Ching Miao

Ching Miao

Nascimento : 1913-03-15, Shandong, China

Morte : 1989-01-01

História

Ching Miao (Chinese: 井淼, March 15, 1913 – 1989) was a Taiwanese actor born in Shandong, China. He had appeared in over 190 films, mostly in Hong Kong for the Shaw Brothers Studio. He won the Best Supporting Actor for Golden Horse Awards twice, for Between Tears and Smiles (1964) and Too Late for Love (1967) respectively. Actress Ching Li is his daughter.

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Ching Miao
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Discípulos da Câmara 36
Fong De
Fong Sai Yuk é um jovem encrenqueiro incorrigível, que graças as suas habilidades nas artes marciais é praticamente invencível. Seus pais e professores, não conseguem discipliná-lo e ele vive se metendo em confusões. Até que um dia ele arruma encrenca com pessoas poderosas e é condenado pelos governantes a decapitação. Sua família consegue em segredo, manda-lo juntamente com seus irmãos para o Templo de Shaolin e assim salvar sua vida. No Templo, o monge San Te submete-o aos mais rigorosos treinamentos buscando discipliná-lo, mas Fong Sai Yuk arruma mais confusão do que antes, colocando em risco a segurança de todos os discípulos do templo.
Secret Service Of The Imperial Court
Official Li
No tempo da dinastia havia um sistema de espionagem criado pelos imperadores cuja tarefa era acabar com rebeliões, matar os traidores e defender a justiça. Zhao Bufu (Leung Kar-Yan), era um dos influentes agentes do serviço secreto da corte imperial que acreditava na justiça, mas devido à própria incompetência do imperador Ying Zhong, o Eunuco Wang Zhen (Tony Liu) assume o poder através do decreto imperial e começa a provocar todo tipo de desmandos ordenando a morte de diversos oficiais inocentes. Isso fará Zhao Bufu se rebelar com todas essas injustiças praticadas e não cumprir as ordens imperiais para matar, com isso, ele é considerado traidor pela corte, e terá que lutar com toda a guarda e seu próprio Clã para salvar sua vida e a própria família.
The Supreme Swordsman
Black Magic clan leader
A rampaging swordsman slices and dices his way across China on a bloody mission to cut down every warrior in his way, and claim the blade of the legendary Supreme Swordsman in this Shaw Brothers classic starring Derek Yee and Jason Pai Piao, and directed by Keith Li Baak Ling. But when the son of a slain sword maker emerges as an unexpected challenger, the ruthless killer realizes that he may have finally met his match.
Lust for Love of a Chinese Courtesan
Mr. Lee
Former wife of Chow Yun Fat, Candice Yu On-on stars in this gauzy softcore flick directed by Chor Yuen. Chun (Yu) is a high-class society woman who secretly dabbles in every sort of vice, from arranging murder to kidnapping young girls to serve as sex slaves for her brothel. One such lass is the beautiful Ai-nu, who manages to fight her way out of getting gang raped by Chun's minion. When she is recaptured, she promptly kills one of her first customers. Ai-nu's spunk intrigues Chun, prompting her to not only cover up the lass' crime but also seduce her as well. Detective Ling Yun (Alex Man Chi-leung) soon suspects something is amiss and begins investigating Chun's brothel over the objections of his superiors. When Ai-nu falls for Yun, Chun orders her lackey/lover Yeh to kill him. Instead, he tries to seduce Ai-nu himself. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
Pituitary Hunter
Someone's on a pituitary gland binge. Pituitary glands first go missing from corpses and the criminal theft escalates to living people..
Opium and the Kung Fu Master
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!
Descendant of the Sun
Shue Sang's foster-father
Celebrated director Chu Yuan helms "Descendant Of The Sun", a Superman meets Hercules a la old style martial art film. Derek Yee is a magic solar baby sent Earthbound by a benevolent god, raised by an old carpenter, has martial art superpowers and "green kryptonite" loses them during solar eclipses. That's when the evil baby counterpart shows up. Demon-paced martial arts action by Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates Yuan Pin and Yuen Hua compliments Toho Studio style special optical effects.
The Lost Generation
Ah Wong
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.
Shaolin & Wu Tang
Wu Tang Chief Wo-Tao
Master Liu and Master Law are rival masters of Shaolin style kung fu, and Wudang style sword fighting, running schools in the same city. Their top students, Chao Fung-wu, and Hung Jun-kit, are actually close friends. After observing the two students fighting at a brothel, the Lord determines that the two styles are dangerous, and he must learn both.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Father Kuo / Kwok's father
This is an extremely rare example of science fiction, Hong Kong style, but, fittingly, it's unlike any sci-fi flick you've ever seen. Alien abductions, suicide pacts, superstardom, and the reality of science fiction itself is spotlighted in this bright, crazy, truly out of this world epic -- one of the more unusual movies in the Hong Kong cinema of the early 1980s. And if you know 80's Hong Kong cinema at all, you know that's really saying something!
The Lady Assassin
Emperor
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.
The Enchantress
Tian Kui
Max Mok is the dashing young swordsman Feng Xiwu who arrives at a beautiful, but deadly location known as Moonlit Sky to investigate rumors of deaths and disappearances there.
Mercenaries from Hong Kong
He Feng
Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task which consists of who's who of the Shaw Brother's action stars (Lo Lieh, Johnny Wang Lung Wei, Wong Yue, Chan Wei Man and comedy relief Nat Chan). However once they arrived for the mission nothing is what it seems with the standard plot-twists and turns as we find out who's the traitor among the group.
O Lutador Rebelde
Village elder
Chang Siu Tai ( Alexander Fu Sheng ) é um jovem brincalhão que vive brigando com seu autoritário pai, o repeitado Mestre Chang Tak Tai ( Guk Fung). Ao invés de ajudá-lo em sua famosa clinica, Siu está mais preocupado em passar o tempo com seus amigos e flertando com as garotas. Porém, esse comportamento frívolo é logo colocado de lado quando um grupo de estrangeiros gananciosos mostra interesse por uma valiosa relíquia que está no templo do vilarejo. Para impedir que eles coloquem as mãos no precioso tesouro, Siu se levanta contra os arrogantes recém-chegados. Mas, eles não irão aceitar um "não" como resposta e Siu é emboscado por uma gangue de ninjas assassinos com a missão de " eliminar " o problema. isto o força a tomar seriamente as responsabilidades da familia em suas mãos, e esperando muita ação, marcha para o covil dos bandidos para resolver o assunto em um espetacular e terrivel combate contra os ninjas.
