Fan Mei-Sheng

Fan Mei-Sheng

Nacimiento : 1942-09-13, Shandong Province, China

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Fan Mei-sheng (樊梅生; born 13 September 1942) also known as Fan Mui Sang, is a prolific Hong Kong Cantonese actor. Fan Mei-sheng started acting in movies from 1964; his first movie was The Story of Sue San. He made his name in Shaw Brothers Studio productions, including the role of 'Black Whirlwind' in All Men Are Brothers. Through the 1970s and 1980s, he was often cast as the villain in many Hong Kong martial arts films and thrillers. In 1979, Fan replaced Simon Yuen (who died during filming) in The Magnificent Butcher. That, as well as his role as an explosives man in The Postman Fights Back, became one of his best known performances. He also acted in the Michael Cimino film, Year of the Dragon; and in total has acted in one hundred films. In addition, he has directed one film, Amsterdam Connection in 1978, and produced another, Dark Side of Chinatown in 1989.

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Fan Mei-Sheng

Películas

Attrition
Sifu
Después de numerosos años combatiendo Ax, un antiguo miembro de Operaciones Especiales, lucha por hacer frente a todas las muertes que ha causado y presenciado durante su trabajo siendo una verdadera máquina de matar. Ax se separa de la sociedad convencional y se encuentra en lo profundo de las remotas selvas de Asia, donde trata de aceptar la vida que ha vivido. Atormentado por las visiones de sus víctimas pasadas y los horrores de la guerra, Axe cae en la desesperación. Durante un sueño ebrio donde los fantasmas de su pasado lo provocan, Axe es visitado por el rostro de una bella mujer espectral, Tara.
Historia de Ricky
Assistant Warden
Basada en el manga Riki-Oh, la acción transcurre en el año 2001 cuando Ricky es enviado a una prisión futurista por equivocación. Allí, no puede controlar su ira ante el cruel trato que los presos reciben de Cobra, un malvado guardián cuyos compinches son los peores elementos de la prisión. Cuando Ricky empieza a investigar, sus amigos aparecen brutalmente apalizados y habiendo sido torturados hasta morir.
Dark Side of China Town
Cheung
An HK police officer sends his son to America to protect him from the influence of the HK triads. However, his son becomes enmired in Chinatown triad dealings in America and returns to Hong Kong as a marked and wanted man.
Los tesoros del mar de China
Black Bear
Después de acabar con el temido pirata Lo, Dragon Ma regresa y se incorpora a la policía. Ma recibe el encargo de eliminar el crimen en un barrio, y entra en contacto con un grupo de revolucionarios.
El tren de los millonarios
Mountain Bandit
Un tren muy especial acaba de salir de Shangai. Sus pasajeros son ricos comerciantes que viajan con sus esposas, realmente, unos blancos muy jugosos para cualquier ladrón. Pero el robo no llega a producirse, sino que se produce una situación totalmente distinta. ¡Parada obligatoria! Un extraño pasajero sabotea el tren y todos deben bajarse… en su pueblo natal. Allí tendrán que gastar grandes cantidades de dinero para poder salir con bien de ésta. Como la situación apremia, se forman los inevitables grupos, y se ven envueltos en robos de bancos, pugnas entre samurais y peleas territoriales entre bandas callejeras.
Manhattan Sur
White Powder Ma
Stanley White (Rourke) es un veterano del Vietnam que, tras quince años en la policía, es destinado a Manhattan Sur, un distrito de Nueva York. Su cometido es acabar con las bandas juveniles que dominan la zona. Sus investigaciones lo conducen a la peligrosa mafia china, dirigida por Joey Tai (John Lone), y cuyos métodos para controlar el tráfico de drogas son extraordinariamente violentos. Acabar con el crimen organizado se convierte para White en una obsesión, pero su traumático pasado y su situación presente lo arrastran más allá de las órdenes recibidas.
The Denouement of Chu Liu Hsian
Swordplay master Adam Cheng returns to the role that brought him superstardom. This time, Chu Liang Hsiang has to fight a legion of fighters helmed by the Bastard swordsman himself Tsui Siu-Keung, who is united by one aim, and that is, to defeat the Romantic swordsman Chu Liu Hsiang and claim the title of best swordsman in the martial world.
