A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and struggles. The documentary is a tribute to kung fu stuntmen. “They risked their lives for stunts,” said kung fu choreographer Yuen Bin. In their heyday, these stuntmen and choreographers presented the best, most creative and most complicated kung fu fight sequences anywhere in the world, creating stunts that looked seemingly impossible.
Action Director
La historia sucede en un planeta falso llamado Central Plains. Hay diez reinos, al tiempo que el reino del sur de Zhao y el norte de Yan se sitúan uno al lado del otro. South Zhao organiza un campeonato para escoger guerreros talentosos para combatir contra North Yan como defensa. La nueva sobre el campeonato se extiende a una aldea recóndita llamada Qing Yuan, un campesino que no tiene idea de los antecedentes de su familia llamada Dong Yi Long desea representar a la aldea como portador de la bandera para participar en el campeonato. No obstante, los campesinos tienen dudas sobre él y debe batallar durísimo por su sitio. Dong Yi Long por último gana su sitio y se une a un guerrero llamado Chu Han para representar a la familia Qing Yuan y se une al campeonato, se hallan con una joven guerrera llamada Vajra en su camino. Para llevar el honor a su clan, el joven Dong Yilong se embarca en un peligroso viaje para competir en un campeonato que escoge a guerreros para la batalla.
Mr. Cheung
One day, Heng saves a woman, Ms. Yip, from drowning in his school’s pool. When she turns out to be Heng’s new substitute teacher, the pair’s mutual loneliness draws them to each other.
Stunts
La historia de los Yang ha sido elogiada por cientos de años en la sociedad china. En ella se relatan las hazañas de la familia militar Yang, mostrando con detalle la lealtad inquebrantable de los herederos de la familia Yang. ‘Salvar al General Yang’ coloca el foco de atención en como los siete hijos de la familia Yang combinaron sus esfuerzos para rescatar a su padre.
Stunt Coordinator
Cuando una mujer encuentra los restos de un místico hindú, deja la banda de asesinos a la que pertenece, para poder llevarlos a su legítima tumba. Pero, antes de cumplir con su cometido, se somete a una drástica operación de cirugía facial, cambia de nombre y de vida e incluso se casa.
OJ's dad
Ming (Richie Jen) es el mejor tirador en el alto cargo de policia, pero detras de la leyenda se esconde un oscuro pasado, el ex compañero y tirador Ching (Huang Xiaoming) que fue encarcelado por matar a un rehén y que acaba de ser puesto en libertad. Con la venganza en su mente su primer objetivo tras salir de la carcel es dar con Ming del cual cree que es el verdadero causante de su encierro. (FILMAFFINITY)
Action Director
Yee una niña pequeña es asesinada por accidente por Fei (Nicholas Tse) un valiente policía el cual ahora intenta salvar a la hermana gemela de esta de la misma banda.
Stunt Coordinator
A principios del siglo XVII, los manchúes se hicieron con el poder en China, instaurando la Dinastía Ching. Con numerosos focos rebeldes nacionalistas y anti-manchúes encendidos por toda la geografía, el nuevo gobierno dictó de inmediato la prohibición del estudio y la práctica de las artes marciales, en un intento de imponer el orden y afianzarse en el poder. "Viento de Fuego", oficial del ejército que sirvió a la depuesta dinastía precedente.
Himself
Based on the life of screenwriter Yuen Kai-Chi, the movie tells the story of an acclaimed film writer who's got the World on a string. Tragically, his life changes when he gets in a car accident and loses a leg. However, every cloud has a silver lining and he ends up falling in love with his nurse Cindy. Using love as the binding tie, the two face life's obstacles as if it were a three-legged race: two people working together with three legs.
Takashi Shinen
A TV channel would be the first in the world to send a martial arts contest through the Internet. The competition is the people with completely different backgrounds that will make up for the title.
Director
A TV channel would be the first in the world to send a martial arts contest through the Internet. The competition is the people with completely different backgrounds that will make up for the title.