Golpes de Buda
Patriarch of Liu family
Um recluso mestre cego resolve treinar um jovem em sua lendária técnica da Palma do Buda, que resolve vingar seu mentor enfrentando cinco lutadores que o cegaram.
Human Lanterns
Guest at Fu's Banquet
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman
8th Prince
Chu Liu-hsiang, the charming, capable, and, yes, sentimental, swordsman is back in action for this extremely well-named third in the hit box-office series. The titanic team of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung wisely choose to give their hero a whole new, non-stop, cliffhanger-fraught adventure featuring a mystery swordsman, a sensual swordswoman, an imperial assassin, a Ghost Mansion, the Bat Island, a booby-trapped tunnel, double crosses, and secret missions. And there are no fewer than three martial arts choreographers on hand to guide the amazing mayhem.
Passing Flickers
Dr Zhao
The main characters - the arrogant, harassed director, the sexy starlet, or naïve actors are familiar enough stereotypes. Along the way however, there is some fun to be had as more humorous incidents occur on the sound stage, together with dashes of nudity. Some of the events are presumably inspired by real life experiences, others have a distinct air of wishful fabrication. The over-the-top Kung Fu star, deserted by director and crew as he goes through his pointless extended routine, for instance. Or the action heroes, sweating in furs while they dutifully munch through their meal scene, 'snow' falling outside in studio land.
Tiger Killer
Xiaofeng's grandfather
TIGER KILLER (1982) is a straightforward adaptation of one story from the sprawling Chinese literary epic, "The Water Margin." It tells the tale of Wu Song, who slays a man-eating tiger preying on farmers and villagers and becomes the hero of the province, getting appointed as a constable by the local magistrate. He is reunited with his older brother, the short, disfigured Wu the Elder, a peddler of buns, who invites Wu Song to move in with him and his new wife. The wife, Golden Lotus, is an attractive young former maid who had been forced to marry Wu the Elder as punishment for getting caught in bed with her master by the master's wife. She takes a liking to the handsome, strong Wu Song, who rebuffs her attempts to seduce him. When Wu Song is sent on a long journey, the wife begins an affair with a rich local merchant. When Wu Song returns from his mission, he is met with shocking news which sets off a series of violent acts of retribution.
Ambitious Kung Fu Girl
Tian Bai Shi
Spoiled Yuen Si Si, the naive daughter of an affluent merchant, lives her cosseted life dreaming of meeting her idol, the heroic Qin Ge. When her father decides to marry her off, she runs away in search of Qin Ge, with her fiancee in pursuit. What she doesn't realise though is that her kung-fu skills are not what she thinks they are and that the outside world is far less chivalrous that she expected.
Bloody Parrot
Prince of Dian
An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who has nothing to do with the theft investigates and is led on the trail of the supernatural "Bloody Parrot". This leads to the "Parrot Brothel" and the star prostitute who walks around half naked. Strange things happen including a demonic possession, witches casting poison spells, disgusting autopsies and numerous sword fights. Then a dead constable turns into a vampire! This is all in the first 30 minutes!
Bewitched
Judge
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
O Clube das Artes Marciais
Watches the lion dance
Três escolas de artes marciais estão em uma grande disputa para eleger quem é a melhor dentre elas. Uma delas, semeando discórdia e traição entre seus participantes, tenta desacreditar as outras duas provocando o caos para o mestre Huang. Enquanto isso, seu filho Wong Fei-Hung e seu amigo Ynlin passam o tempo tentando, sem conseguir nenhum sucesso, se passar por mestres do Kung-Fu. Até mesmo após serem humilhados por um verdadeiro instrutor das artes marciais, os dois não desistem e continuam tentando. Porém, graças a um acidente, Yinlin é seriamente ferido por Shan, um mestre de Kung-Fu da escola Jing Wu do norte. E, quando ele tem as pernas quebradas pelos capangas de Shan, tem início um dos mais genuínos clássicos do Kung-Fu já produzidos, onde as emoções e a adrenalina estão a toda velocidade.
The Emperor and His Brother
Governor
O Imperador Qianlong não é o legítimo sucessor do trono, pois desde o nascimento ele foi trocado com a filha recém-nascida do Imperador Yongzheng. Ele aprende a verdade quando dois membros mais antigos da Sociedade da Flor Vermelha, uma organização secreta anti-governo subversiva, contatam-no anos depois, esperando que o imperador os ajude a afastar os manchus.
Revenge of the Corpse
Mr. Cui
A story of a coffin maker who tells a story about a policeman who was murdered by his wife and her lover. Eventually released constable loose of some grave robbers, the constables ghost is out to make the lives of all those involved in his death miserable. (A Shaw Brothers production)
The Tiger and the Widow
Fifth Lord
The movie is about an illegal salt smuggling ring run by Tanny and her male partner, who spend most of the movie arguing which one of them is going to sacrifice him/herself and surrender to the police.
O Retorno do Espadachim Sentimental
Bai Xiao Sheng
Li Xunhuan comes back to his home after three years of wandering. He had decided to have a normal life, but a group of skilled martial arts 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.
The Duel of the Century
Li Yianbei
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.
Bat without Wings
Shangguan Wangsun
When a notorious fiend known as the "Bat Without Wings" returns to his small village after a five-year absence and kidnaps a young maiden, it's up to her family and a resourceful swordsmen to brave the horrors of the underworld to bring her back home alive.
Heroes Shed No Tears
Kao Chien Fei's Master
Kao is given a mission by his elderly master to take a cursed sword and solve petty squabbles between skilled martial masters.
The Master
Huang Lao Liu
Although injured, a martial-arts expert teaches an orphan his methods.
Haunted Tales
Doctor
1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take her with him. 2. A caretaker wins the lottery thanks to the saucer spirit. Things begin to go wrong when he breaks his promise to it.
