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Upon discovering that his estranged twin brother Lok has died, Joe's investigation of Lok's troubled past sends him to the world of underground boxing, where he suspects the opponent killed Lok during a bout. Sorely Joe finds himself unleashing his own animalistic instincts as he comes face to face with his brother's possible killer.

To get back his wealth and reputation, young Shoichi (LIN Hoi) decided to make a plan for seeking buried treasure in the Philippines which is made during World War II while his Dad (Japanese military officer) was is charge to ask a Chinese coolie group to bury valuables like golds. He also knows the map is at two escaped guys both own half of it. Shoichi subsequently goes to the Philippines and PRC to get the map but in vain. The Chinese map portion is in the hands of an old guy taken care by young cop WANG Chin (Annie WU Sun-kwan). The old guy is being hurt by Shoichi while WANG started the investigation. Finally they find out the facts that the treasure contains Chinese national treasures. PRC Gov't decided to send WANG Chin and Dr. LI (MOK Siu-chung) to the Philippines to reclaim these treasures which led by a Philippine local guy (CHOW Man-kin). However, the whole treasure process is a nightmare .....

A newly married bride's blissful life is suddenly shattered when her home is invaded by a group of thieves who murder her husband and take turns sexually assaulting her. As the years pass and the police come up with no leads, she decides to turn herself into a living weapon and track down the men who destroyed her happiness.

사랑하는 사이인 유이와 메이는 고향인 만주를 그리워하며 소련에서 살고 있다. 우연히 일본 비밀집단 팔백용이 살인하는 장면을 목격한 유이는 살해의 위협을 받고, 팔백용의 보스는 조직을 보호하기 위해 그를 납치한다. 심한 충격으로 기억 상실증에 걸린 유이는 제일의 킬러로 훈련을 받은 후 암호명 자유인으로 홍콩에 온다. 한편 유이를 찾아 홍콩에 온 메이는 팔백용의 다음 목표가 된다. 자유인은 메이를 구출하지만, 그녀를 알아보지 못한다. 이 때 메이와 찍은 사진을 발견한 자유인은 기억을 찾기 위해 메이를 보호해준다. 조직을 떠나 만주로 떠나려던 자유인은 그를 막는 보스와 일본에서의 불꽃튀는 혈전 끝에 메이를 구하지만 끝내 기억을 되찾지는 못한다. 그러나 자유인 유이는 가슴깊이 사랑하는 메이와 함께 그들의 고향, 참된 자유의 삶을 찾아 길을 떠나는데...

Chiang May-Yin (Tu Kuei-Hua), is fired from her job as a waitress and, n the way home, she is terrorised by some thugs, raped and left unconscious on the roadside. After a series of confrontations, the leader of the gang, Ah-Chen (Lung Tien-Hsiang), kidnaps Chiang’s son. Chiang sets out for revenge.

Taiwanese horror.

홍콩에서 일본으로 도망간 테러범 이중청을 홍콩으로 인도하는 비행기 내에서 갑자기 나타난 테러범으로 인해 한바탕 소란이 일어난다. 하지만 이를 예상한 특수경찰 미셸과 마이클, 그리고 유우 창 등이 진압한다. 한편 이에 앙심을 품은 이중청 일당은 인터폴 소속의 유우 창의 가족에게 테러를 가해 아내와 딸을 사살한다. 결국 유우 창은 미셸을 미끼삼아 범인을 유인, 격렬한 총격전 끝에 결국 범인을 사살하지만 많은 희생자를 냈다는 이유로 미셸이 정직 처분을 당하게 되는데...

A woman, married off to a butcher who routinely abuses her, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and tradition in Taiwan.

HK crime film.

Qing I-ming springs into action to help his friend, who runs into danger while trying to deliver important government documents.

The plot centers on Little Lu (Sonny Yu) who tends horses for the local Shaolin temple, and wants to learn skills that will help him defeat some corrupt officials who want to destroy it. He has a couple of friends (one with no arms, the other with no legs) who help him train using some bronze mechanical horses in a secret room in the temple.

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery is based on a seminal wuxia novel that's been adapted for the screen numerous times throughout the history of Hong Kong martial arts cinema.

After the cession of Taiwan to Japan in 1895 by the Manchu government, people on the island staged a series of anti-Japanese revolts to oppose the tyrannical rule of the Japanese militarists.

