woman with mystical powers but his past stands in the way of their union.
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.
Sun Ce's official
Chang is known for his lone swordsman and hero movies and strangely The Weird Man still reflects this. Cheng plays a righteous, beheaded priest with supernatural powers that returns from the dead to wreak havoc against one of the corrupt kingdoms, making Cheng a heroic swords-ghost.
Chamber of commerce member
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.
Clan leader
La Palma de Buda es una técnica por la cual una mano ordinaria se transforma en una fuerza formidable. Ku, un recluso ciego que vive en una cueva, conoce su secreto, que resulta ser tanto una bendición como una maldición, ya que atrae todo tipo de caos.
Un artesano psicótico enfrenta a dos samuráis rivales, al tiempo que diseña linternas especiales que causan perturbación.
Ghostly Village's resident
El octavo príncipe y Chu Liu Hsiang pretenden ser rivales, y fingen el asesinato del octavo príncipe para que Chu pueda infiltrarse en la "Villa de los fantasmas" e investigar al rey Eagle, que ha estado reclutando a criminales para ejecutar su malvado plan.
Servant
Novice director Hsu Hsia and three other kung-fu designers created this fight-filled tale of young rascal Wang Yu, caught between master martial arts actor Jen Shih-kuan and the incredible Huang Cheng-li.
Gentry watching Mo's performance
Legendary Weapons of China is a martial arts fantasy film taking place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets. When one of the leaders of these groups disbands his forces, assassins from the remaining factions are sent out to kill him.
Prince's birthday guest
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!
Shopkeeper
Tres oficiales descubren que la corrupción campa a sus anchas entre el departamento, la magistratura y los carceleros. El precio para mantenerse fieles a sus principios será alto.
Mahjong competition spectator
In America, there's such "game" movies as The Sting. But in Asia, it's often about the fascinating game of mahjong, and this is one of the best. Teen idol Nicholas Tse was just one year old when his father Patrick Tse (a.k.a. Shih Hsien) starred in this number one Christmas holiday hit about a hero who helps a young student vanquish a cunning, malicious gambling tycoon who's out to take over the family business.
Banquet's guest
El joven espadachín Lung Fei se encuentra con presagios extraños que presagian la muerte de su prometida Ting Tzu-chu.
Sus preguntas con la ayuda del jefe de policía Tieh Hu revelan una historia asombrosa.
Watches the lion dance
Wong Fei Hung and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist. In an excellent battle of skill, he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.
Casino gambler
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.
Inn guest
Philip Kwok plays a repentant killer who vows to destroy the masked gang of which he was a member. A young fighter and his martial arts brothers come to the town to catch the killers, but one of them is not to be trusted!
The two fighters of the title clash due to a gang boss playing them off against each other. The boss is hoping to steal a million dollars of the country's money, and when the two fighters realise this they combine forces to defeat the gangster, and his accomplice, a man whom they had both formerly respected.
Spectator at execution
La historia comienza con el exilio de un muchacho que crece para cumplir su destino como un gran guerrero. Después de su padre, un leal Han y héroe, es traicionado por el emperador y condenado a muerte, Yuan Chengzhi se se esconde en el refugio del maestro solitario de la escuela Lung Yau las artes marciales. Después de haber crecido hasta convertirse en un joven hombre justo de una considerable habilidad marcial, Yuan se establece por su cuenta
Jinhong's guest
Little Flying Daggers Li (Ti Lung) 5 años han transcurrido desde su regreso y el eventual duelo con Plum Blossom Bandit, literalmente desapareció del mundo de las artes marciales. Su ausencia ha dejado un vacío en el ranking de expertos en artes marciales y un plan vicioso de clanes para conquistar el mundo de las artes marciales. Establece una trampa para sacar a Li de su escondite, quien debe buscar a su amigo Afei (Derek Yee) para enfrentarse al líder del Clan del Dinero y poner fin a su feroz matanza.
Duel's Spectator
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.
Shopper (uncredited)
La joven Dai Nan trabaja como criada en la casa de un rico señor que está a punto de morir. Su señor decide casarse con ella para alejar a sus parientes más cercanos de la herencia que codician. Sobre todo quiere evitar que todos los títulos y propiedades pasen a manos de su hermano Yu Yung Sheng, un hombre despiadado que esperaba ansioso la muerte de su propio hermano. Dai Nan se convierte en una viuda con grandes riquezas, pero deberá mantener a raya a Yu Yung Shen por sus propios medios hasta la llegada de sus sobrinos políticos que, además de ser mayores que ella, no pueden evitar sentirse atraídos hacia su joven y guapa tía.
Townsfolk
Las dos escuelas más reconocidas de artes marciales se enfrentan, rivalizadas por la traición y la venganza: la dinastía Wu Tang contra el Shaolin.
Worker
Durante la dinastía Ching, el deshonesto Wang Kao-feng oprime a sus trabajadores con sus secuaces manchurios. Los trabajadores intentan asustar a los matones con un amigo que se hace pasar por el maestro en kung fu San Ta del templo Shaolin. Pero cuando son descubiertos, Chou Jen-chieh decide ir a Shaolin para aprender kung fu con el verdadero maestro. Continuación del clásico del cine de artes marciales 'Las 36 cámaras de Shaolin'.
Townsfolk
Kao is given a mission by his elderly master to take a cursed sword and solve petty squabbles between skilled martial masters.
Villager Beside Pond
Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau-ying awaits certain death from tuberculosis. The new servant girl, Yi-wah takes pity on her mistress' plight and the pair proceed to drown him one evening. They dump his body in a near-by pond but Sau-ying believes that the man's bloated corpse has risen from the bog to seek vengeance.
Restaurant customer
One of Shaw Brothers' most productive directors, Sun Chung's action films had strong tension, snappy editing and slow motion which influenced up and coming martial arts director John Woo. Starring kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu, a ballistic kid on a mission to clear his father's name, The Kid With A Tattoo features plentiful ripsnorting martial arts by Jackie Chan's long time kung-fu classmates Yuen Hua and Yuan Pin, and Shaw Brothers' best martial arts fighting villain Wang Lung-wei.