O Assassino da Corrente de Ferro
Boss Lan Fei/Black Leopard
Na China do inicio do século XX, um andarilho chamado Teng Piao, procura por um misterioso homem chamado Lam Fei, responsável por sua condenação de 15 anos de prisão por um crime que não cometeu. Teng, logo conhece Shang Lin, uma bela mulher que perdeu o marido coincidentemente há 15 anos e que também investiga o paradeiro de Lam. Ao mesmo tempo surge o Sr. Tu, um mestre das facas que passa a fazer muitas perguntas pela cidade. Todas essas buscas passam a incomodar o Sr. Cho, chefão da máfia local, que em resposta a toda essa atividade convoca o grupo conhecido como "Os Sete Guerreiros Invencíveis" formado por lutadores lendários, para intimidar Teng Piao e seus novos aliados. Armado somente com uma poderosa corrente de ferro e sem saber em quem confiar, Teng, corre para encontrar seu verdadeiro inimigo entre vários combates sangrentos e chocantes reviravoltas.
Heaven and Hell
Judge of Hell
Actors David Chaing and Alexander Fu Sheng join director Chang Cheh and the rest of the Five Deadly Venoms crew for a supernatural martial arts epic that takes the action to another plane of reality entirely. When a fallen angel descends to the Earth on a mission to storm the underworld, a love shared between angels and humans offers telling testament to the power of a lucky ghost. In the battle that follows, both the living and the dead will discover that a war waged in hell could have consequences that resound forever
O Clã do Lotus Branco
Paper shop boss
Quando o Imperador suspende a proibição sobre o Templo de Shaolin e concede liberdade aos discípulos que foram presos, os membros do Clã de Lotus Branco não se conformam e enfurecidos buscam vingança, principalmente contra Hu Ha-piao e Hung Weí-ting que haviam matado seu antigo líder, o impiedoso e renegado Pai Mei. O novo líder do Clã, embora com aparência idêntica, é mais poderoso que seu antecessor e faz várias emboscadas onde os seguidores de Shaolin e todos aqueles que trabalham na reconstrução do templo são assassinados, inclusive Hu Ah-piao e sua mulher. Agora Hung Wei-ting terá que aprender novas técnicas de luta para tentar derrotar seu poderoso inimigo.
Return of the Dead
Police chief
Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
Ho, O Sujo
Art admirer
Ho (Wong Yu) é um impetuoso ladrão de jóias que acredita ser muito esperto. Wang (Gordon Liu) é um príncipe disfarçado, mestre nas artes marciais, que passa seu tempo admirando arte, colecionando antiguidades e degustando vinhos. Quando os dois se encontram, Wang percebe o grande potencial de Ho e arma um plano para que ele tenha que servi-lo sem revelar sua verdadeira identidade. As coisas se complicam quando o irmão mais velho de Wang, temendo ser preterido como novo imperador, manda o impiedoso general Liang (Lo Lieh) assassiná-lo. Liang envia vários assassinos que são derrotados por Wang que acaba sendo ferido. Para escapar de Liang, Wang necessita voltar para o palácio do imperador e para isso vai precisar revelar sua verdadeira identidade para Ho e contar com sua ajuda. Juntos eles terão que enfrentar muitos perigos em sua jornada. Dirty Ho é mais um filme onde o consagrado diretor Lau Kar-leung mostra todo seu talento na criação de incríveis coreografias de lutas
The Proud Twins
Dr. Wan Chuen Liu
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.
O Monge de Shaolin
Mr. Li
O Templo Shaolin tem sido um dos redutos de oposição ao governo Ching, mas os Chings controlam o exército e proibiram o porte e a fabricação de armas de fogo, o que torna a resistência quase impossível. O Abade de Shaolin envia o Monge Chi San (David Chiang) para aprender novos estilos de luta e obter os desenhos das armas ditas modernas na esperança de conseguir lutar contra os Chings. Durante a ausência do Monge Chi San, o Templo Shaolin é atacado e destruído pelo exército Ching. Agora armado com seu novo estilo de luta e os planos para a fabricação de armas, Chi San faz um juramento de reconstrução do Templo Shaolin e de vingança contra os Chings.
O Instrutor da Morte
Zhou Zhen Xian
Em uma pequena cideda dominada e literalmente dividida por dois clãs rivais surge Wong Yang (Ti Lung), o melhor Instrutor de Kung Fu da região, contratado pelo chefe da criminosa familia Mong (Guk Fung)para treinar seus guerreiros e ajudar a eliminar seus terriveis Chows. Wong, como um homem de fortes princípios, logo se recusa a prosseguir com o treinamento dos bandidos, mas acaba cedendo depois que Mong o incrimina por assassinato. Desiludido, Wong passa a ensinar Kung Fu aos membros do clã de Mong e logo conhece o jovem Chow Ping (Wong Yue), membro da familia rival, que passa a treinar secretamente até que é descoberto e capturado pelos Mongs, o que força Wong Yang a finalmente reagir com força total.
Murder Plot
Li Chang Chun
Director Chu Yuan was already famous for his many collaborations with respected novelist Ku Lung and for his introduction of detective thriller ingredients into the martial arts movie genre. But this production was made even more special by the rare presence of superstar David Chiang. Here he gives another great performance as kung-fu knight Shen Lang, who stumbles across grave robbers while on the trail of a martial arts mass murderer. There's intrigue, betrayals, and battles galore before the last plot is revealed and the final murderer is defeated.
The Last Judgement
Judge
Most of the Liang family are murdered by Ling Guixing and the surviving son Liang Tianlai (Ng Wai-Kwok) wows to bring him to justice. Fighting against corruption in several courts, his only main witness is beggar Afeng but as Ling has people around him willing to bribe and murder, soon Liang is left alone. All up until he meets what seems like the last upstanding official...
Os Combatentes de Shaolin
Magistrate
Dois amigos que querem ser heróis se juntam a uma luta contra o chefe da milícia Ching e seus alunos corruptos. Eles conseguem ajuda de um aluno de Kung Fu e também de um rebelde. Mas sua glória vai realmente acontecer quando eles casualmente salvam o famoso herói "Hung Si Quan" que está sendo caçado pelos Chings que pretendem matá-lo a qualquer custo.
Full Moon Scimitar
Tung Fang Bu Bai
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.
The Boxer from the Temple
Mr Yin Chun Bong
Complex plots? This director didn't want them. Expensive, famous stars? Didn't need them. Glorious sets and costumes? He could take them or leave them. With his choreographer Hsu Hsia, John Lo Mar liked making lean, mean, fighting movies, and fans rejoiced. Here Wu Yuan-chin stars as "the Kid," a monk whose education in the aptly named "Crazy Lo Han Fist" finds him battling a cruel bandit's son and befriending an abused prostitute. From then on, it's one fight after another in another John Lo Mar martial arts marvel.