University students in Taipei come under pressure when they are bullied by thugs and forced to enter a fight to the death karate tournament, where super kicker Hwang Jang Lee is the final opponent.

When he was a child, Champ Wang was adopted by a noble man, and as years went by, he fell in love with the man's daughter. After the girl's family was slaughtered, he hid the girl in a secret place and attempted to fine the murderers. During his chase, he killed some great fighters, and their families decide to contract killers in order to get rid of him.

Shaw legend Tony Liu Yung is the swashbuckling swordsman who takes on all odds. The Jade Hairpin is the only clue in a series of crimes that are carried out by the opera gang, a band of masked men of a poisonous family. Its weapon is a cunning plan of guts vs. skill and brains vs. survival in this epic!

A combination of God Of Gamblers and The Sting. Git is a young mechanic working for his uncle in a small garage. Git's cousin is tricked out of a large amount of money by a card sharp, and Git promises revenge. But the card sharp, called "Card Devil", works for the ruthless gang boss Kwok, and Git is also tricked. Having pledged the garage against the debt, Git desperately seeks the assistance of the one man who is up to the task of tricking the crooks, Ghost Eye.

Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering prostitutes. With the help of a young prostitute, they follow the bloody trail to...

After retreating from battle, a band of Mongolian soldiers take refuge in a cemetery where they are slaughtered by reanimated zombies from the netherworld. But the leader is possessed by the Devil and he levels an assault against a nearby Chinese village. Local monks cover themselves with writings from the sacred scriptures in an attempt to stop the marauding warlord and his ddemon army.

Inspector Chan is determined to crack a drug syndicate. He gets the goods on family man and drug addict/dealer Tam, and convinces him to become an informer. However, Tam betrays Chan and lets him down more than once. Chan persists with Tam, despite strong pressure from his skeptical superiors.

A young boy holds the secret to the coveted kung fu manual. A martial clan lead by Pai Ying hunt mercilessly for the book. Blind but not out, Lung Jun Er saves the boy and defeats the aggressors.

Flame hand wants to rule the martial world and test her skills, therefore she kills off many heroes, and Ice hand seeks to put an end to her. Family of slain heroes seeks revenge. A brilliant shapes film from 1978, plus the wheel chair fight is a must see.

The forces of good and evil clash in this martial-arts picture, as personified by warriors and overlords from the Orient's past.

A wealthy kung fu man with exceptional martial arts skills wanders the land fighting for justice.

This movie has a sword eating lama, a bell trap formation with big bell wielding belles, people dressed in multi-color ku klux klan outfits and Chen Sing.Set in the Ming Dynasty, an infamous pirate finds 72 martial arts experts from all over China to help him battle the imperial government. Includes breathtaking kung fu fighting and plenty of ninja action.

The setting for this tale is an inn where people come from all corners of China every 5 years to witness and participate in a prestigious horse race. However, the inn is also swarming with thieves and con-men looking to score. Angela Mao plays the innkeepers daughter and she sends the villains back to where they came from in a series of great fights. Angela Mao using the Snake fist is a must see.

A gang of tough swordswomen take over a fort in a small city. These women terrorise everyone, killing indiscriminately. Two heroes, one clad in white, one in black, are sought out by an aging hero and brought in to fight the swordswomen.

Set near the turn of the 18th-century in China, thirteen women train to become nuns after they are ravaged by bandits. A mastery of kung fu is required before the women finish their training and after they leave the temple the nuns head out for chop-socky 3-D action.

Shaw Legend Chang Yi teams up with Polly Shan Kwan (18 Bronzemen) in this costume epic. Chang Yi is the man to beat, and the line is long with challengers. One of the rarest and best kung fu movies. A true classic in martial arts movie history!

명나라 멸망시기에 왕조를 우롱하며 횡포를 일삼는 내시들이 있었으니 그의 우두머리는 악명 높은 「싸오 타이치」였다. 이들은 천왕의 동생「닝」태자가 숨어있는 황체사에 사병을 보내 태자를 무참히 죽인다. 이 비참한 광경을 목격한 의기 높은 쾌남아「탄」은 복수를 결심한다. 황체사에서 오랫동안 신비의 무예를 갈고 닦던「탄」은「닝」태자를 남몰래 존경하는 사이였고 13년 전「탄」의 가족도「싸오」의 모함에 재물로 잃어야 했던 과거를 갖은 사람이었다. 그는 복수의 여정에 오르는데...