Hong Kong Movie
VIP at lion dance (uncredited)
La acción transcurre en el año 1920 y se centra en la gran rivalidad existente entre las diversas escuelas de artes marciales, sobre todo entre la Escuela Azul y la Escuela Roja, para ganar el desafío de la Danza del León. Para una de las escuelas todo vale con tal de ganar, por lo que saltándose los códigos más elementales de honor, amañan el desafío. Cuanto lo descubre, Chan (Dragón) y su hermano (Tigre) dejan a su maestro y el gimnasio donde han crecido. Su hermano se mezcla con malas compañías del gimnasio rival, y acaba siendo buscado por la policía. A causa del parecido y de que ambos luchan con un abanico blanco, Dragón es confundido con su hermano y le apresan. Lo único que puede hacer entonces es probar su inocencia y limpiar el nombre de su hermano, capturando al jefe de la banda.
Brothel guest
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.
Opening guest
Two people in debt to loan sharks cooperate with each other to clear their debt and cheat other people out of their money.
Ho Ching es un pícaro que recibe las constantes burlas del adinerado Wang Chin Chen, quien en realidad es el Onceavo Príncipe bajo una identidad falsa. En su útlima jugarreta, el príncipe ha amañado un combate cotnra una prostituta para que Ching pierda y, además crea que le han envenenado. Wang chantajea a Ho Ching para que se convierta en su discípulo, pues sabe que el chico tiene la habilidad suficiente para defenderle. Aunque no está interesado en el trono, el príncipe teme por los constantes atentados contra su vida y revela su identidad a Ho Ching. El joven pícaro le pide a Wang que le ayude a mejorar sus técnicas de artes marciales porque desea convertirse en un buen luchador y protegerle con dignidad. ¿Logrará llegar a palacio con el heredero al trono sano y salvo?
Martial artist after treasure
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.
Restaurant Owner
Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get help from a Kung Fu student and a rebel. They also save Hung Si Quan's life.
Casino gambler
Liu Chia-Liang regresa al éxito de su primera película dirigida, "The Spiritual Boxer", que también protagoniza el torpe controlador fantasma de la película original, Wang Yu. Con la esperanza de que el rayo del éxito golpeara en el mismo lugar, Liu hizo que sus dos hermanos Lau Kar Wing y Gordon Liu no solo actuaran sino que también ayudaran en las peleas. El resultado final es una obra maestra de cine de artes marciales llena de acción impresionante y piezas decorativas.
Ding's Party Guest
A talented young swordsman has beaten many veterans before his inherited martial arts manual gets stolen. After encountering his first defeat in life, in despair, he comes across a gorgeous girl, daughter of the head of a mysterious sect.
Wedding Guest
El matrimonio que hace tiempo concertaron los padres de Yumiko Kuda y Ho-Tao dista mucho de ser un matrimonio feliz, no dejan de pelearse y siempre están discutiendo sobre que arte marcial, si la china o la japonesa, es mejor. Tras sentirse ofendida durante una pelea con su marido, Kuda regresa a su Japón natal mientras que Ho-Tao le escribe una carta retándola a un duelo para saldar definitivamente sus disputas. Sin embargo, la carta cae en manos de Takeno, antiguo novio de Kuda, el cual la toma como un duelo contra todo Japón, por lo que comienza a reclutar a los mejores luchadores de las distintas disciplinas japonesas para viajar a China a enfrentarse a Ho-Tao.
Shopkeeper
El gobierno Ching ha ordenado al templo de Shaolin enviar a sus discípulos a la corte para hacer de instructores de artes marciales. Una vez en la corte, éstos se enzarzan en una lucha fratricida a causa de Pu Kang-tu, el general de Cantón que lo ha planeado todo para que los estudiantes de Shaolin se eliminen mutuamente. Cuando los Vencidos Shaolin del sur se disponen a marchar son asesinados por el general Pu, que se las arregla para que parezca que ha sido asesinados por Shaolin del norte. El maestro Mai Chi de Shaolin del sur cae en la trampa y organiza una expedición a Shaolin del norte para vengarse.
Lian Chengbi's guest
Asian fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon recognized that its director Ang Lee was actually inspired by director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's wonderful tales of a "martial art world" where all wushu warriors try to attain the "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land." Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw's swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, in a fascinating and entertaining adventure of consummate swordmen and sorceresses.
Wedding guest
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!
6 Mighty Clans' member
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.
Innkeeper
El jefe del clan del Águila, Yoh Xi-hung (Ku Feng) busca sus mienbros entre los horanatos del paí, uno de estos es Chi Ming-Sing. Después que Chi empieza a tener dudas acerca de su estilo de vida de asesino se encuentra con un desconocido que se mantiene después de él a todas partes en Cheuk Yi-Fan, el cual lleva escondido cuchillos de muñeca en sus botas. Chi Ming no puede entender los motivos Cheuk Cheuk, pero no tiene segundos pensamientos sobre cómo ayudar a matar a los miembros del clan Águila que empiezan a venir después de él. Sin saber que Cheuk Yi-Fan es el hijo de una familia de las Aguilas robados y asesinados
Sensual Pleasures features a collection of three, ghost story, sexual vignettes starring a viscerally sensual trio of hardcore experience with the well endowed Chen Ping, Chinese adult film legend Shirley Yu and the innocent doe-eyed Shaw Yin-yin.
Townsfolk
Uno de los grandes clásicos de las películas de artes marciales, que tenía como protagonistas a un grupo de personas, cada una con una habilidad y afín a un tipo de animal venenoso. Quentin Tarantino se inspiró en esta cinta para crear al escuadrón de Kill Bill. (FILMAFFINITY)
Shaw production
Cuenta la historia de Lung, un joven ignorante que vive en el campo cuidando (o aporreando) a sus cerdos. Este chico es un gran fan de Bruce Lee y solo quiere parecerse a él de la manera que sea. Un día su padre le manda a la gran ciudad para que ayude a su tío en el restaurante del que es dueño. En la gran ciudad Lung se tendrá que enfrentar contra la mafia, pues quieren que su amigo falsifique un cuadro.