Heróis do Oriente
Ho To's father
Ah To, um exímio lutador de Kung-Fu é forçado por seu pai a aceitar um casamento arranjado. A noiva é a bela e temperamental Kuda, uma jovem japonesa. Logo ele descobre que ela é mestra em artes marciais japoneses, as quais insiste serem superiores as chinesas. Tal comportamento leva o casal a vários conflitos, que culminam com Ah To tendo que enfrentar sete mestres das artes marciais que chegam do Japão e o desafiam para provar a superioridade de seus astros de luta. Novamente o grande mestre Lau Kar-leung nos brinda com um grande clássico, onde apoiado por um elenco de primeira, mostra os vários estilos das artes marciais chinesas e japonesas.
Combate Mortal
Master Li Jing Ying
Um rico especialista em kung fu, que se tornou amargo e malvado com o assassinato de sua esposa e a perda das mãos de seu filho, intimida uma cidade por meio do terror e da força. Eles encontram prazer e satisfação incapacitando aqueles que tropeçam em seu caminho. Quatro dos aleijados, um vendedor ambulante cego, um ferreiro mudo e surdo, um errante que perde as pernas e um lutador que perde a sanidade, unem-se para usar suas deficiências da melhor maneira possível. Os quatro são testados repetidamente e demonstram seus pontos fortes e habilidades.
Shaolin Invencível
Master Zhu Ming
Por causa de suas crescentes influências na população, os monges shaolins se tornaram uma ameaça a Dinastia Ching. Um general Marchuriano urde um plano para por fima a essa ameaça. Realiza um torneio amistoso entre os shaolins do norte e do sul para escolher quem será o instrutor de kung fu do exército imperial. Durante o torneio, o general secretamente mata os representantes do sul e manda seus corpos para o templo, pondo a culpa nos shaolins do norte. Revoltado com os acontecimentos, o monge superior envia três novos discípulos especialmente treinados para enfrentar os shaolins do norte em busca de vingança. Após um grande e feroz confronto entre os shaolins, o plano do general é finalmente descoberto e os discípulos se unem para enfrentar os manchurianos num grande e espetacular combate final.
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
White Brow Eagle Yan Tin Jing
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!
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
White Brow Eagle Yan Tin Jing
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.
The Cunning Hustler
Shaw production
Legend of the Bat
Priest Tieshan / Zhi's father
Mais uma vez, seguimos o último playboy e mestre com a espada, Chu Liu Hsiang, e seu fiel amigo, Yi Tien Hung, em outra aventura incrível no sudeste da China. Desta vez, nossos heróis seguem para um lugar misterioso chamado Ilha dos Morcegos, enquanto encontram outros viajantes que estão indo para o mesmo lugar. Há rumores de que, se você puder pagar, qualquer um pode ficar com o que quiser nesta ilha. Quando eles finalmente chegam à Ilha dos Morcegos, a loucura realmente começa.
Garras de Louva-a-Deus
Wai Jing Yuan / Wai Fung's Father
O imperador dá uma importante missão a Wei Fung: se infiltrar como espião no Clã Tien, que é suspeito de apoiar os revolucionários leais a dinastia Ming. Para isso ele se torna professor da jovem Chi, neta do chefe do Clã Tien e os dois acabam se apaixonando. Wei descobre que o clã lidera os revolucionários ao mesmo tempo em que sua verdadeira identidade é descoberta por eles. Wei e Chi lutam para escapar, mas durante a fuga, a jovem é morta pela sua própria família. Inconformado, Wei busca refúgio numa floresta onde aprende o estilo mortal do Louva-a-deus. Quando domina o novo estilo do Kung-Fu, Wei volta à casa do Clã Tien para se vingar...
The Proud Youth
Leng Ruojun
Sun Chung had made a name for himself directing satirical comedies and modern day crime thrillers when he started exploring the kung-fu genre with this fascinating tale which mixes music and martial arts. Revered choreographer Tang Chia leads a great action cast in a tale of conflicting clans and a mysterious song called "The Proud One" which leads to slowly blossoming love as well as sudden death.
O Clã das Amazonas
One of Lu's friends
O Bandido do Bordado está roubando tesouros enquanto cega suas vítimas. O herói Liu Xiaofeng é chamado para resolver o mistério. As evidências apontam para o Clã dos Sapatos Vermelhos, composto apenas por mulheres, mas as aparências enganam.
A Guilhotina Voadora 2
Tibet Lama Koupin
As terríveis Guilhotinas Voadoras estão de volta e agora mais mortais do que nunca. Para derrotar o sangrento Guarda-Chuva de aço criado pelo fugitivo Ma Teng e eliminar um bando de guerreiros rebeldes que planeja assassiná-lo, o imperador Yung cria uma nova versão ainda mais mortal das Guilhotinas Voadoras e treina um esquadrão de perigosas amazonas lideradas por Nan Lan, que secretamente também organiza uma conspiração para assassiná-lo.
Pursuit of Vengeance
Xue Bin
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 Call Girls
Dr. Yun
Exploitation film about prostitution.
The Sentimental Swordsman
Shaolin Abbot
Due to his own extreme ideals, famed swordsman Li has lost everyone dear to him. After his life is saved by a rival swordsman, Li's overwhelming pride means he forsakes the woman he loves and lets her marry his saviour. Li's only comfort is alcohol and the simple life he has now accepted. On one such journey, the lonely swordsman befriends the exceptionally skilled, yet secretive Fei who has his own pressures to contend with. The person behind Li's troubles proves to be elusive, though all the clues seem to point to the legendary 'Plum Blossom Bandit', a disguised figure whose identity has long proved elusive to the martial world.
Judgement of an Assassin
Ge Ying
Sun Chung was already a valued comedy, romance, and modern crime filmmaker, when, through this tale of the 100 Poison Clique's obsessive ambition to destroy all rivals, he started bringing morality and motivation to martial arts movies like never before. Kung-fu superstar David Chiang and prominent choreographer Tang Chia lead the cast in a bloody clan clash centered on the trial of an admitted mass murderer and serial rapist. It was just the beginning of Sun Chung's exploration in emotion.
Death Duel
Keeper Shih Wang-Sun
The Third Master is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and strength bring armies of challengers to his door, seeking the title for themselves. Not to be defeated, the Third Master fights evil, saves damsels in distress, and duels rival swordsmen to the death.