A golden-masked clan master, who had killed many top fighters, was determined to acquire an invincible sword manual so as to rule the martial world. Hence, he pursued a swordsman who possessed the manual, but the latter managed to escape and discovered a cave whereby he met two martial arts masters who taught him the invincible sword skills...

A theft of a scroll from a kung fu-society leads to Pai Yu-Cheng getting accused for the theft and most avoid many attacks from heroes trying to regain the scroll.

Chiang plays a righteous character who helps an unjustly imprisoned swordsman accused of stealing. Together they break out of prison and serve notice to all the evil men in their lives that a new deadly duo is in town.

In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.

The General's daughter (Polly Kuan) teams up with the righteous leader of a poor band of salt traders (Pai Ying) to help smash the reign of terror over the town's folk by the army. A personal quest for revenge develops between the two heads of each side resulting in a bloody and bleak conclusion for all...

Turmoil outside the walls of the temple lead Cliff Lok to go there and find the answers to save his country from the Manchus. Nothing could prepare him for the tests and trials he will face inside the walls of Shaolin: martial monks, hidden chambers, and the 18 Bronzemen.

To gain control of a gold mine, the owner Ho Kwai-Shan is poisoned by the Lee family. His daughter Yu-Ling is staying with her uncle at his martial arts school and was due to return home. Just before she leaves, the masters son, Sha Yu-Lung, returns home to teach at his a fathers school. Sha is given the task of taking Yu-Ling home but she takes an instant disliking to him

A man trains in kung-fu to avenge the murder of his father

This rare swordplay team with top kung fu starlet Polly Shang Kwan and Pai Ying are on a mission to escort an official across a particularly treacherous and dangerous valley.

Patriot warriors battle the Manchu invaders hoping to one day restore the Ming.

A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinations of Japanese pirates and corrupt officials.

The year is 1366. The emperor makes a deal with a neighboring Manchu emperor, leading to a plot to frame patriotic General Shung in a court martial. Shung believes he will receive a fair trial and goes along willingly. But some of his supporters are not so trusting, and they shadow him on his journey to the palace & now the trouble really starts.

Shaw production

Chen is forced by his father to leave their home as evil plotters plan his death. On his journey he kills a man in hand-to-hand combat and then decides to find and help the man's family. When Chen arrives, he meets the dead man's two pretty daughters, now under the control of an evil war lord and his cruel gang. One by one, Chen takes them down until the big tournament, when he is forced to fight several skilled killers in a variety of martial arts styles. After winning the tournament, Chen takes on the big war lord himself in a fight to the death!

영춘각에서 일하는 여장부는 리 칸이 수행원들과 함께 이곳을 지나간다는 정보를 입수한다. 그녀의 네 명의 정예 협객과 함께 리 칸이 지닌 전쟁 지도를 빼앗기 위해 혈투를 벌인다. 영화의 전반부는 영춘각에 모인 인물에 대한 묘사와 분위기가 중심이 되고, 후반부는 객점과 모래 언덕에서 벌어지는 칼부림을 보여주고 있다. 이 영화는 호금전의 미학적 요소, 움직임과 미장센이 완벽하게 주제의식과 맞아 떨어졌다는 평가를 받았다. 협객, 우국지사 그리고 반역자 리 칸과 수행원들이 영춘각을 찾아온다. 그들은 살의가 흐르는 객점에서 결코 긴장을 풀 수 없다. 이어 피와 살육전이 벌어지면서 휴식을 취할 수 있는 곳에서 쉴 수 없는 검객의 존재나 객점은 삶의 덧없음으로 보여준다. 이와 같은 초우주적인 사고는 모래 언덕의 결투 장면에서도 나타난다. 객점이란 좁은 공간에서 허공을 날으며 싸우는 검객, 영웅들은 하나 같이 초인간적인 힘을 보여주었다. 그러나 무대가 객점에서 모래 사막으로 바뀌며 그 인간적인 존재와 칼부림은 자연 속의 하나의 점에 불과해진다. 이 싸움은 누가이기든 간에 인간의 권력과 욕망의 칼부림은 거대한 자연 앞에서 허무해진다. 호금전이 보여주는 자연과 인간이 조화롭지 못한 산수 풍경화는 현실에서 속되게 산다는 것에 대해 냉소를 담고 있는데, 이것은 세상살이를 초연하는 청풍한 중국의 철학과 무관하지 않다. 원나라 말경, 조정의 악덕 정치에 뜻잇는 청년들이반원복한의 공작을 펼친다. 그러나 배신자가 있어 뜻을 이루지 못한다.원나라 종친인 하남성 이찰한의 계략에 말려든 것이다. 간신히 목숨을건진 몇몇은 주원장 부대배치 지도를 가지고 영춘각으로 숨어든다. 사실영춘각은 원나라에 대항하기 위한 연락장소로 사용돼 왔었다. 이찰한은심복을 위장 잠입시켜 그 가막을 조사하고, 쌍방은 치열한 혈전을 벌이는데....