Innkeeper
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.
Major clans member
Nankung Sung comprueba lo sórdido de la política entre clanes y sus conflictos tras cortar lazos con su propio clan por un malentendido y aceptar la misión de darle una canción llamada "The Proud One" al músico correcto.
Rich man/Wedding guest
Shaw production
Witness at execution (uncredited)
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.
Silk shop boss / Brothel customer
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.
Magistrate / Townsfolk
Los patriotas anti-Ching, bajo las órdenes de Ho Kuang-han, se refugian en Cantón haciéndose pasar por maestros de escuela. Liu Yu-te, uno de los pupilos de Ho trabaja como mensajero y espía para los anti-Ching. Pero el general Manchurio Tien Ta descubre a los anti-Ching y ordena matar a Ho y al padre de Liu. Liu escapa al templo de Shaolin con la esperanza de aprender artes marciales y vengar la muerte de su padre. Liu es aceptado como alumno y es llamado San Te. Su progreso en las artes marciales es espectacular y por fin, con el consentimiento de los monjes, deja el templo para vengar a su padre y reclutar nuevos alumnos para Shaolin.
Executed Jiang Nan official
The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.
Extortion victim
Various distinguished members of Hong Kong high society were being blackmailed by mysterious and attractive lady Chang Siu Juen, who seems to know the secrets of their past and present illegal activities. Millionaire Cheng Yung Seng knew that it would be his turn next. He thus planned to eliminate Chang first but the plan did not work out and Chang was saved by private detective Fang Dai Kuen...
Official Jia's guest
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted.
Man in his kitchen window
Ah Wei es una hermosa joven considerada la reina de la selva gracias a la protección de un simio gigante. Pero un empresario sin escrúpulos logra capturar y transportar hasta la gran ciudad a la criatura y utilizarlo de atracción turística. Ah Wei se dirigirá a la ciudad para rescatarlo.
Waiter
Se considera que el tercer maestro es el mejor maestro de la espada del momento. Sus demostraciones de habilidad y fuerza atraen a ejércitos de rivales a su puerta, buscando el título para sí mismos. Para no ser derrotado, el Tercer Maestro lucha contra el mal, salva a las damiselas en apuros y lucha a muerte contra espadachines rivales.
Japanese Navy officer
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)
Manager Chiu's friend
The beloved cartoon character Master Q gets a hilarious live-action adaptation in the side-splitting comic adventure Mr. Funny-Bone! Join Master Q for a series of comic vignettes as he attempts to win the heart of the lovely Li Jing. Along for the ride is Master Q's loyal sidekick Potato, a stout fellow who's forever getting into silly mishaps. The pair get involved in plenty of shenanigans and gags, including pratfalls, low-brow bathroom humor, and even some fun fighting sequences.
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
Juror
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
Extra
A career criminal, Ah Sang, engineers a bank robbery to be carried out by a gang of recruited hoodlums led by himself. It takes only three minutes to complete the robbery of seven million dollars. A special police unit is then formed to investigate the case, and the chief inspector suspects Sang, and begins keeping him under surveillance. In order to stay undetected, each member is specifically ordered to not spend their share of the one million HKD from the heist for six months.
Shaw production
Chens clan
Wang Yu plays Hsiao Chien, a con artist vagabond who uses his kung fu skills and parlor tricks to convince superstitious villagers that he can use his body as a vessel for angry gods. However, when the villagers are threatened by a hostile force, Chien must learn to use his skills to protect the innocent.
Wedding guest
A magician makes money by charging people to cast love spells on the objects of their affection. Complications arise when he decides that he wants a customer's bride for himself.
Official at meeting
El caos total sucede cuando algunos monstruos del centro de la Tierra son traídos a la superficie para pelear contra sus residentes. Afortunadamente, Inframan está allí para salvar la situación.
Jiao is framed for rape and murder (and, later, two more murders) by Chen and his son - the same people who framed Jiao's father and left him orphaned. Into the mix comes THE LADY OF THE LAW, Miss Leng, whose job it is to find the guilty. This she does, and she and Jiao find themselves battling pretty much everyone else who's appeared in the movie up to this point.
Speaker at ceremony at festival
Después de la destrucción del Templo Shaolin, los Chings estan en el control y envía a sus mejores estudiantes para borrar a todos los especialistas de Shaolin restantes. Ellos casi tienen lo logran, pero dos estudiantes se fugan (Fu Sheng y Chi Kuan Chung). Ellos aprenden varios estilos de Kung-Fu de profesores diferentes para combatir a los luchadores de Ching
Wedding guest
shaw production
Boss Chou's wedding guest
Huang Fei-hung is back, in a new adventure written and directed by veteran Huang filmmaker Wang Feng. Newcomer Shih Chung-tien stars as the Confucian healer who fights jealous villains with wisdom, intelligence, and fabulous kung-fu.
Hotel customer
As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.
District official at meeting
Director Li Han-hsiang teams up with Michael Hui in this tongue in cheek tale of extramarital affairs and corruption. Michael Hui and Wang Sheng are two loafers who prove they are good for something after all.