El contraataque
Bu
Un ladrón contrata un equipo completo para transportar cuatro cajas valiosísimas a través de un codiciado puerto de montaña que los señores de la guerra vigilan constantemente. El grupo lo lidera un cartero profesional que además trabaja como transportista. Le acompañan un experto en explosivos más que aficionado al buen beber y dos atractivas chicas. Una de ellas le pide al transportista que la ayude a salvar a su hermana pequeña, que se encuentra en peligro en Shangai. La misión es delicada, puesto que China se encuentra al borde de la guerra civil. El grupo se encuentra constantemente amenazado, pues su carga es preciosa para los dos bandos. ¿Lograrán llevarla a su destino? (FILMAFFINITY)
Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Beggar Fan (Feng)
A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. Angered, the rivals hire a martial arts expert to fight the hero, only to get beaten up himself. The expert send his teacher to hurt the hero and succeeds. The hero is sent to a temple where he learns a new style of kung fu. Now with the skills, our hero is ready to get even.
Dreadnaught
Marshal Pao
Mousy, the laundry guy, is attacked several times by an angry theatre troupe member. Although he survives, his friend doesn't. So, he overcomes his cowardice and decides to avenge his friend's death.
The Eagle's Killer
Chin Pai To
An assassin (Hwang Jang Lee) who operates for cold, hard cash is hired to take out a young martial artist and expert at Eagle's Claws, but first he must learn Eagle Fist to go after him.
Los puños de la muerte
Barbero aspirante y con experiencia en kung-fu luchador Shang se entera de que su amiga de la infancia, Siu Ming, se le ha acusado de asesinato por un villano desconocido. Cuando Shang comienza a buscar en el crimen, pronto se encuentra en el blanco de un intento de asesinato. ¿Quién está detrás de todos estos crímenes, y puede dejar de Shang ellos?
El Chino
Bull
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.
El luchador magnífico
Beggar King
Sammo Hung interpreta a Carnicero Wing, el discípulo más patán del legendario héroe Wong Fei Hung, que se queda al cargo de su escuela cuando éste se marcha en busca de hierbas medicinales. Los problemas no tardan en llegar cuando la escuela rival de los Cinco Dragones lo acusa injustamente de la muerte de la ahijada de su líder. Wing es rescatado en el último momento por sus camaradas de armas y un vagabundo borracho, sólo para descubrir que su propio hermano ha sido asesinado a modo de represalia. Con Fei Hung de viaje, Wing decide entrenarse a las órdenes del enigmático vagabundo con el objetivo de limpiar su nombre y tomarse su debida venganza contra el clan de los Cinco Dragones.
The 36 Deadly Styles
Yu Ti's father
Hwang Jang-lee plays the main baddie, and along with his nasty henchmen (played by a red-nosed Chan Lau, and Bolo Yeung in the daftest wig imaginable!), they cause all sorts of problems for the good guys, hero Wah-jee (Cheung Lik), pretty soy-milk seller Tsui-jee (Jeannie Chang) and Tsui-jee's father (Fan Mei-sheng).
The Great General
The real-life story of a legendary Ming general (Meng Fei) who attempts to rid Chinese waters of Japanese pirates.
Flying Sword Lee
This is a brilliant Taiwanese movie adaption of "Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Blade." Li "Little Flying Dagger" Xunhuan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He has decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled fighters and leaders are bent on killing him, so they can be ranked top by Bai Xiaosheng in his renowned list of the best warriors in the martial arts world. Li Xunhuan battles them as he searches for his estranged friend A'fei, who is now married and living in seclusion. Li asks A'fei to join forces and fight against a new threat that wants to rule the world: the Money Clan.
Mysterious Footworks of Kung Fu
Chan Wai Man plays the super-assassin with a penchant for overengineered weapons and causing grief and mayhem wherever he and his asssitants Crab & Shrimp find themsleves. A young kung fu fantaic is taught by a beggar and a grumpy old Shaolin monk so that he can beat the killers and restore peace to the region.
Amsterdam Connection
Director
When two Hong Kong buddies become rivals for the same woman, their friendship ends, and they join rival tong gangs. Later, a tong boss cleverly conspires to use a motion picture company to cover illegal drug trafficking: Actresses are sent to Amsterdam for film roles not realizing that they carry cocaine shipments. Once in Holland, the actresses are sold into prostitution. Soon the faux film company shanghais the woman who put the two friends at odds. To save their beautiful damsel, the two ex-buddies must join forces and go on the offense. Written by Neva Friedenn
Flying Guillotine II
Li Sing Nan
The emperor's reign of terror expands. Heroic outlaw Ma Teng joins a squad of female rebels, whose leader is torn between family loyalties.