Gui Jian Chou in '70
Pao Ge returns to Hong Kong after hiding out in Brazil to search for a girl he had a brief encounter with just to remember her face before his memory fades. An eclectic cast, abundant postmodernism and just the right dash of self-aware humor make this a turn-of-the-century Hong Kong Cinema gem.
Director
Un viejo jefe de la mafia japonesa sospeha que va a ser víctima de un atentado, por lo que antes de morir decide dejar una generosa recompensa para la persona que encuentre a su asesino. Finalmente el asesinato se produce, circunstancia que aprovecha un estafador en horas bajas para aliarse con un asesino a sueldo y juntos buscar al misterioso "Rey de Asesinos" y hacerse con la ansiada recompensa.
Chan Yiu-Chung
Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly costs Foon her life. Wan, the young owner of a silk factory, rescues her. Wan and Foon share their romances, reflecting the experience of women during the 40's.
Choreographer
Jackal, Cash and Sam form the core of ATM (Available Tactical Mercenaries), an industrial espionage unit that utilizes high-tech gadgetry to steal technology and fence it on the black market. However, they're blackmailed by the Hong Kong government to snatch some counterfeit plates called SN2 from the British MI5. Naturally stuff goes wrong, our heroes are framed for SN2’s disappearance, and then they must set about clearing their names with whatever hi-tech gadgets they have leftover.
Choreographer
A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs foul of a group of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being nursed back to health, he eventually learns to compensate for his loss and returns to confront the man who murdered his father.
Director
An undercover assignment turns into a deadly game of revenge for a Hong Kong police-woman.
Junior Cheung
El maestro de artes marciales Wong Fei-Hung regresa a casa. A su llegada, resulta que la provincia está muriendo de hambre y los piratas atacan constantemente a los agricultores. Wong decide ayudar a deshacerse de la amenaza del mar.
Action Director
Simon Yam Tat-wah and Rosamund Kwan Chi-lam star in this gauzy melodrama about the life and loves of the gangster elite, directed by Andy Chin Wing-keung. The film centers around Ching Kit, a mob boss who instead of using typical tools of underworld shakedowns -- mob hits, blackmail, and the like -- employs the dinner party to negotiate deals, to forge partnerships, and craft revenge. When Ching works out a deal with the Portuguese mob that would give him partial control of Macau's casinos, he quickly learns that treachery lurks around every corner. Veronica Yip Yuk-hing, Cecila Yip Tung, and Pauline Wong Siu-fung also appear.
Curry Chicken
Shin (Jacky Cheung) and Chiang (Stephen Tung Wai) are happy-go-lucky partners investigating a particularly notorious crime syndicate. Unfortunately, Shin's Mainland relatives -- Cha Chiang (Alfred Cheung Kin-ting) and his beautiful sibling Cha Shi (Loletta Lee Lai-chun) -- decide to drop by. While Chiang insists on accompanying his cousin on the job, Shin starts to make eyes with Shi. Meanwhile, Chiang runs into his ex-girlfriend Nancy (Bonnie Fu Yuk-ching). When Nancy witnesses a gangland hit, she and everyone around her are threatened by the mob.
Little Ko / Fox
Yun-Fat es un duro policía encargado de detener una operación de contrabando de armas y de encontrar al asesino de su compañero. John Woo continúa con su personal estilo de violencia casi poética y tiroteos con ritmo en un thriller que cuenta con numerosos seguidores, toda una cinta de culto dentro del cine de acción. En España se estrenó en el año 1995, resultando un fracaso en taquilla.
White Van Driver
John y Boomer son dos gemelos idénticos que fueron separados poco después de nacer, cuando el segundo fue raptado por un criminal y criado por una alcohólica. Años después, John vive en América y es un famoso músico clásico, mientras que su hermano es un mecánico a quien le apasionan las peleas y las carreras de coches. Los dos gemelos vuelven a encontrarse accidentalmente cuando John viaja a Hong Kong.
Martial Arts Choreographer
Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.
