One of the Four Kings w/ Long Axe
A marriage between nobles in Ancient China sets the stage for murder, monsters, and mutilation as the invited guests search for a secret hidden treasure. A search that leads them through dark evil forests, opulent palaces, and each other! When two sick and twisted killers enter the fray it is up to our hat wearing hero to straighten things out and put the warlords, henchmen, and evil ninja six feet under! But is he working for the law, or himself?
The Producer
The Chinese Stuntman was a Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li released in 1981. It is largely based around the Bruce Lee classic Enter The Dragon. Chang Wei (Li), a stuntman, is called to the secret island owned by the mysterious Fu Chi (Yun Wen Chang). Here he competes in a martial arts tournament to investigate the suspicious surroundings.
When Pan, a South China martial artist is defeated and killed by Tan, a North China challenger in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.
During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.
A troupe of comedians, including midgets, provide entertainment and kung fu trouble for the villains.
Beggars are being killed left and right to get their old leader to come out of hiding and face an old enemy. Meanwhile, young Wu Han Wei is being instructed by his blind grandfather to learn all six styles of the Butterfly technique. But when an old crazy beggar befriends the young student, his fate turns out to be intertwined with that of the fearsome Lu Din, a man with no arms or legs.
Those who enter the castle of Ching never return. Forced into slavery, every day becomes a punishing ritual down the Castle's secret gold mine. One worker, Kang, decides enough is enough, and tries but fails to abate the oppressive master Ching. For his efforts, and as a warning to others, Kang's hands are smashed, foiling any more attempts at rebellion. But Kang's determination to destroy the Castle and its keepers only increases, though with two useless hands he is left with just one chance - to learn the 'Heaven Legs' technique and face Ching in one last neck-breaking battle.
Dead Eye and his gang are terrorizing a small Chinese region. Chan Ling and his group of misfit friends take it upon themselves to stop evildoers by learning the Super Kung Fu style. Luckily for them, a mysterious stranger is also after Dead Eye.
Evil Ming dynasty eunuch bullies the emperor and forms a group of invincible kung fu fighters to defeat any competition.
After the Mantis Fist school attacks the Eagle's Claw school and leaves their teacher for dead, the dying master passes over his senior student, Chen Tien Chun, to anoint his second most senior pupil, Lee Cheh, as new master. Dejected, Chen joins the Mantis Fist school and wins the affection of his new master's daughter, while his former schoolmates plot revenge.
The Japanese are at it again but this time a hero stands in their way: Ching Yi!
Manchu Soldier
청나라 조정이 소림사를 불 질렀을 때, 채덕중, 마초흥, 방대홍, 이식개, 호덕제 다섯 명이 살아남았는데, 후세가 이들을 오조라 불렀다. 이들은 중원에 도착하자마자 적극적으로 반청 인사들과 연락하는데, 마초흥의 부주의로 행적이 노출되어 내부 첩자인 마복의에게 미행당하고 그를 믿었다가 감옥에 갇히는 신세가 된다. 이에 나머지 사조가 연천 부락의 촌장과 연합하여 동료를 구하던 와중에 촌장이 죽음을 맞는다. 이러한 상황에서 정의가 피가 끓어오르던 오조는 재차 반청 결의를 확고히 하고, 소림사로 돌아가 고된 수련을 이겨내면서 적을 무너뜨릴 무공을 연마하고, 결국에는 악당 모두를 섬멸하지만 애석하게도 방대홍과 이식개 두 명을 잃게 된다. 당시 홍콩 달러로 150만 이상의 수익을 벌어들이며 1974년 쇼브라더스 스튜디오의 최고 흥행작으로 등극하였던 작품. 소림을 배경으로 한 영화가 정점에 이르렀음을 보여주는 작품으로, 그 해 5대 흥행작 가운데 하나일 정도로 흥행에 성공을 거두었다. 제12회 대만 금마장 최우수 녹음상을 수상한 바 있는 이 작품은, 홍콩무협의 황금 콤비인 강대위와 적룡을 비롯, 부성과 척관군이 주연해 현란한 쿵푸 실력을 선사하고 있다.
Blackie Ko is framed for murder and rape by a corrupt mayor who wants to protect his wayward son, who was the real culprit of the crime. Enter undercover cop Tong Lung, who discovers the truth about the frame up. He, then frees Blackie and together they wage war on the mayor and his army of fighters.
Alan Tang is forced into a swirling dilemma between two antagonistic drug smugglers. Double crossed, he manages to emerge triumphant. See this kung fu extravaganza explodes in a bloody spectacle of wrath rage and vengeance as Bruce takes Dragon Town.
Stunt coordinator
Considered the first biopic of the legendary Bruce Lee, fact blurs with fiction in this low-budget, loose interpretation of the great martial arts expert's life starring Bruce Li, the most well known Lee impersonator. The film takes a look at Bruce's humble beginnings as a paperboy to his rise in fame as a martial arts phenom, who later gets tangled up in a love affair with actress Betty Ting-Pei.
Flight Man takes place in Taiwan in 1933, when the country was under Japanese occupation after the First Sino-Japanese War. The Taiwanese people have signed a petition to have the Japanese establish a Taiwan council, but instead this merely provokes the Japanese police to hunt down and round up everyone who signed the petition.
Japanese Thug
Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.
A great Kung Fu expert is murdered by a gang of thugs who are accompanied by a Japanese warlord. The Kung Fu experts young son is also attacked by the thugs and turned into a mute. 10 years later, the boy, now a young man, goes after the men who slaughtered his family.