Pursuit of Vengeance
Yi Da-Jing
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.
The Sentimental Swordsman
Chuan Jia
Debido a sus propios ideales extremos, el famoso espadachín Li ha perdido a todos sus seres queridos. Después de que un espadachín rival salva su vida, el orgullo abrumador de Li significa que abandona a la mujer que ama y le permite casarse con su salvador. La persona detrás de los problemas de Li apunta al legendario 'Plum Blossom Bandit', cuya identidad ha demostrado ser esquiva durante mucho tiempo para el mundo marcial.
The Brave Archer
Odd Immortal Leung Sin-Yung
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.
To Kill a Jaguar
Cheung Sam
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.
Duelo a muerte
Mute
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.
Fangs of the Cobra
Xu Xiang's boss
Young man returns from studying abroad to take over management of the large family farm, and falls for the daughter of a tenant farmer. The unique twist is that her pet, best friend, confidante and protector is a cobra - but he hates snakes because his mother was bitten and killed by one when he was a child.
Jade Tiger
Zhao Zhong
Zhao Wuji embarks on an very tragic adventure with full of intrigues to avenge his father, who is beheaded by a traitor working for Tang, on the eve of son's marriage.
The Criminals, Part 3: Arson
Ah Hsin
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.
King Gambler
Sha Wu Lin
Chan is Peng Tianshi, who becomes the "Card Tyrant" in response to the gambling world dominance of the Sha family. But Peng also has a Sha family member blinded in retaliation for an earlier loss, leaving the Sha family with a debt of vengeance that needs to be repaid! Sha Tong (Zong Hua) sets in motion an elaborate plan to make turn the rich and affluent Peng into a penniless former king of the gambling world! But can the "Card Tyrant" be bested?
The Dragon Missile
Miu Fei
Lo Lieh stars as Sima Jun, a killer working for a corrupt lord whose orders are followed without question or hesitation. When the lord suffers from a life-threatening boil on his back, he is told by the Imperial doctor that an herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure and is grown in a remote village by an herbalist named Tan. Lo is sent on a mission to get the herb and bring it back before it's too late.
Clanes Asesinos
Ma Fang-chung
Si le preguntásemos a cualquier aficionado de las artes marciales que hiciera una lista de las mejores películas de todos los tiempos, no hay duda ninguna que Killer Clans (Clanes Asesinos) estaría dentro del Top 10. Esta obra maestra de alto presupuesto de la factoría Shaw Brothers es una espectacular película de espadachines y artes marciales que se acerca más que nunca a los clásicos films de Samuráis provenientes del Japón de los años 60.Basada en una novela del cronista de artes marciales Kung Lung, la trama gira entre la guerra entre clanes en la China antigua. Entre el larguísimo casting, destaca el casi siempre en sus papeles de villano, Ku Feng, como líder de la sociedad de los Hombres de Lung. Chung Wa en el papel de espadachín mercenario y Yueh Hua como el lugarteniente de Ku Feng.La trama principal de esta historia sería adaptada casi veinte años después en Comet, Butterfly and Sword, donde los papeles principales los interpretaban Michelle Yeoh y Tony Leung Chiu Wai.
Todos los hombres son hermanos
Black Whirlwind / Li Kui
El emperador le pide a Yen Ching, líder del Liang Shan, que se lo apoye para eliminar a la banda de Fang La. Durante el primer ataque a la fortaleza rebelde, muchos hombres del Liang Shan son asesinados. Los supervivientes planean un segundo ataque, pero son descubiertos. Habrá un último intento para capturar a los rebeldes.
The Gambling Syndicate
Jin Gang
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
Temperament of Life
Shaw Brothers comedy.
Kidnap
Chao Hai Chuan
Crime drama based on true incidents around a Kidnapping - and murder case ,also taking much time describing the psychological moments which propel the criminals. It's strictly focused on them, the law representatives are mostly faceless and out of the plot. Lo Lieh plays a moneyless guy working on a gas station, it's owner is a thorn in his flesh, because he completely knows the differences and painfully shows it: "I can find a new worker faster, than you can find a new job" Together with 3 friends, who are similarly struck, a plan to kidnap and blackmail this guy is made....
