Yuen Woo-Ping
Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.6328 |
| Birthday | 1945-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
| Also Known As | Yuen Wo-Ping, Yuen Ho-Ping, Peace Yuen, Yuan Ta-Yean, Yuan Ta-Yen, Yuen Dai-Aan, Yuen Woo-Pang, Yuan Ho-Ping, Yuan Her-Ping, Yuan He-Ping, Ba Ye, Yuen Ta-Yen, Peace Yuen Woo-Ping, Yuen Woo-ping, |
1969
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
6.6/101
Eight demon swordsmen and their gang have spread menace across many sword teaching schools. The students seek the help of Fang who alone can combat th...
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
1971
The New One-Armed Swordsman
6.878/82
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his lef...
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
1975
Lady of the Law
6.429/7
A dangerous criminal escapes captivity – but luckily crime-busting super-swordswoman Leng Rushuang (Shih Szu) is on his trail. However, she has doubts...
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Lady of the Law
1967
The One-Armed Swordsman
6.859/110
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
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The One-Armed Swordsman
1968
Golden Swallow
6.352/44
Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mys...
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Golden Swallow
1972
The Boxer from Shantung
6.878/49
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil....
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The Boxer from Shantung
2013
The Grandmaster
6.624/976
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges hi...
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The Grandmaster
1987
Eastern Condors
7.312/117
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a sec...
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Eastern Condors
1992
Wicked City
5.837/49
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a fe...
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Wicked City
1984
Merry Christmas
6.8/10
A widower named Baldy (Karl Maka) longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage to tell her until another man enters the picture...
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Merry Christmas
1992
Gameboy Kids
5.875/8
Andy act a successor to a criminal society. While knowing their boss is coming down from an airplane. They got the wrong guy. A taller but absolutely...
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Gameboy Kids
2004
Double Dare
6.516/31
With being thrown off buildings an occupational hazard, professional stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zoë Bell (the alter egos of Wonder Woman and Xena, r...
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Double Dare
1972
The Angry Guest
6.045/11
The Angry Guest is a direct sequel to Duel of Fists which had two long-separated brothers, Ti Lung and David Chiang, reuniting in Bangkok and running...
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The Angry Guest
1970
Vengeance!
6.46/25
A violent martial artist is bent on avenging his older brother, who was killed by a cabal of four wicked businessmen and a cheating wife.
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Vengeance!
1968
The Sword of Swords
5.889/9
A noble swordsman fights to recover the magical blade that has protected his country for centuries after being blinded and betrayed by a ruthless vill...
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The Sword of Swords
1966
The Knight of Knights
7.25/4
Six heroes are killed while investigating rampant lawlessness at Zhaoqing Temple where villains are posing as monks. The dead heroes’ senior brother S...
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The Knight of Knights
1985
Mismatched Couples
6.684/19
A young breakdancer finds himself in complicated situations with a poor opera performer, his older sister and jealous cousin, a female student, two ri...
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Mismatched Couples
1967
The Assassin
6.5/20
Yu is a swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple pleasures until an accidental meeting with another patriot...
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The Assassin
1970
The Chinese Boxer
6.228/46
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert,...
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The Chinese Boxer
1972
The Lizard
5.333/6
He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a philanthropic thief, except the Lizard makes his rou...
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The Lizard
1971
King Eagle
6.318/11
Reclusive hero Jin Fei (Ti Lung), known as the King Eagle, inadvertently gets involved in the internal conflicts of the Tien Yi Tong society, after he...
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King Eagle
1978
Sensual Pleasures
4.778/9
Sensual Pleasures features a collection of three, ghost story, sexual vignettes starring a viscerally sensual trio of hardcore experience with the wel...
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Sensual Pleasures
1972
Man of Iron
7.105/19
Man of Iron was positioned as something of a follow-up to Boxer From Shantung, the rise-and-fall story of Ma Yung Chen and it reunites the directors a...
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Man of Iron
1978
Drunken Master
7.377/1092
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunke...
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Drunken Master
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
6.75/60
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong...
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
1973
The Villains
6/2
A poor orphan seeks help from her wealthy uncle and his sons.
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The Villains
1976
The Web of Death
6.659/22
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 w...