Director
A former cop who is also a Taoist is called to Hong Kong to help in the investigation of of a series of strange crime-related murders. Aided by two local cops, he runs afoul of an evil sorceress.
Martial Arts Choreographer
A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.
Cheung Yat Lui
A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.
Action Director
Two cops are partnered together and decide to protect two beautiful women who are actually rivals--one, a woman released from prison, the other, an actress who's been targeted for rape--while in search of escaped murderous convicts.
Martial Arts Choreographer
Dos monjes unen sus fuerzas para salvar el mundo del Armagedón. Deben detener a Ashura a toda costa, antes de que desate el caos que iniciará la destrucción total. Los dos monjes resultan ser hermanos perdidos. Unido por el destino, llegarán hasta Ashura, pero cuál no es su sorpresa al encontrarse con una agradable jovencita, guapa y amable que no parece albergar malas intenciones.. (FILMAFFINITY)
Action Director
The gorgeous Cherie Chung is a cursed bride in the hilarious romantic comedy 18 Times! Gigi (Cherie Chung) is a young woman with no shortage of potential husbands to choose from. The big problem: every single one of her husbands dies after becoming wealthy! As a result, Gigi is obscenely rich, but she can't seem to find a "Mr. Right" that won't die! Numbers one through seventeen all get shuffled off the mortal coil, making Gigi promise to never love again. But when charming Jack Wong (Kenny Bee) shows up, will Gigi risk love for the eighteenth time? Director Joe Cheung creates laughs and hijinks aplenty, and a full cast of Hong Kong cinema stars - including Teresa Carpio, Sing Fui On, and John Sham, Eric Tsang, and Lowell Lo as three of Gigi's doomed husbands - turn in hilarious, self-effacing performances. Cherie Chung and Kenny Bee risk his death for their love in 18 Times!
Action Director
Dos hermanos están introducidos en el mundo de las mafias chinas. Uno, el hermano menor, es incapaz de evitar los líos por su impetuoso temperamento. Por su parte, el hermano mayor, al enamorarse, decide abandonar el oscuro entorno en el que se mueve, pero antes tendrá que volver a ayudar a su hermano pequeño...
Two Hong Kong men must find a way to deal with their love lives: One with a much younger girlfriend and is admired by his co-worker, and one who is married to two hilarious, dictatorial and stubborn women.
Stunt Coordinator
Ho y Mark pertenecen a la mafia y Kit, el hermano pequeño de Ho, es policía. Después de realizar un trato que sale terriblemente mal, Ho es detenido por la policía y Kit queda totalmente perplejo al conocer su verdadera identidad. Tres años después, Ho sale de prisión y se encuentra con un hermano que no quiere saber nada de él y un jefe de la mafia que quiere volver a hundirlo. Por suerte, Mark Lee está para ayudarlo.
Lin's brother
Journey of the Doomed stars Tung Wei as a knight that finds himself protecting the life of a beautiful young lady being stalked by a bunch of assassins headed by kung-fu actress extraordinaire Hui Ying-hung. Tung Wei was the kid that Bruce Lee slaps on the head at the beginning of Enter The Dragon. He went on to kung-fu stardom before becoming a highly successful fight director for Jet Li and Jackie Chan.
Oxy
As part of a sociology experiment, Brigitte Lin tries to get lower-class playboy Alan Tam to fall in love with her. Not only does he fall for her, but he finds it impossible to return to his playboy life.
Kuei
This movie follows in the same spirit as Mr. Vampire, Dead and the deadly and Spooky encounters, mixing comedy and horror!
Martial Arts Choreographer
A housewife witnesses the depraved son of a wealthy businessmen killing a woman and testifies against him in court, triggering a chain of brutal revenge.
Ah Keung
A veteran and tough sheriff's wife has a gambling problem. He works both sides of the law. He gets teamed up with a young cop who he is told to take under his wing. They end up working together well and the young cop's martial arts skills are very useful.