Five Tough Guys
Wei Jin-Bao
The plot follows the titular gang of misfits, gathered together by Chen Kuan Tai (a real life martial arts champion who starred in many films for the studio) in order to protect a patriotic general from a scheming usurper. To this end, the unlikely heroes act as the general’s escorts on a dangerous journey to a distant British consulate, beset by enemies and sinister Japanese interference along the way.
Hong Kong 73
Big Beard
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.
The Pirate
Hua Er Dao
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.
The Kiss of Death
Wong Tai
One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with the aftermath of this dramatic event but her life is ruined. Like a shattered vase, the pieces can be put back together but it'll never be the same. Cheng get's a job as a bar girl. She meets the club's owner who was a former kung-fu fighter until he was crippled. Cheng uses her position as a B-girl to go after the losers who raped her, She soon learns from a sleazy doctor that she has contracted a dark V.D. called Viet-Nam Rose. Crushed, she begs Lo Lieh to teach her kung-fu. At first he refuses until he learns her secret. Furious, Lo Lieh teaches her his deadly fight techniques (such as a groin crunching blow).
Hermanos de sangre
Ma es atracado por Chang y Huang, pero gracias a sus habilidades en las artes marciales consigue frustrar el atraco y surge la amistad entre ellos. Los tres se declaran hermanos de sangre y luchan juntos para sofocar la revuelta liderada por Yen Chen-feng.
The Delinquent
Big Sean
Delivery boy Chung rings an order to a local martial arts school. He shows that he too is a kung fu student when he punches a bag and also kicks out the instructor for his money. Chung has a tough life. His father constantly nags him to work hard. One day, his is heckled by Chien-Pe, a disabled thug who runs a gang. Chung fights and beats them up and as a result, he is fired from his job. Chien turns to his boss, Tai Chung, to get Chung.
Catorce amazonas
General Chiao Ting Kuai
La Familia Yang, hombres y mujeres, habían servido a su país (del Norte Cantado) lealmente a través de largas generaciones. Durante la guerra con Xia Occidental, el General Yang Tsung Pao es presa de una emboscada y asesinado. Su muerte abandona a su único hijo, Yang Wen, como único heredero masculino de la Familia Yang. Su viuda, Mu Kuei Ying, la magnífica matrona y la familia entera intentan vengar su muerte y defender el país.
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
Wu Hua-Tian
18-year-old Ainu is kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Her good looks and wild personality make her very popular with the lustful clients, but also draw the lesbian attentions of brothel madam Chun Yi. Chun Yi teaches Ai nu the ways of lust and the ways of kung fu, and Ai nu becomes more and more similar to her captor. But rage at her treatment is still burning inside her.
The Young Avenger
Hunchback Liu Tuo
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.
The Casino
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.
En la orilla
Black Whirlwind, Li Kuei
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.
Pursuit
Monk Lu Zhi Shen
Instructor Lin who is home from training the imperial troops for several years. He meets his wife and runs into his brother who has become a monk at the local temple. His superior Lord Gao, strangely decides to rape Lin's wife in the temple but Lin interrupts the crime. His brother is enraged and tries to kill Gao but Lin stops him with the help of Lin's training brother and old friend Lu who works for Gao. Lin is loyal to the Commissioner and will not do anything to harm his son. Once back at the Commissioner's house, Gao and Lu hatch a plan to discredit and eventually kill Lin all with the Commissioner's approval. The plan is put into motion and Lin is unjustly arrested for trespassing on imperial property.
The Swift Knight
Constable Ji Fu
In a rare reversal of typecasting, Shaw Brothers' perennial bad guy Lo Lieh breaks tradition to play the honorable and noble swordsman in The Swift Knight. It's a tale of brave knights, chivalry and fair maidens where the Swift Knight (Lo Lieh) finds himself involved in romance, court intrigue and deadly jousts while trying to protect the lives of a pair of siblings as the fate of the throne depends on them.
Duel for Gold
Chiu Fu
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.
The Jade Faced Assassin
Yu Chi Zhou Guang
The swordsman Zhang Zhen is injured in a misadventure and rescued by Eldest Sister of Changchun Sect, who has a crush on him. However, Zhang falls in love with the maid Yuenu instead, and conceives twins with her. The couple are killed by a group of evil pugilists later. The Eldest Sister is angry with Zhang Zhen for not accepting her and plans to make Zhang's children kill each other as revenge. The baby girl (Xiaolu'er) is saved by Zhang's friend, Lian Lanyan, while the male infant (Hua Yuchun) is taken away by the Eldest Sister. Lian Lanyan encounters the Ten Villains when he passes through Villains' Valley. He is overwhelmed by them and knocked out in a fight. The baby Xiaolu'er is taken away by the Villains, who surprisingly do not harm her, and instead intend to groom her to become the greatest villain ever. Eighteen years later, the twins meet each other by coincidence.