Fangs of the Cobra
Tang Quan Kang
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.
The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung
Chief Editor Ji Xiao-Lan
Emperor Chien Lung uses disguises to experience life among his subjects.
O Tigre de Jade
Zhao Jian
A História relata a luta entre duas Clãs Dafeng e Tang compostos de amor, traição, vingança e ódio. Zhao Wusi teve seu pai o chefe do Clã Dafeng assassinado na festa do seu casamento, ele resolve vingar a morte do pai partindo à procura do assassino e destruir o Clã rival responsável pela tragédia, para isso resolve infiltrar-se como membro do seu próprio Clã inimigo.
Deadly Angels
Three female detectives - from Hong Kong, Korea and Singapore - go undercover in a cabaret to expose a murderer.
The Mad Monk
Qin
Li's The Mad Monk consists of four stories that see the roaming monk save a mother and daughter from the brink of death and a young man from the hands of unscrupulous debtors. Ji Gong also deals mischievous justice on robbers and corrupt officials.
A Aranha Gigante Contra o Kung Fu
Priest Tian Suan
It's back to the Shaolin Monastery for one of the most unusual action-paced tales to invade its hallowed halls. Lo Lieh is the ringleader of the Snake Sect, intent on reviving a deadly faction known as the "Five Poison Web." In order to do so, he has an affair with the sexy ringleader of the Scorpion Sect, Angela Yu Chien. However, there is also the Centipede Sect to contend with, as well as other assorted martial artists, among them played by Shaw Brothers talents Yueh Hua, Ching Li, and Lily Li.
The Snake Prince
Village Head
Snake Prince (Ti Lung) is wandering with his snake buddies when he happens upon a beautiful maiden (Lin Chen-Chi) singing a prayer for rain. The song soon turns into a funky dance with the whole drought-blighted village, so the prince and his pals assume human form and join the party. The prince is so smitten with the maiden that he offers to share the snakes' river with the village if he can marry her. The villagers aren't too fond on the idea of marrying off their No. 1 babe to a snake, prince or no, but they really do need that water. (MrBooth/HKMDB)
Brotherhood
Zhang Lao-Hai
Liao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelery store. Subsequently the three other gang members die, and their gold haul goes missing. Liao Jiang and his new gang member Huge Eyes are then forced to turn to a triad gang to help get back their gold from a rival group.
Emperor Chien Lung
Prime Minister Lau Yung
Emperor Chien Lung, bored with imperial traditions, disguises himself as a commoner to experience a different side of life.
Clãs de Assassinos
Hsien Lung / Helmsman of Lung Men Soc
Dois clãs competem pela dominação do mundo das artes marciais nesse clássico de lutas, espadas e intrigas politicas. Um conto de traições e trapaças. "Clãs de Assassinos" deixa o espectador aflito, tentando adivinhar o que acontecerá em seguida.
The Last Tempest
Minister Rong Lu
Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectively is overshadowed by the ever-present power of the Dowager Empress. When his attempts to reform the Imperial system are thwarted by the Dowager Empress, he attempts to curb her power. His efforts are not successful, and this failure leads directly to his own death and the end of Imperial rule in China. The Dowager Empress, though, ends her days comfortably and in peace.
Love Lock
Bank boss
Li Ching, Szu Wei and Tsung Hua in an eternal romantic triangle in which a girl has to choose between two men: a poor but upright lad who will marry her for love or a handsome suitor who is after her father's money.
The Empress Dowager
Official Yung Lu
This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to the screen in this memorable epic.
It's All in the Family
Family head
Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.
Kidnap
Wang Hsi Jen
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....
Os 5 Implacáveis
Head of Feng family
A equipe do campeão de kung-fu da vida real Chen Kuan-tai e do diretor Pao Hsueh-li foi sensacional, resultando em sucessos clássicos como "The Boxer From Shantung", "Man Of Iron" e "Iron Bodyguard". Esta poderosa saga é uma das últimas juntos, bem como uma das mais arrebatadoras. Ele fala sobre a batalha entre um usurpador do trono e os patriotas, liderados por Chen, que apóia um governador de Yunnan logo após a revolução. Um poderoso executivo quer controlar o estado, todavia deve assumir o o trono do Imperador, contudo para que isso aconteça ele deve tirar um famoso general de seu caminho. Porém, entre ele e o general existe um bando de cinco guerreiros desajustados, liderados por um artista marcial, determinado a levar o oficial para a proteção de um distante consulado Britânico. Uma longa e perigosa jornada se inicia, com duelos violentos contra homens do usurpador e a interferência de espiões japoneses, em mais uma grande aventura de Artes Marciais.
Young Passion
A romantic melodrama about an affair between a 16-year-old boy and a neglected wife.
Sinful Confession
Speaker/Brothel customer
Arguably the funniest of the four famous Hui brothers, Michael has a tour-de-force vehicle in this naughty little comedy playing four different characters, each one in a compromising situation. And the laughs do come big and hearty as Hui bounces his cheeky humour off a terrific large supporting cast including the sophisticated Hu-chin and the lovely Pai Hsiao-man. Keeping the Benny Hill-style hi-jinks afloat is stalwart Shaw director Li han-hsiang who manages to switch flawlessly between these cheeky flings and his period epics.
Sorrow of the Gentry
Yang De Zheng, the patriarch
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Cheeky Little Angels
Priest at wedding
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Rivals of Kung Fu
Boss Chou Li De
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.
Hong Kong 73
Wong Dor Kei
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.
Scandal
Treasury Commissioner Qian
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.
O Boxeador das Sombras
Master Jin
Chen Wo-Fu plays construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great as his pacifism. But when his girlfriend is raped by vicious gangsters, he shows everyone the true power and beauty of tai chi.
Onde o Sol Nunca Brilha
Wang's father
During a hold-up in the Wild West, Dakota kills a rich old Chinese man, Wang. Later, he is captured, sentenced, and is about to be hanged - and he never profitted from Wang's death, has he buried him with the photographs of his four widows, and a few worthless papers. Meanwhile, Ho comes to America in search of his uncle's fortune, and must get Dakota free, as he his the only man who can lead him to Wang's tomb. They open the tomb, retaking the pictures of Wang's widows. It happens he reads the papers and knows that Wang had one quarter of a map tattooed in each of his women's buttocks. Now, the difficult part will really start... Treasure hunt.