Japanese cook
En la etapa final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, las tropas japonesas en el suroeste de China que están robando oro de los bancos chinos para llevarlo a Japón,capturan a varias mujeres y las encarcelan en un campo de concentración donde las violan con total impunidad. Entre los prisioneros se encuentran Hung Yu-lan (Li Hai-shu), Hu Li-chu (Kao Shang-mei), Huang Hsia (Lo Hsia-ying) y tres enfermeras de la Cruz Roja Americana: Jennifer (Birte Tove), Elizabeth (Niki Wane) y Mary (Ruskha Rozen). Chang, el cocinero del campamento, es en realidad un agente chino que tiene como misión ayudar a Hu Li-chu a escapar. La razón: Hu Li-chu es la esposa de un oficial del ejército chino que, antes de morir, logró ocultar el oro y revelar su escondite a su esposa. Sin embargo, Hu Li-chu sufre de amnesia como resultado del brutal trato por parte de los soldados japoneses, y además se niega a intentar escapar sin Jennifer y las otras cuatro chicas.
Contest referee
Huang Fei-Hung, the now famous Chinese boxer, teaches his martial arts at Pao Chih Lin Institute, in Canton. Gordon, a European businessman, who deals in import export is looking for a good security guard for his Jade collection.. So ensues a martial arts tournament to decide who get's the job.
Pirate Chang Pao-Chai springs a leak after an otherwise successful raid on a foreign ship. He goes ashore to get materials to patch his ship up, where he encounters corrupt Qing officials and poor, oppressed peasants. Being a good man at heart, he decides to help out and becomes an even bigger outlaw in the process.
Works for Mr. Pi
Hong Kong comedy film.
Party Guest
Una mujer revolucionaria adquiere la identidad de la hermana perdida de un Capitán que está realmente muerta. Se las arregla para engañar al Capitán por un tiempo, pero el Capitán pronto se da cuenta de ella y del plan para detener las relaciones chino-japonesas.
Duo-Bo's guest
River Of Fury presents the self-discovery and awakening of a young man (Danny Lee), who has been exposed and fallen for the lucrative powers of wealth. Lily Ho played a role in sharp contrast with Lee, which has helplessly fallen prey to the irresistible temptations of wealth under the influence of her mother. Once again, Ho demonstrates her remarkable talent in Chinese opera following her Beijing-opera showcase in The Warlord (co-starring Michael Hui Kwun-man).
Party guest
Ling Xi (David Chiang) is a rebellious youth whose liaison with underage girlfriend Cindy (Agnes Chan) is the spark which lights the eventual flame of his rebellion. Against the wishes of her parents, Ling Xi and Cindy move in together, and the two find a measure of bliss in their shared life. However, rumors circulate that Ling Xi is using Cindy as a means of financial support. After his brother Ling Zhao (Di Lung) returns Cindy to her parents, Ling Xi is branded an outcast. His anger only leads to spiraling bitterness, and finally employ in a triad gang which gives him the ability to release his frustration - which he does until the bitter end.
Policeman
A story of female sex workers across all social strata.
Genera Chung
The aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupies the put-upon Chao kingdom while the hero-filled Wei empire is paralysed by an indecisive ruler.
1) Man at festival 2) Bank cashier
In “The Scholar and The Soldier”, Major Fang is obsessed with Yu Zhen by chance, knowing that she is the daughter of scholar Xu, he decided to enter their house in disguise with his page, and however, Yu Zhen's cousin comes back for the pre-arranged marriage at the same time. Li Han-hsiang both scripted and helmed “Tales of Larceny” about the scams cons worked and the games people played during the corrupt Chinese Warlord era, featuring a cast filled with the best of Shaw's exceptional character actors.
Gossiper at teahouse
A small village is taken over by the nasty Japanese, who kill the town's top kung fu fighter in order to scare the populace into submission. Escaping the wrath of the Japanese, the son of the master flees into the hills, where he trains with a group of rebels led by Gam Kei-Chu. Fast-forward ten years, and Chuen returns to the village armed with his father's secret technique of the Thunderbolt Fist with the hopes of killing the leader of the Japanese.
Restaurant guest
This sword-filled thriller centers on the title location--an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings. Award winning actor Ku Feng stars as the "Whip Devil," while the luminous and lethal Shih Szu plays "The Lady Hermit" who has a surprise in store for all the double-crossing masters of mayhem.
Bank customer
Siu Lao (Lieh) and Ma Tien Piao (Feng) are bandits who ride from town to town holding up banks and killing anyone who tries to stop them using their superb and rapid fire shooting skills. When a holdup goes wrong, Siu sends Ma away with the cash and tells him that if he is caught to try and rescue him later. Siu is tortured and as time passes he realizes his sworn brother isn't coming for him instead setting up a bandit gang to carry on with murdering and banditry. Sui manages to escape and heads for Ma's encampment to settle some scores.
Wedding guest
Contains a trilogy of stories that on the surface level all relate directly to lust
Executive of Rose Brand
The beautiful Ching Li works for her father's stocking company while treacherously becoming the secretary to her father's competitor Li Tzu-yang. They fall in love as she teaches him new meanings to the words "mannequins" and "hosiery".
Party guest
He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rounds in 1930s Shanghai. Corrupt police chief Chen Can (Law Lit) is assigned to bring down the Lizard to appease the sinister Japanese forces, but the Lizard constantly eludes his grasp. Little does Chen Can know that the wily thief actually works for him! The Lizard's true identity is the mousy Cheng Long (Ngok Wah), who dons a mask and takes to the streets to spread his righteous message.
Tourist
A computer engineer working for an insurance company stops over in Hong Kong on his way to a conference. He gets tricked into breaking into a bank.
Shop owner
Lily Ho and Ling Yun are star-crossed lovers who suffer untold agonies before finally being united forever.
Wine shop boss
Legendary fighter Wu Song is sent to prison in Mengzhou province after murdering his sister-in-law and her lover. There he meets with the prison officer Shih En, who saves Wu from the baton punishment required for new prisoners. Wu learns that Shih's restaurant, "The Delightful Forest" has been occupied by Chiang Chung. Wu returns to the restaurant-- A place he's dined in previously.
Town mayor
No list of the screen's comic geniuses would be complete without Michael Hui Kwun-man. He created a hilarious and lovable comic persona that was both uniquely Asian but also universally beloved. This, his first film, not only showcased his incomparable sense of humor but revolutionized Hong Kong comedy. Evoking Chaplin, he plays a warlord in early 20th Century China, but makes the role his own with both laughs and some of the sexiest ladies on the Shaw Brothers lot.