The Fei Long Society, under the administration of chiefs Lung Lin, Pei Fen, Chen Ying-Chieh and Lung's sister Lung Chu, enjoys high prestige. One day a swordsman, Hung Wei, comes to join them. Hung later gets admitted after impressing the other chiefs with his fine fighting ability. The society's sub-branches soon come under the attack of the Black Tiger Gang. The chiefs of Fei Long Society head off to the branches in an attempt to save the situation. In their absence, the Society's stronghold falls to Hung's hands. Chen and Lung are attacked by Hung and his men. Lung swears to bring Chen back to justice...

A cop seeks revenge on those who murdered his mother, and later kidnap his blind sister for prostitution.

Everybody wants the skin of Paul Chun ... Film released in French in VHS under the title Operation Black Belt

Hong Kong comedy directed by Li Han-Hsiang.

Golden Harvest kung-fu revenge tale, with some good guys taking on the owners of a brothel.

A martial artist who makes his living as a syndicate hit man finds himself the quarry of both the police and the mob.

Lok and his friends must flee to Thailand after accidentally killing their boss. They are treated almost as slaves by some thugs who hire them as fighters in rigged fights. At first, Lok accepts the conditions under which he has been forced to live, until finally the lion becomes vengeful and confronts the thugs.

고상, 옥영, 범위는 한국에서 5년간 합기도를 배우다가 일본인과 싸움이 붙어 중국으로 돌아온다. 세 사람은 창주에 합기도 도관을 설립하고 주변 무술 선배들에게 인사를 하러 다니다 일본인이 운영하는 흑웅도관을 조심하라는 말을 듣게 된다. 범위는 소림권의 소호와 술을 마시다 공짜 술을 먹고 여자를 희롱하는 흑웅무관 놈들을 혼내준다. 범위에게 앙심을 품은 흑웅무관 사람들이 찾아와 시비를 걸자 오해를 풀기 위해 고상은 흑웅무관에 인사를 하러 가지만 그 사이에 범위가 어시장에서 흑웅무관 녀석들을 죽이는 바람에 중상을 입고 돌아온다. 범위는 사형의 복수를 하려 하지만 인내하라는 사부님의 명 때문에 흑웅무관 사람들을 피해 몸을 숨긴다. 그러나 범위를 숨겨준 소호가 미행을 당해 소호와 범위 둘 다 흑웅무관 사람 손에 죽고 만다. 흑웅무관 관장은 옥영의 실력이 마음에 들어 합기도를 흡수 합병하려 하고 이에 옥영은 흑웅무관을 쑥대밭으로 만들고 사형과 함께 몸을 피한다. 도관에 흑웅무관 사람들이 있다는 소리를 들은 옥영은 도관으로 가 그들을 처리하고 서신을 받고 한국에서 찾아온 대사형을 만나 결판을 내기 위해 흑웅무관으로 향하는데...

A young woman determines to help a man who is being pursued by gangsters, so that she would have the pleasure of killing him herself as revenge for causing the death of her sister.

A young innocent woman is raped by a gang of five men. Years later the young woman has matured into a sophisticated lady and singer. The five guys have gone their separate ways, however one by one, she finds them and sets about her revenge.

An anthology of tales from Hong Kong.

It starts off well enough with some nice build-up in a sprawling deserted farm town (a nice backlot on a Taiwan location) as various motley characters show up at the town's only open establishment, a tavern/inn, with some evil doings in mind. When advance men for the title bandits show up to lay the groundwork for a raid, they round up all available hostages but one. That one is the film's lone hero (Chang Yi), whose motivation is simply stated—he's there to check up on family—but no one believes him. At the thirty-minute mark, he launches into an eight-minute battle with the two bandit chieftains, hand-to-hand with one (Sammo Hung) and swordplay with the other (an actor I didn't recognize). It's a well-staged brawl and it spreads all over the empty town.