The Iron Buddha
Master Luo
After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally.
Las Doce Medallas de Oro
Bangling Trio
Durante la invasión tártara, el espadachín Miao Lung asesina a los mensajeros que llevan los doce decretos imperiales en forma de medallones de oro.
Valley of the Fangs
Instructor Ma
Intrigue in the court means that the wife and daughter of framed scholar Sung have to travel to the capital in disguise, as court agents hunt them down. A righteous swordsman and a group of kiln workers get caught up in the action.
Heads for Sale
Wan Sanju
This tale is about a decapitating swordswoman who will let nothing stand in her way when she falls in love with a bandit's son. Chiao Chiao, made famous in One-Armed Swordsman, is the girl who won't let such trifles as craniums keep her from freeing her man from jail.
The Golden Knight
Guan Xiyang
Respected veteran Yueh Feng made this “Martial Arts World” saga of a masked master of the “Black Sand Hand Technique,” while Lily Ho, the star of "Princess Iron Fan" and "Angel With The Iron Fists", excels in a delightful dual leading role. When she teams up with Shu Pei-pei as a fellow swordswoman to vanquish a murdering robber, the comparisons to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are obvious, even though it came three decades later.
Temptress of a Thousand Faces
Incompetent Police Sgt.
A mystery caper of devilish fun, Temptress Of A Thousand Faces proves a femme fatale can match any man in wickedness. A mysterious thief has been committing crimes across the city. Always disguised and ever elusive, woman detective Chi Ying cannot find any clues for a good lead. But her reporter boyfriend Yu Ta is always supportive and understanding. Reversing the standard role stereotypes, it is the man here who then becomes the damsel (or dude as the case may be) in distress. Constantly frustrating her police woman foil, the temptress manages to make a game of outwitting her nemesis.
Dragon Swamp
Ding Hu (beggar)
After being implicated in the theft of the Jade Dragon Sword, Fan Ying (Cheng Pei-pei) is banished to the Dragon Swamp for 20 years. Now, 20 years later, the sword has been stolen again, and the members of Lingshan Clan are sent out to find the culprit. Among those is Qing-Erh (Cheng Pei-pei again), who meets a wandering swordsman (Yueh Hua) searching for the long lost Fan Ying. Together they decide to enlist the help of the Dragon Swamp Master in their respective searches.
The Jade Raksha
Yan Long Er
A fearsome swordswoman known as The Jade Raksha appears in the martial arts world and begins killing people whose surname is Yan. A swordsman figures out who she is, and asks her why - the answer being that a Yan killed her family 18 years ago... but she's not sure exactly which Yan it was. He suggests that killing the innocent is wrong, but she only has vengeance on her mind and is not to be convinced.
That Fiery Girl
2nd Chief of Hulu Valley
The bandits of Hulu Valley murder the chief of Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map. In retaliation, the clan’s leading swordsman Feng-chun (Chan Leung) infiltrates the bandit’s fortress hideout in anticipation of a surprise attack by a larger force and unexpectedly finds himself romantically involved with the bandit leader’s feisty daughter (Cheng Pei-Pei).
The Rainbow
A young tutor, miss Chen, is sent to home school in a dysfunctional household head by a wealthy patriarch. She befriends his ambulatory disabled young daughter Ming Chu and becomes embroiled in her struggle to walk again. She also has problems and with her angst ridden artist brother, they search for their birth mother and their cruel spoiled half-brother. Meanwhile at home, the tutor's own fellow border house mates (a single mother Shen Chiu Meng and her nightclub singer son Chiang Hui) also possess guarded secrets that gradually resurface as Chen unwittingly becomes a catalyst for those in her life as they all converge towards the bridging of deep rooted familial gaps and resolving past estrangements.
The Angel Strikes Again
Bomb Gang's thug
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.