Teacher
Under false pretenses, Zhenzhen marries Mr. Lin, who happens to be her teacher. She wants to still study and wants to enroll in his school in Hong Kong. The head of the school agrees to this under the condition that they conceal the fact that they are married. Zhenzhen finds out right away that her husband is fawned over by the girls, they all have a crush on him, as also does the spinster librarian. However, Mr. Lin finds that that the boys in the school (they are late teens, 17 or so) really like Zhenzhen. This leads to hurt feelings, questions about fidelity and even, in Zhenzhen's case, innocuous dates with one of the boys who rides a motorcycle.
Spectator (uncredited)
Dos escuelas rivales de artes marciales se preparan para un gran torneo.
Villager
After a career spanning more than forty years and dozens of films as director or writer, Yueh Feng used everything he learned on a final few martial arts epics, of which this is one of the most memorable. It's not easy to forget a hunchbacked, one-armed protagonist, nor the "Poisonous Dragon Sword" style, nor the luminous and lethal Shih Szu as the title swordswoman, who is out to avenge her father's death at the mid-autumn festival.
Gambler
A handsome stranger strolls into a casino one evening and all but cleans out the house, beating 160-1 odds at dice by getting three of a kind. He informs beautiful proprietress Miss Cui that he actually came there for her and reveals himself as her betrothed, Luo Tianguang. The couple wed, but their bliss is interrupted when Luo agrees to help old friend Lun Liu defeat crooked gambler Hao Lishan, who uses rigged dice.
Mourner (uncredited)
Chen, un joven experto en artes marciales, regresa a su escuela en Shanghai al enterarse de que su amado maestro ha sido asesinado. Mientras investiga la muerte de su instructor, Chen descubre que ésta está relacionada con una organización dedicada al tráfico de drogas, con una escuela rival y con las tensiones raciales existentes entre los habitantes chinos y japoneses de la ciudad.
Wrestling spectator
Existen muchas peliculas épicas sobre artes marciales y sobre las "hermandades de heroes", pero ninguna de ellas es comparable a "The Water Margin", basada en la novela sobre la leyenda "All Men are brothers", en la que 108 rebeldes lucharon contra la dinastia Sung.
Brothel Boss
En tiempos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Ma Yung Chen, de la provincia de Shandong, llega a Shanghai en busca de trabajo, pero la complicada situación existente le impide mejorar su posesión social. No obstante, todo cambiará cuando Ma derrote a un luchador extranjero, comenzando desde entonces a ganarse el respeto de sus compañeros y llegando a convertirse, con el tiempo, en uno de los hombres más poderosos de Shanghai.
Studio executive
Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find a workable act after their magician father and younger sister leave to try their luck in Taiwan. A good friend gets them cast in a new movie, and the rest is history....
Bidder at auction
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is like. In Hong Kong, she runs into Zili(Chin Feng), a reincarnated version of her deceased lover, Dong Yong. Zili, with help from cook Uncle Bull(the warm, portly Peng Peng), do their best to watch over homeless kids in an run-down orphanage. However, a heartless tycoon named Xu Caifa wants the land where the orphanage is and he's willing to go to extremes to get it. Armed with omnipotent powers, spirit, and help from her "celestial sisters", Seventh Sister works to defend Zili, Uncle Bull, and the orphans from Xu Caifa.
Inn cashier Jin
Yueh Hua stars as an assassin who flees after killing a hated prime minister, with Lo Lieh as the relentless imperial guard who pursues him to a remote village being terrorized by bandits. When Yueh takes over the identity of a county officer newly assigned to the village, his ruse is assisted by a pretty innkeeper's daughter (Li Ching) who insists to Lieh that Yueh is indeed the county officer and happens also to be the cousin who was betrothed to her as a child. The confused innkeeper is persuaded by his daughter to support the ruse, thus delaying Lieh's efforts to arrest the wanted man.
This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in multiple murders and a major heist. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father's brutal death, she demonstrates why she was Hong Kong's number one swordswoman and no slouch with the whip either!
Soon-to-be legendary director Chu Yuan had just joined the Shaw Brothers when he helmed this thriller of bickering bandits. Audiences loved watching three pairs of cunning male and female crooks trying to steal a million gold taels from the Fu Lai Treasury House...not knowing that one of them is actually an undercover hero. Even without him, there's no honor amongst thieves, so the double-crosses and deadly duels come fast and furious, all choreographed by Hsu Erh-niu.
Martial Artist at Meeting (extra)
Lei Li es un joven luchador imbatible gracias a la técnica de la Espada Gemela. Su fama llega tan lejos que Lung quiere quitarle de enmedio para apropiarse de su prestigio. Lei Li tras ser derrotado por Lung en combate singular, jura no volver a practicar Kung-Fu y se corta el brazo. Su vida se hunde hasta que conoce a Feung. Una profunda amistad surge entre los dos guerreros, pero la tragedia golpea de nuevo a Li cuando su enemigo acaba con la vida de Feung... El juramento tendrá que ser revocado... Tercera parte de la trilogía de Hong Kong de "El Espadachín manco".
Policeman
Lily Ho as a deadly assassin becomes the target of murder herself
Shopper
A Time For Love features Shaw Brothers' darling Lily Ho in a Romeo and Juliet stylized love story that breaks the tradition of Hong Kong's "class distinction" love stories. It is a film ending with a Cinderella-esque love saving happiness happy ever other ending.
Coffee shop boss
Six guitar playing, rock and roll singing and dancing young people on a boating trip are stranded on a rural island off of Hong Kong during a typhoon. They become suspicious of a woman who matches the radio bulletin description of a murderess who killed twelve men. Can she be trusted? Is she laying a trap for a local youth housesitting a mansion?