The House of 72 Tenants
Doctor Kim
Set during a period of depression, the film chronicles the daily lives of a single urban building split up into several separate units, and the actual people that dwell within.
The Villains
Master Fang
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Blood Brothers
Judge
Set in the waning years of the Ching Dyansty, this dramatic, tragic, romantic, blood-soaked martial arts tale of betrayal and revenge explores one of the most sensational scandals in Chinese history and marked the true ascension of its director and actors to superstar status. In fact, Ti Lung won Taiwan's Golden Horse Award for Outstanding Performance as the challenging role of a jealous provincial governor who kills his friend in order to steal the man's wife.
Call to Arms
Emperor Chin
The aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupies the put-upon Chao kingdom while the hero-filled Wei empire is paralysed by an indecisive ruler.
Stranger in Hong Kong
Tung San-Yeh
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.
O Espadachim Imperial
Fu Bing-Zhong
O filme retrata intrigas, conspirações e corrupção que acontecem na Corte Imperial Chinesa. O papel principal é do ator Chuan Yuan que nesse filme representa um dos nobres do império, Shu Pei-pei, atriz principal, é uma noiva relutante que tem suas raízes dentro do clã rebelde. Unidos por laços afetivos e contando com um grupo de lutadores de artes marciais que manuseiam diversos tipos de armas tentaram desvendar e acabar com a corrupção dentro do império. Será que nossos heróis saíram vivos dessa aventura.
The Warlord
Pang's step-father
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.
The Killer
Master Wang Hsin-Tien
Chiao Tzu Wei hires a killer under the premise that the local government (run by the local kung fu school) is corrupt and extorting the people of the town. The killer happens to be Hsieh Chun (aka Hsiao Hu) who left town ten years ago. (When Hsieh Chun opens up a suitcase full of knives, you know that there is going to be tons of killing!). Thinking that the local kung fu school is bad, he goes over there to fight them. There is some reuniting of lost friends and some love between two of them. The bad guys are constantly double crossing everyone and this leads to total mayhem and carnage. The final fight scene (which is actually several fight scenes going from one to the next) is incredible, especially the blood soaked finale between the evil Japanese leader of the opium ring and the two brothers.
As 14 Amazonas
Minister Wang Ching
Após a morte do patriarca em batalha e sem poder contar com o suporte do exército imperial, viúvas chinesas se unem para defender a sua terra de novos ataques, enquanto planejam uma vingança contra seus inimigos.
The Deadly Knives
Ogawa
Yan Zi Fei e Guan Yue Hua estão voltando para casa apaixonados e planejam contar a seus pais, mas assim que voltam descobrem que há um conflito entre as duas famílias. Guan Fun Lin está trabalhando com o Mestre Ogawa para ajudar os japoneses a tomar posse da floresta da família Yan - por meios justos ou não. Com o Mestre Yan se recusando a vender, Ogama continua sua trama, usando engano, traição e, em última instância, violência sangrenta para conseguir o que deseja.
The Devil's Mirror
Chief Wen
The Jiuxian Witch and her Bloody Ghouls Clan (somehow you just know that these aren’t the good guys) are planning domination of the Martial Arts world. Standing in their way are two clans who posses a magic mirror each. The two clans enjoy friendly relations, but when one mirror is stolen and the blame seems to rest with the other Clan, suspicions and tempers run high. It’s left to the young renegades from each Clan to find the true culprit or culprits, and to ease the tensions of their families. Not to mention ridding the world of the evil Jiuxian Witch.
The Water Margin
Master Tseng Chang Kuan
The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
Duelo de Punhos
Fan Ke's Father
Fan Ke, é um arquiteto de Hong Kong que viaja para Tailândia a pedido de seu pai moribundo e em busca de seu meio irmão perdido há muitos anos. As únicas pistas que ele têm é que seu irmão possui uma tatuagem no ombro e que ele hoje, é um lutador de Muay Thai. Se aventurando pelo mundo de Bangkok, fan ke fica amigo de Wen Li, um campeão agenciado por um desonesto promotor de lutas chamado Cannon e vence a luta, contrariando o desejo do promotor. O criminoso então captura um amigo de Wen Li para se vingar e acaba reunindo finalmente os dois irmãos, que resolvem enfrentar a organização de Quiang.
The Anonymous Heroes
Marshall Chin
A perennial Chang Cheh favorite, Anonymous Heroes focuses on two vagabond brothers, Meng Kang and Tieh who, in the search for fame and fortune, join in a rebellion against a provincial general. Used to shaking down local vendors for food and gambling away their limited funds, they are recruited by a local rebel leader who promises them a glorious adventure. The rebels plan is to steal a huge cache of new rifles set to be delivered to the barracks of the local army. With the help of an officer's daughter, their plan starts out well, but inevitably slips toward a heroic but tragic finale.
Redbeard
Huang San-Cheng
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The Man with Two Wives
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The Lady Professional
Fei Qingyan
Lily Ho as a deadly assassin becomes the target of murder herself
King Eagle
Deadly Fingers Wan Hau Ba
Reclusive hero Jin Fei, (Ti Lung) known as the King Eagle, inadvertently gets involved in the internal conflicts of the Tien Yi Tong sociaty, after he falls in love their 7th chief, Yuk Lin (Li Ching)
The Twelve Gold Medallions
Jin Yan Tang
Yueh desempenha um cavaleiro justo que esta tentando impedir que os invasores Chin destruiam o seu país, impedindo doze medalhões de ouro de alcançar General Yueh.
Heads For Sale
Hua Zhenfang
Esta história é sobre uma espadachim decapitante que não deixará nada ficar em seu caminho quando se apaixona pelo filho de um bandido. Chiao Chiao, que ficou famosa em Espadachim de um só braço, é a garota que não permite que ninharias como crânios a impeçam de libertar seu homem da prisão. O único vilão que consegue manter a cabeça (em todas as definições da frase) é Fan Mei-sheng.
The Golden Knight
Zhou Tung
Após o assassinato de seu pai nas mãos da organização Golden Knight, Yu Fei-Hsia é acusada de matar um membro do clã em vingança. Para provar sua inocência, ela precisa rastrear o verdadeiro assassino.