The Magnificent Swordsman
villain who kills a woman
Lone swordsman Jiang Dan-Feng (Wong Chung-Shun) is ambushed by a pair of bandits and quickly despatches them. One of them, as he is dying, asks Jiang to take his personal effects to his sister. This being a Wuxia film, our hero is bound by a strict code of honour, and he agrees. The bandit’s sister, Xiu Xiu (Shu Pei-Pei), is surprisingly forgiving and tells him that he got mixed up in a bad crowd of robbers before he died. As it happens, these self-same bandits are threatening to tear up the village at any moment, and Jiang prepares to defend it despite being despised by the town folk for killing Xiu Xiu’s brother.
The Silver Fox
Ching Ching's helper
The Silver Fox is a throwback, the last of its kind where the heroic swordsmen are women. Lily Ho (before she became one of Shaw Brothers' great erotica actresses) portrays the feared swordswoman Silver Fox, who as a child saw her father senselessly wounded and her mother raped. It's 18 years later and it's payback time.
Black Butterfly
Little Poue
Black Butterfly, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Trouble starts when a bandit gang, who the Black Butterfly has robbed, come to town looking for them. Eventually, the Black Butterfly and their new allies, will have to confront the bandit gang at their fortress.
Lady Jade Locket
Secretary Tong's servant capturing Wei
Love knows no limits in the grand period romance, Lady Jade Locket. A young fighter inadvertently falls for the spirit of a beautiful woman, who died years earlier avenging her own father's murder. The beautiful ghost is in fact the sister of his fiancee. Experienced as an actor in many such romances, director Yen Chuan keeps the tone perfect. Plus, with period specialist Li Li-hua in the lead and the attractive and acclaimed Li Ching playing the ghost girl, he really can do no wrong.
Rape of the Sword
Lo's Man
Experienced heroine Li Li-Hua plays a swordswoman out to reclaim her murdered husband's "Green Sword," the sharpest blade in the world. The lovely Li Ching plays the role of Li Li-hua's student, who must take up the fight when her teacher falters.
El espadachín manco
Guo Sheng/Brother Hua
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.
The King with My Face
Wan Chao
THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
The Goddess of Mercy
Dancing soldier
With her elegant classic persona, Li Li-hua was the ideal performer for period aristocratic and imperial roles. The Goddess Of Mercy is a good example of her strong empathy and noble presence. The youngest daughter of a brutal king, the princess openly disapproves of the floggings and cruel treatment her royal family heaps on the peasants. As a result, the heartless king turns on his own daughter forcing her into exile. This humanistic tale will inspire and hearten even the most cynical viewer.
The Trail of the Broken Blade
Hu Zi
Chivalrous swordsman Jun-zhao goes in search of a fugitive named Li Yueh in order to reunite him with his love, Liu Xian. Though the two men meet and become loyal brothers, Li does not reveal his true identity until Jun-zhao's life is endangered by swordsmen from Flying Fish Island who are looking for revenge.
That Man in Chang-An
Cao Wu's waiter
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.
Angel with the Iron Fists
Agent 403 at nightclub
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..."
The Knight of Knights
Zhaoqing snr monk
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.
The Golden Buddha
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!
The Monkey Goes West
3rd Prince of West Dragon King
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journey to the West,” a 16th-century novel recounting the efforts of a Buddhist monk and his magical companions to travel to India and bring back Buddhist sutras.
Squadron 77
Chinese patriot
Spy thriller set in occupied Shanghai. Li Lihua stars as the woman who is thrust into the role of nationalist freedom fighter when she discovers that her husband is a collaborator with the Japanese.
The Lark
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.
Sons of the Good Earth
Shi Tou
War film set during the second Sino-Japanese war.
The Story of Sue San
Master Fan
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.
The Shepherd Girl
Village youth at campfire
Julie Yeh Feng stars as Hsiu Hsiu, a beautiful singing shepherdess who falls head over heels in love with a handsome boatman named Liu Ta Lung. Unfortunately, she can't afford to marry her new beau because her father has racked up numerous debts due to his uncontrollable gambling addiction. And to make matters even more complicated, there's a rival suitor who promises to pay off all of her no-good father's debts on the condition that he is given Hsiu Hsiu's hand in marriage. She initially declines his offer, but starts to get jealous when she sees Ta Lung getting a little too close for comfort with another woman. In retaliation, she starts flirting with her possible benefactor/husband-to-be. But what Hsiu Hsiu doesn't know is that her jealousy isn't based on any actual unfaithfulness, but on an unfortunate misunderstanding!
The Amorous Lotus Pan
Neighbor at wake
A woman in an arranged marriage falls in love with her husband's brother.
Between Tears and Smiles
Opera customer
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.