Town leader at feast
A finales de la dinastía Tang, Li Ke-young, gobernador del estado de Sha To, y sus trece hijos, emprendieron la captura de la capital imperial Changan a manos de los rebeldes. Durante la campaña se crean enfrentamientos entre los hermanos, ya que Li Ke-yung no confía en las habilidades de su hijo Li Tsun-hsin a favor de Li Tsun-hsiao.
Horse race visitor
Private eye Chang Wen Chiang receives a telephone call from his girlfriend Li Lan Hsing. He rushes over and finds her dying in a pool of blood.
Club waiter
Mysterious songstress Fang Biyu is loved by two brothers, Qiwei and Qijun. After freeing herself from the clutches of gangsters, she gives her heart to Qiwei. Tragedy comes knocking on the door when one of the gangsters comes out of prison, and Qiwei dies in a car accident. Blamed for her husband's death, Biyu is forced to go back to singing to make a living, but hopes to reunite with her son and return to the family one day.
Ming's birthday guest
In Farewell, My Love Julie Yeh Feng plays a devoted wife and mother dying from an incurable illness. Her goal now is to find a new mother for her child and a new wife for her husband before she dies. Because of all her personal tragedies and on going hard life off camera, audiences associated with Julie, making her one of the most beloved actresses of her time.
Pawn shop owner
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
Nightclub manager
Lily Ho and Jimmy Lin Chong operate a travel agency specializing in Southeast Asian holidays, Tropicana Interlude. Lin Chong wears his trademark Nehru suits, tours the scenic sights of Malaysia and Singapore, and warbles a half-dozen hit tunes, making this one of Shaw Brothers most lively 1960’s musical romances.
Nightclub manager
Shaw Brothers musical about three Showgirls chasing millionaires.
Gambler in flashback
A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era's top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend's apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises the friend's daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation to the love triangle.
Innkeeper
A hired assassin unknowingly makes friends with the man he's been sent to murder.
Nightclub patron
Lily Ho, a secret agent out to thwart the sale of a powerful explosive to the wrong people. It’s a female, Chinese James bond.
Manager of one of the actress
There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong Kong musical orchestrated by a Japanese director and composer, it breaks through the ranks as a classic of campy kitsch. A follow-up to the previous year's megahit Hong Kong Nocturne, with the same Japanese creative team, Hong Kong Rhapsody follows the fortunes of an unemployed magician whose love life is so knotty it would take Houdini to unravel!
Night club patron
A suave swinger and a cool chick have one half of a treasure map, the bad guys have the other half. Who will get the goods?
Mrs Yu's party guest
Nineteen-year old Li Ching scored a major success playing the title character, Susanna. Li's youthful exuberance is given free rein in a role that embraces rebellion, love, betrayal, tragedy, and ultimately, redemption.
Drug rehab. hospital principal
Ivy Ling Po was at the height of her fame in traditional Huangmei Opera films -- and chiefly as a male impersonator -- when she radically changed her image, taking on an ultra-contemporary semi-musical role in Song Of Tomorrow. Ivy plays a dance hostess and leading man Chiao Chuang is a jazz drummer, but with a difference. Chiao is a heroin addict, and Ivy learns that heroin is a far more lethal adversary than "the other woman" when trying to keep their marriage intact.
Reporter
The film tells a complicated love story. Carmen with Ke, Xiang Yi and Jiyuan. They start as a friend, but somehow a love triangle occur, and the outcome is very tragic.
Casino gambler
Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia.
Thug
Hong Kong remake of the European spy movie Passport to Hell: Secret Agent 3S3. A military plane carrying a nuclear load explodes mid-air after being hit by mysterious electronic rays. Secret agents are immediately ordered to trace its source. Sculptor Liang Tien Hong (Paul Chang Chung) returns to Hong Kong having been recalled by his uncle. He arrives to discover his uncle killed by agents. Liang’s uncle, inventor of the secret ray, dies after being tortured for information. The authorities believe the transmitter is still in Liang’s home. Steps are taken to find and destroy it for world peace.
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Fang Gang, discípulo de la escuela del maestro Chi Rufeng pierde en un accidente el brazo derecho y está a punto de perder la vida. Le salva Hsiao Man, una campesina que se enamora de él. Fang Gang consagrará su vida al aprendizaje de las técnicas marciales del brazo izquierdo por medio de un manual secreto. Gracias a ello, una vez convertido en un guerrero terrible volverá a la escuela de Chi para salvarla del desastre.
Innkeeper
Shaw Brothers Action Drama.
Yang
Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter attack, ruthlessly eliminating their own operatives and destroying most of the shipment before it can be confiscated. In the process, Ming Xuan's partner is killed, and the young agent is brought to the unwelcome attention of the leader of the smuggling operation.
Servant
Chang Yi plays Chan Chao, a knight of justice, who thwarts the plans of Minister Peng to assassinate the revered Judge Pao Cheng over and over again. Lo Lieh gives Chang a good run for his money as the evil and sinister henchman of Minister Peng.
Villager
A sweet inn-keeper's daughter falls in love with a woodcutter, but witnesses the woodcutter's brother raping her sister. Tragically, the sister commits suicide in shame, and the rapists turn his attentions to the witness, leading to more danger than most romantic dramas can handle.
Guest at Liang's wedding
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The happy couple's bliss was cut short when war broke out. Kuo-liang was summoned to fight at the front lines. In his absence, Su Fen discovered she had tuberculosis.
Office worker
The contemporary issue of single mothers is sensitively handled in this melodrama as a young woman must decide whether she will tell the new man in her life the real truth or forever remain the child's auntie Lan? (Celestial Pictures sypnosis)
Party guest
Before director Lo Wei helped to discover Bruce Lee and the king of kung-fu comedy Jackie Chan, in Madam Slender Plum, Lo perpetuates the career of yet another Shaw's non-action, femme fatale starlet; the sleek and sexy, puppy-eyed Eurasian Jenny Hu. It's a melodrama with a touch of murder-mystery in the vein of an old Alfred Hitchcock movie where Diana Chang plays the mother with Jenny playing her oldest daughter.