The Winged Tiger
Chief of Huashan
O famoso roteirista Chiang Shen tem a primeira chance de dirigir sua própria criação nesta película de ação eletrizante e intensa. Sua história retrata a busca de um manual deixado em duas partes pelo “Rei do Mundo Marcial” e que pode abalar o equilíbrio do mundo das Artes Marciais. Para recuperar as partes do manual o herói Guo Jiou Ru se habilita e promete se empenhar ao máximo para tentar resgatar as duas partes, mesmo sabendo que uma parte está em poder do “Rei do Submundo” e a outra nas mãos do famoso Deng Fei “O Tigre Voador”, entretanto sua tarefa não mostrará facilidade, uma vez que todos as pessoas envolvidas estão disposta a pagar qualquer preço para ter o manual completo, inclusive matar seus próprios aliados.
Have Sword Will Travel
Lord Yin
O mestre Ying Ke-feng escolta carregamentos de prata para a capital todos os anos. Mas neste ano, em razão de uma doença, pede ajuda a dois jovens, o casal Hsiang Ting e Yun Piao-piao, sempre prontos a auxiliar seu mestre. No caminho, cruzam com Lo Yi, um viajante solitário muito hábil com a espada, que acaba por entrar em conflito tanto com Hsiang quanto com o Clã do Tigre Voador, um grupo de ladrões que planeja roubar o carregamento de qualquer maneira.
The Three Smiles
Grand Tutor
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.
Punhais Voadores
Chief Yu Yuan
A família Yu enfrenta a ira do Clã Dragão Verde, quando Ying (Cheng Pei-Pei) mata o filho, um estrupador e assassino, do chefe desse clã. O Chefe do Clã Dragão Verde acerta o líder da família Yu Yuan com suas Adagas Voadoras, e mata muitos outros que tentavam proteger a nobre família. Um espadachim solitário, Yang Qing (Lo Lieh) salva a família em uma luta, usando suas próprias técnicas de Adagas Voadoras, mas sua fidelidade e seus motivos são obscuros.
Killers Five
Niu
Um grupo de bandidos malignos estão aterrorizando a terra de seu castelo de montanha invencível. O alto oficial comandante decide pôr fim a isso e ordena a um de seus oficiais reunir um grupo de mestres de Kung Fu para pôr fim ao terror. Mas tudo não é tão simples e direto, como logo aprendemos quando o enredo engrossa.
Twin Blades of Doom
Yin-erh's dad
A kung fu knight walks the road to vengeance after the evil Ghost Gang kills his wife and son. The swordsman known as "Twin Blades" must take on a quartet of color-coded cutthroats to set things right.
When the Clouds Roll by
Xiong Jian Fang
Susu (Ching Li) is an emotionally troubled young woman still tortured by the loss of boyfriend in a plane crash. Things change when she meets the dashing Yifei (Yang Fang), a handsome intern who strives to heal Susu of her emotional scars.
Double Trouble
Managing Director
Shaw Brothers double trouble comedy
A Espada das Espadas
Master Mui Lingchuen
Um espadachim nobre luta para recuperar a espada mágica que protegeu seu país por séculos depois de ser enganado e traído por um vilão implacável. Um assassino astuto cegou o bravo guerreiro escolhido para defender o seu país com uma espada encantada, e assassinou sua família. Depois de se recuperar, o defensor cego se propõe a recuperar a arma, e buscar vingança contra seu inimigo assassino.
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 Magnificent Swordsman
Huang Da Ba
O espadachim solitário Jiang Dan-Feng é emboscado por dois bandidos e rapidamente toma conta deles. Um deles, enquanto estava morrendo, pede a Jiang que leve seus pertences pessoais para sua irmã.
A Andorinha Dourada
Cao Tien-Lung
Golden Swallow (Pei-Pei Cheng) vive pacificamente com seu amigo (Lo Lieh) em uma cachoeira. Ela desistiu de seus métodos de lidar com a morte, mas logo é acusada de fazer um ataque sangrento contra um clã. O verdadeiro culpado é um velho namorado chamado Silver Roc (Jimmy Wang Yu) que está se passando por ela. Um complicado triângulo amoroso se desenvolve à medida que suas afeições se dividem entre os dois homens, enquanto os três também precisam lidar com o clã maligno do kung fu.
Gun Brothers
Acrobat
Welcome the "Bandit with a Thousand Faces" to the ranks of the great screen "outlaw heroes". Like Zorro, he uses a secret identity as a playboy to foil tyrannical Shan Yung county authorities. Bringing this swashbuckling adventure to the screen is a cast and crew fairly bursting with talent - including directors who were also popular actors and writers, and an actor (Ling Yun) - playing the lead dual role of twin brothers - who was also the director/ writer of some of the greatest martial art epics ever made!
Lady Jade Locket
Secretary Tong
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.
Swan Song
Dr. Hong
Hong Kong drama directed by Lo Chen.
The Silent Swordsman
Chief Mumaiti
Um espadachim jovem é encarregado de levar uma sociedade secreta patriótico para lutar contra um general traidor que conspiraram com o inimigo para invadir seu país. No devido tempo, ele encontra duas irmãs bonitas de uma tribo rural e está preso entre as afeições das duas meninas.
That Tender Age
Wen-Chieh's father
Characters live through that Tender Age
The King with My Face
Shing Tien Kuei
THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
King Cat
Judge Pao
Durante a dinastia Song, depois que o justo prefeito Bao Zheng executou Pang Yu por peculato, o grande tutor Pang Ji enviou assassinos para vingar a morte de seu filho. Um homem cavalheiresco, Zhan Zhao, o "Herói do Sul", salvou Bao e recebeu o título de "Rei Gato" do imperador. Este título invocou o ciúme e a raiva de Bai Yutang, o "Rato Revestido de Brocado" - já que os ratos eram considerados comida de gato - que foi à capital Kaifeng (também conhecida como Bianjing) para desafiar Zhan.
A Espada e o Alaúde
Chief Wei Fei-Hu
O Pequeno Wu "Jimmy Wang Yu" e sua companheira Lianzhu "Chin Ping" estão voltando para casa com a missão de destruir o "Alaúde da Fênix", uma arma mortal que atira agulhas venenosas com precisão de até 500 passos e só pode ser destruída por uma espada especial, "A Espada Invencível".
Too Late for Love
Chief of Staff Chen
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.
The Pearl Phoenix
Lord Liu
Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of the Swinging Sixties but considerably more in touch with their Chinese roots. This one is complete with a gender-bending tale where the male lead is played by female and the female lead poses as a man, plus movie queen Li Ching and the singing voices of Ivy Ling Po and Jing Ting. Sit back and enjoy!