A gangster thriller.

Choo died in South America and left a legacy of US Dollars two million to the younger daughter, Pei Fun, of his old friend Chang in Hongkong. The second beneficiary in the will, should Pei Fun die, was Nana, the young widow. Nana returned to Hongkong and conspired with her lover Johnny to wrest the fortune from the Chang family...

The plot has to do with a reign of terror conducted by a mysterious killer dubbed "Poison Dart," who is hitting all kinds of prominent people with poison darts.

Everyday when General Xiao and his men ride through the Imperial City, inhabitants have to scatter around in order to keep out of their path. One day when Lei plans to assassinate Xiao but gets hurt, another three fighters He, Jiao and Feng come out boldly to help him out. With the help of Zhu, a cook, He succeeds to escape whereas the other three are seized. Later on, He acquaints himself with the girl Gui. Along with another two girls, Hai and Jiang, these eight youngsters are the descendants of the late patriotic generals, who have been recently murdered. Gui suspects that Hai and Jiang are controlled by Xiao and sneaks into his manor. She meets the girls successfully, but she is seized. When Wan, Xiao's butler, urges his master to kill Hai and Jiang, Jiang overhears their conversation and tries to rescue all her friends. At last, the eight are united and try their best to fight against General Xiao and his men.

정치적으로 어지러웠던 명나라 말기, 벼슬에 뜻이 없는 선비 고성제는 초야에 묻혀 다른 이들의 초상화를 그려 주며 살고 있다. 그는 어느 날 우연히 폐가에 살고 있는 양낭자를 만나고 아름다운 그녀를 사랑하게 된다. 양낭자는 과거 충신의 후손으로 아버지가 역적으로 몰려 죽은 뒤에 가족들을 몰살하려는 조정의 무사들을 피해 도망 다니고 있는 중이다. 고성제는 양낭자 일행과 합류한 뒤 병법에서 응용한 여러 가지 계략을 세워 이들을 돕게 된다.

송 고종 10년 금나라 태자를 대파한 악비 장군은 중원 수복을 위해 도하를 준비한다. 이에 따라 호걸들이 일어나 합세하고, 백성들은 악비를 맞을 준비를 한다. 악비는 악정의 근원을 뿌리 뽑기 위해 육육을 간자로 심는데 발각되어 처형당한다. 그리고 간자 명단을 얻기 위해 육육의 가족에게도 추적의 손길이 다가온다. 큰 저항도 못하고 잡힌 세 사람은 일치단결하여 가족의 목숨을 희생하더라도 비밀을 지키려다 결국 어머니는 자해하고 남매도 처형되는데...

During the time of the Sung dynasty (roughly, around the 12th century), rebels in North China are fighting the Tartar invaders. A lady known as the Iron Mistress made a kind of Robin Hood career, from simply leading a bunch of thieves to become a local hero and a serious threat.

Brilliant Taiwan wuxia film Black Invitation directed by Chou Hsu Chiang. Living large in the Fuhu Shan region, Qiu San (Ma Ji) and his ruthless gang extort money from the local people by sending out black invitations listing how much the gang would like to "borrow". Those who hand over the money even a little late experience the gang's violent wrath. The Wan family is thrown into danger when...

Brilliant Taiwan wuxia film Black Invitation directed by Chou Hsu Chiang. Living large in the Fuhu Shan region, Qiu San (Ma Ji) and his ruthless gang extort money from the local people by sending out black invitations listing how much the gang would like to "borrow". Those who hand over the money even a little late experience the gang's violent wrath. The Wan family is thrown into danger when...

명나라 말기, 궁정의 실세인 환관 세력들은충신 우겸을 처형하고 그의 후손들을 용문 밖으로 추방한다. 그러나 환관들은 이에 그치지 않고 후손들을 암살하기 위해 자객을 보낸다. 우겸을 따르던 검객들은 이 사실을 알게 되고, 우겸의 아이들을 지키기 위해 용문에 있는 객잔으로 향하여 최후의 결전을 준비한다. 복원판으로 새롭게 만나는 호금전의 위대한 걸작.