Loyalist
A romantic Han Dynasty adventure epic of a dying Emperor, an Evil Queen, a beautiful Princess, a dastardly royal nephew, and a masked hero, with plots and counterplots galore, complete with cliffhangers and last-second rescues.
Strip show customer
A musical about 3 sisters, singers and dancers, and their dad, a magician performing in nightclubs until they make their own life.
Nightclub patron
Via an IMDb reviewer: "The plot involves a high-tech gang of thieves, a legit jeweler (Tang Ching) caught up in their racket, and a female jewel buyer who's actually a police agent..."
Birthday guest
Some 40 years ago when warlords rode rough-shod over the Chinese people, circus acrobat Pao Te-cheng took to the hills and began robbing the rich to help the poor. His daring feats earned him the nickname of “The Masked Robber”. Trying to intercept a large sum of money to be turned over to public security chief Cheng Kuan-hsi, he is nearly caught. Partner Hsiao Chung is jubilant over his safe return. But in the government office, chief detective Ma Pu-yun frantically plots his arrest. Ma Chien-li, son of the chief detective, devises a clever trap set for Ma Pu-yun’s birthday party. Among the guests is Huang Tan-ping who is engaged to Doctor David Lee. Ma Chien-li proposes to her without knowing this.
Engagement party guest
Not a love triangle but a love rectangle, Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both star power and technical polish. Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong's invasion by the Japanese, the tragic romance takes on added poignancy in light of the future fate of leading lady Li Ting, the "Rose" of Rose, Be My Love who committed suicide a mere three months after the movie's release.
The Weiss Advertising Co under manageress Lo Yu Chun (Pat Ting Hung) and the Jen An Advertising Co. managed by playboy Tsao Chung Nien (Peter Chen Ho) are business rivals. The former works hard but without much success. The latter, with most of his staff perusing racing form or yellow journals, gets far more business. The anticipated arrival of a business tycoon from Malaya starts another battle and Lo Yu Chun goes all out to win over the prospective customer.
Uncle Shen
It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occupation, and it stars Linda Lin Dai, one of the era's most popular stars. It was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
Inspector Lin's guard
Six heroes are killed while investigating rampant lawlessness at Zhaoqing Temple where villains are posing as monks. The dead heroes’ senior brother Su-chen and his two apprentices pose as scholars in order to infiltrate the temple. When the life of the Emperor’s Inspector and his daughter are threatened, the trio leaps into battle as government troops prepare to storm the temple.
Paul (Zhang Chong) is a businessman who gets caught up in an international espionage plot when he accidentally switches briefcases with a friend aboard a Singapore-bound plane. The friend turns up dead, and Paul discovers a small Golden Buddha inside the briefcase that contains a set of instructions. The instructions are only one of three parts, the other two being held in similar Golden Buddhas by Lo Wei (doing double duty as actor and director) and Lin Cui. When combined, the three Buddhas will lead the bearers to a buried treasure. But the nefarious Skeleton Gang is after the Buddhas, along with a buxom femme fatale (Fannie Fan) who isn't above showing a little skin to get her way. Luckily, Paul knows kung-fu, so the bad guys had better watch out!
I-Hua's father
Jenny Wu is a singer who charms the well-to-do Peter Chen, but his parents object to a union between their only son and a lowly cabaret singer. He ignores their advice and marries her anyway, and for a time, they find some manner of wedded bliss. But the years are not entirely kind. He works hard to make ends meet, but his health pays the price.
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First film in the series, based on Ni Kuang's spy pulp novels. Police Commissioner Fong enlists the chivalrous female bandit Muk Lan-fa to retrieve the latest gadget that emits deadly laser beam and its protocol, which allegedly have been transferred away by Ho Tin-hung. Sensing his life in danger, Ho recruits the agent Ko Cheung as his aide, but no sooner has Ko set foot in his house than Ho is murdered. The opportunistic Detective Chan coerces Ko into the hunt by implicating him in the crime. Masking their own agenda, Muk and Ko enter into a duel of wits which leaves the beaten Ko with a counterfeit. Having abducted Muk's mother, Chan presses Muk and her cousin Sau-chen to surrender the genuine article, but Ko unmasks Chan, the spy, by baiting him with the weapon. The police squad led by Fong and Commissioner Suen swarm onto the scene, arresting Chan while he is attempting to flee holding Muk's mother hostage. Chan dies amidst a shower of bullets fired by his own daughter Sau-chen.
General
It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her rival Madame Liu for the emperor's sole, undivided attention. When Li gives birth to the Emperor's child, the jealous Liu switches the boy with a cat and commands a servant named Kou Zhu to kill the baby. However, Kou Zhu ignores the order and gives the prince-to-be to the emperor's brother, a decision which eventually leads to the boy being adopted by the emperor himself! But as fate would have it, to go along with his new son, the emperor has a new wife as well - Madame Liu! As this strange new family unit is being constructed, poor Li Zhenfei has been confined to the forbidden palace, condemned to never see or speak to her son, the prince. But destiny reunites her with her son, but will this family reunion be a happy one? And will Madame Liu finally be punished for her treachery?
The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage partner, and the warlord who forces himself between them, has been a favorite with Chinese audiences for decades.
Restaurant customer
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour of other Asian countries, hoping to develop her career.
FAIRY, GHOST, VIXEN (1965) consists of three fanciful tales that may be loosely classified as ghost stories, but they're presented and designed more along the lines of traditional fairy tales. They're beautifully staged and photographed and have a timeless quality about them with a moral at the end of each.
Minister He
The socialite Pai Li-Lan's life is disrupted when she contracts tuberculosis.
War film set during the second Sino-Japanese war.