Sweet Is Revenge
Commander Zheng Quan Xi
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.
Rose, Be My Love
Uncle Ling
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.
Princess Iron Fan
King Ox
The mythological tale of a quest from China to India to bring back Buddhist scriptures, famous for the adventures of Sun Wukong, the notorious Monkey King.
The Blue and the Black 2
Mr. Ji
Part two of the wartime love story
The Blue and the Black
Mr. Ji
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.
Till the End of Time
Chang Pei-Yan
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.
Dawn Will Come
Judge Gai
The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burning store room, left to drown, and chased by sword-wielding ruffians, among other things. Her only hope is her betrayer's new wife, played by the strong and sensual Ivy Ling Po. Dawn may come, but the questions is: will it be too late? Director/writer Kao Li shows both restraint and sadism in this historical melodramatic tearjerker.
As Espadas Gêmeas
Zhong Yan
Pequeno Wu e Lianzhu estão fugindo juntos quando veem algumas mulheres sendo capturadas. Eles tentam ajudar, mas caem em uma série de armadilhas do Clã da Lotus Vermelha. Lianzhu é capturada e o pequeno Wu retorna para casa embusca da ajuda da Família Jin. Mas é exatamente o que o Clã da Lotus Vermelha estavam planejando. O filme é a continuação de "O Templo da Lotus Vermelha".
Inside the Forbidden City
Judge Bao Zheng
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?
Vermilion Door
General Ruan Bao-Fan
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.
Pink Tears
Uncle Tu
The socialite Pai Li-Lan's life is disrupted when she contracts tuberculosis.
The Grand Substitution
Prime Minister Chiu Zun
With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the land. Chiu believes the people are the future of China, while the diabolical Tu wishes to grind the people beneath an iron heel. Tu decides to take out Chiu's family, but one lone infant escapes.
Sons of the Good Earth
Japanese officer at county gate
War film set during the second Sino-Japanese war.
The Butterfly Chalice
Governor General Lu Lin
The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials. Trying to use the waterway to shake off his enemies, Yu Quan finds a true friend in the old fisherman's bark-stearing daughter, Hu Feng Lian (Ting Hung) who becomes his loyal accomplice. As symbol for his gratitude, Yu Quan bestows Feng Lian with a Butterfly Chalice to reflect their eternal friendship bond...
The Mermaid
Judge Pao
A Huangmei opera produced by Shaw Brothers about a carp spirit who transforms into an identical copy of a beautiful woman to win the heart of a lonely male scholar.
The Warlord and the Actress
General Cao Lin
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.
The Female Prince
Emperor Chu Hou-Tsung
The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic after Lady General Hua Mu-Lan. Helmed by Chow Sze-loke and written by Chang Cheh, the story revolved around two intellectual siblings, Ching Feng-sheng (Chin Feng) and Ching Feng-hsiao (Ivy Ling Po), who were constantly abused by their stepmother Hsia (Kao Pao-shu). Feng-hsiao was engaged to Li Ru-lung (Chin Han) since birth, but the greedy Hsia forced him to forfeit the marriage. When Ru-lung refused, Hsia framed him for thievery and put him behind bars. To rescue her lover, Feng-hsiao dressed as a young man and went to the capital. She then used Ru-lung's name to enter the national exam and was ranked first place. Impressed by Feng-hsiao, the Emperor decided to let her wed the Princess (Fang Ying). On the wedding night, Feng-hsiao revealed the truth to the Princess...
The Crimson Palm
Judge Pao Cheng
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?
The Story of Sue San
Ex-Civil Minister Wang Chiun
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 Last Woman of Shang
Viscount Chi Chang
Admist a rebellion during the Ching Dynasty in ancient China, a nurse flees the palace with a young prince. As an adult, he convinces the daughter of the usurper to betray her father and to assist in restoring him as the rightful monarch.
Lady General Hua Mulan
Commander
About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army.
Comedy of Mismatches
Xu Ya
Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) and daughter Zhu Yi (Li Hsiang Chun). One day, Mother Sun sends her children to the temple, where Yu Lang encounters Hui Niang (Pat Ting). Artist Xu Ya is also at the temple, praying that his daughter Wen Gu (Carrie Ku) will find a good husband. Soon after, Wen Gu encounters nobleman's son Pei Zheng (Wai Mao) and the two fall in love at first sight.
The Amorous Lotus Pan
He Jiu (Ho Chiu-Shu)
A woman in an arranged marriage falls in love with her husband's brother.
Between Tears and Smiles
General Chang
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.
The Adulteress
Governor Kuai Ju-Hsiang
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.
Return of the Phoenix
Deputy Minister Cheng Pu
Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial minister Cheng Pu (Ching Miao) is faced with a quandary. He's getting old and his daughters are still not married. Elder daughter Shueh-yeh (Elizabeth Chuang) is so ugly no one wants her. Younger daughter Shueh-wu (Li Hsiang-chun) is beautiful but Mrs Cheng refuses to let her marry before her elder sister. The drama unfolds when Cheng decides to marry Shueh-wu off.
The Love Eterne
Ying-Tai's father
In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents to allow her to dress as a boy and attend university.
Romance at Lung Shan Temple
Xiaofeng is selling medicinal herbs in Longshan Temple, but is at first driven away by Taiwanese peddlers upset by the intrusion of a mainlander into their business. Later, Xiaofeng auditions for a radio station, where a young Taiwanese man is attracted to her and finds he is soon in competition with a photographer from a mainland family.
Back Door
Ho Cha Mei (Ho Tsei-Mei)
A middle-aged couple adopt a young girl.
The Deformed
Lung Bing-Hsun
Nurse Leng Shuxian is forced by family circumstances to marry Long Yusheng (King Hu), a grossly disfigured Quasimodo with a heart of gold. Shuxian tries but is unable to accept his deformity and they remain a couple in name only. With the appearance of Yusheng's cousin, she has to make a choice between personal happiness and family duty. From the start, Loh's character and drove the action, evoking a great intensity of emotions along the way: suffering, resignation and loneliness. Loh was lauded as the "Queen of Tragedy" after her heart-wrenching portrayal in this film. Winner of two Golden Harvest Awards – for best screenplay and best black-and-white cinematography – at the 8th Asian Film Festival in 1961.