Sei Lengjai
Un par de hermanos consiguen derrotar al matón que aterrorizaba la ciudad. En la celebración, la gente del pueblo se pregunta cuál de los dos es el mejor en artes marciales. Convertidos en rivales, ninguno de ellos está dispuesto a admitir que el otro es su igual. Pasan los años y la rivalidad entre los dos hermanos no ha desaparecido, y cada uno se ha montado su propia escuela de kungfú. Un día, un rico señor llega al pueblo acompañado por sus dos hijos. Decidido a que sus hijos estudien kungfú, coloca un hijo en cada escuela y promete regresar en dos años para poner a prueba sus conocimientos.
Chen Wan
When a Shaolin warlord is murdered the Emperor must discover where the evil lies amongst the warlords. Calling upon a young commander, he sends him on a quest to avenge the warlords death.
Shaolin, el príncipe rubio, se tiene que enfrentar con su primo y la banda de este, que quiere sacarlo de su reino. Shaolin y su ejército se ponen a buscar a su primo, y la lucha sangrienta se desarrolla a lo largo de la película, que tiene un final inesperado.
Martial Arts Choreographer
On his wedding night Mar Tien Lang, a prosperous businessman and instructor of 'The Magic Kick' technique, is attacked in his villa by the vilainous Fang Kang.
Fan Yu-Tang
On his wedding night Mar Tien Lang, a prosperous businessman and instructor of 'The Magic Kick' technique, is attacked in his villa by the vilainous Fang Kang.
Kao Pei Ching
Two hitmen arrive in a small town, each becoming aware of the other due to a mix-up over intended targets. One killer (Yi Chang) falls for a girl (Chung-Erh Lung) whose brother (Dong Wai) is in trouble. This leads Chang to investigate the employer of the other killer (Don Wong).
Martial Arts Choreographer
Life takes a turn for Chi Kwan Chun after he accepts a contract from the mysterious "Golden Mask". The "mark" turns out to be Chi's brother and after unwittingly …
Lee Shao Ying
Life takes a turn for Chi Kwan Chun after he accepts a contract from the mysterious "Golden Mask". The "mark" turns out to be Chi's brother and after unwittingly …
After seeing his father killed by the master of the Black Dragon gang, a man known only as Miracle sets about taking revenge on the entire gang.
Those rascally Shaolin monks are at it again, and this time they're tracking down some vitriolic villains who have heisted a sacred book. Throw in an evil prince, a flying guillotine, and manic martial hijinks, and you've got a potent mix for action.
General's son
El Gran Abad del Templo Shaolin envía a los Diez Hermanos, recién finalizados con su entrenamiento Shaolin, como escoltas a un Maestro Chu. El Maestro Chu ha estado viviendo en el Templo durante dos años esperando el momento adecuado para irse y renovar su lucha contra los Mings. El camino hacia la victoria está lleno de peligros: ¿pueden los Diez Hermanos guiar al Maestro Chu?
Lin Shao-Chang
A young couple in love is running away from her father, who is forcing her to marry her cousin, when they are confronted by the father and his henchmen. The suitor fights valiantly against the henchmen but is overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. Thinking that her father had killed him, the young woman, pregnant with her suitor's child, jumps off of a cliff to kill herself, but survives the fall and is taken in by a guardian tiger. Living with the tiger and raising her son, the woman sees her young son grow into manhood and he eventually decides to head back to his mother's village to find out what happened to his father and his grandfather.
Newsboy/Japanese
No End of Surprises is a Hong Kong Comedy Drama starring Jackie Chan.
captured pirate archer
A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinations of Japanese pirates and corrupt officials.
[Extra]
Después de que Lee Hsi (Fang Yeh) mata accidentalmente a una persona, se retira a un pequeño pueblo pensando en dejar de luchar para siempre. El pueblo está controlado completamente por un clan. El jefe Chan tiene como esbirro a un luchador gigante llamado Chiang Tai (Bolo Yeung), gracias al cual tiraniza a todo el poblado.
Bad Luck
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.
Danni's son [Uncredited]
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.
A washed-up action film star pursues a comeback to recover his fame only to disrupt his relationship with his daughter once again.