This is an adaptation of the folk story, “Jin Yu Nu beats her heartless groom with a cane”. Jin Yu Nu, a beggar’s daughter, is a beautiful and kind girl. On a snowy day she saves the life of a poor scholar, Mo Ji. When Mo recovers, he marries Jin with love and gratitude. Mo wins the third place in the imperial examinations, but now he is looked down upon because his wife is a beggar's daughter. Extremely embarrassed and ashamed, Mo wants to divorce but has no excuse. Jin then jumps into the river and Mo has deep regrets but it is too late. Later, Mo’s senior Ambassador Lin appreciates his talents and wants to marry him his daughter. On the wedding night, the bride orders Mo to kneel in her room and beats him hard with a cane. Not until then does Mo know his bride is actually Jin, who has been saved by Lin. At the end, Lin knows Jin still loves Mo and helps the couple reunite.
Party guest
A member of the Red Peony troupe, singer Tang Pei Hua (Yeh Feng) is renowned for her beautiful voice and appearances. Her beauty, however, invites the unwanted attentions of cruel and lecherous warlord Cao Lin (Zeng Mei). In order to escape Cao's grasp, Tang and her lover Lin Ke Qiang (Chin Han) decide to run away to the south where they can live freely. But their plan is uncovered by Cao, and Lin gets captured. In order to save Lin, Tang must sacrifice herself and entertain Japanese guests at a banquet, throwing herself into danger's way.
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Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns.
Constable
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?
Brothel worker
This gripping story centers on the romance between Wang Chin Lung and Sue San. Although they may be perfectly matched when it comes to their love for one other, the two come from remarkably different social ranks. While Chin Lung is the son of a respected government official, Su San is a prostitute, albeit a famous one.
Mei's executive
Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman Lok Dai. Chen was supposed to audition for a job as her chauffeur, but a proposed musical show is far more attractive to the aspiring dancer. When a rumor gets out that the two are involved in an affair, she's angry and confronts him, but his charms overwhelm her, and it's revealed that she too desires to dance. Soon she's bankrolling the affair, the sets are being built, and the singing and dancing begin!
General's guest
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien. However, he is not the only one who has eyes for Shen. The General's henchmen are also determined to present the songstress to their superior as a gift. Fan received help from an unexpected quarter to save the woman he loves.
Onlooker of Jiao's begging
Based on one particular storyline from The Water Margin, Three Sinners weaves an intriguing story of romance, treachery, and death, all within the context of the traditional Huangmei Opera. Yan Jun casts his real-life wife, the elegant Li Li Hua, star of such Shaw Brothers films as The Goddess of Mercy and Vermillion Door, as one of the title characters, a woman who finds herself in the middle of a stormy love triangle involving her controlling husband (director Yan Jun serving double duty in a starring role) and a passionate lover (Chen Yan Yan).
Constable
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.
Court military official
The renowned Li Li Hua plays Wu Ze Tian, the most famous woman in China's four thousand year history.
Part of wedding procession (uncredited)
Una leyenda china sobre el trágico romance de dos amantes, Liang Shanbo y Zhu Yingtai.
Party guest
The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade!
Celestial soldier
This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belles, The Kingdom And The Beauty) and margaret Tu Chuan (The Dream of The Red Chamber) play the two sister serpents, Pak Su-cheng and Ching Ching. Su-cheng meets Hsu Hsien (Chao Lei) one day and recognizes him as her savior in another life 1,000 years ago. She marries him to reward him but the snake-human union brings about problems beyond imagination.
Wedding guest
The ethereal Lok Dai plays a pivotal role in the 1962 Shaw Brothers screwball costume comedy The Bride Napping. Based on a chapter of author Shi Naian's The Water Margin (AKA: Outlaws of the Marsh), the action kicks off when Liu Yuen Ying (Ding Nung) is "bride-napped" by a bandit who's out to make her his wife! The bandit's sympathetic sister returns Ying, but that's only the beginning of the mistaken identities, social satires, and cross-dressing confusion as Ying's disappearance and return wreaks havoc with the locals! A delightful costume comedy that combines screwball antics, musical interludes, and even a little action, The Bride Napping is a fun and entertaining way to catch the legendary Lok Dai at her most beautiful and charming!
Teacher
The film traces the relationships that develop between the protagonist Xu and the three women he meets, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
Ai Chun's basketball coach #2
A country girl moves to the city in order to go to school. She has to overcome several obstacles.
Angry inn customer
A young scholar spends the night in a creepy temple that is said to be haunted. He doesn't believe in the rumors, but after running into a Taoist swordsman, he meets a beautiful lady ghost.
Party guest
A middle-aged couple adopt a young girl.
Nightclub patron
Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.
Royal guard
This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called Kiang-Nan by his royal tutor. The empress mother has the tutor go to Kiang-Nan to bring him back.
Teacher
Teenage idols Grace Chang and Jeanette Lin Cui played competitive university freshman fighting against each other for almost anything : fame, recognition and, of course, guys, who were played by Cathay heart-throbs Peter Chen Hou end Roy Chiao.
Party guest
A gem in every sense of the word, Our Dream car features popular idols Ge Lan (Grace Chang) and Chang Yang as a couple of newlyweds who struggle hard to acquire the latest symbol of middle class affluence: a motor car, but only find themselves in alienating situations. Yi Wen's script is full of lively and humorous details, his direction affectionate, while the young stars are charming. The film also paints a picture of a bourgeois lifestyle that was yet to occur in the ex-colony. It has also been aptly compared to the genre of hollywood "bedroom" comedy made famous by Rock Hudson and Doris Day in the 1950s.
Mr Sun's friend
One of the most beloved films from the Cathay Film Library, OUR SISTER HEDY stars Jeanette Lin Cui, Mu Hong, Julie Yeh Feng and So Fung as four sisters ready to leave the nest — and their father and sole parent Wang Yuan-Long has a hard time dealing with it! A funny, sweet and of course affecting romantic dramedy about love, family and the bond of sisterhood.
Man Talking with Li Kai-Ling
A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her birth.