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The Web of Death
1993
Bogus Cops
8/1
A take on the 1990 US film "Short Time", Karl Choi (Kar-yan) and Ching But-kam (Eric Tsang) are the laughingstocks of the Royal Hong Kong Police, and...
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Bogus Cops
1973
The Bastard
7/3
Little Bastard searches for the parents who abandoned him as an infant, with the help of Little Beggar. He finds his father, who is a powerful and wea...
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The Bastard
1969
The Invincible Fist
6.767/15
Here Lo Lieh plays a dedicated chief constable for Tsang Chou village, who falls in love with the blind daughter of a bandit who is wreaking havoc.
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The Invincible Fist
1971
The Duel
6.914/29
After a gang massacre that resulted in the killing of his adopted father and gang leader, a martial artist goes into exile to take the blame. A year l...
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The Duel
1983
Shaolin Drunkard
7.8/10
A half man, half demon is guarded by a drunken Shaolin magician named Chan. One day, Chan sneaks out to go on a drinking splurge, and the man/demon es...
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Shaolin Drunkard
1988
Tiger Cage
6.663/49
Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way t...
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Tiger Cage
1990
My Hero
6.708/24
Sing loves to read cartoons and often daydreams of becoming a tycoon and celebrity. By accident, he becomes a follower of Wai, a gang leader, and make...
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My Hero
1976
Farewell to a Warrior
10/1
Disillusioned by years of futile bloodshed, General Chang Ta initially refuses the emperor’s call to defend the collapsing dynasty. It is his wife, Ch...
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Farewell to a Warrior
1969
Redress
6/1
Rare martial arts film.
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Redress
2001
The Matrix Revisited
6.86/207
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
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The Matrix Revisited
1988
Three Against the World
6.6/5
Three Against The World is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Brandy Yuen and starring Andy Lau and Rosamund Kwan.
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Three Against the World
1994
Cinema of Vengeance
6.167/6
A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie...
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Cinema of Vengeance
1973
Fist to Fist
6.7/10
A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters - one of whom betrayed the hero's father and left him to...
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Fist to Fist
1991
The Banquet
5.778/18
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer Boss Hung has secured the other two. Both aim to...
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The Banquet
1976
The Oily Maniac
5.553/38
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
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The Oily Maniac
1966
The Magnificent Trio
6.55/20
A wandering swordsman named Lu Fang who is returning from battle discovers that several farmers have kidnapped the local magistrate’s daughter. He sid...
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The Magnificent Trio
1989
Just Heroes
6.712/26
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.
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Just Heroes
1965
The Twin Swords
5.611/9
Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends Wu to go for reinforcements while she stays to fig...
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The Twin Swords
1962
Madam White Snake
9/2
This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down viewers' backs. The Lovely Linda Lin Dai (Les Belle...
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Madam White Snake
1972
Trilogy of Swordsmanship
6.5/6
Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a clever love-and-kung-fu triangle, Cheng Kang both w...
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Trilogy of Swordsmanship
1978
My Darling Gals
8/1
My Darling Gals aka Kung Fu Stars is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung
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My Darling Gals
1975
The Super Inframan
6.027/74
The surface of the Earth is under attack, thousands of people are killed in this unprovoked attacked. The cause, Princess Dragonmon and her army of mo...
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The Super Inframan
1968
That Fiery Girl
7.3/5
The bandits of Hulu Valley murder the chief of Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map. In retaliation, the clan’s leading swordsman Feng-chun (Ch...
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That Fiery Girl
1965
The Lotus Lamp
7.333/3
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is raised in secret until he can attempt to free her.
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The Lotus Lamp
1965
Temple of the Red Lotus
5.091/11
Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was promised as his bride. When he gets there, he find...
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Temple of the Red Lotus
1972
The Killer
5.833/7
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...
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The Killer
1999
Making "The Matrix"
7.314/51
A promotional making-of documentary for the film The Matrix (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in...
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Making "The Matrix"
2003
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
6.111/9
A look at Enter the Matrix: The game's story picks up just before The Matrix Reloaded and runs parallel to that of the film. Bend the rules of the Mat...
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Making 'Enter the Matrix'
2003
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
6.1/21
This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and interviews from cast and crew on the making of the fi...
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The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
1988
Heart to Hearts
10/1
The first of the three titles in the screwball Hong Kong "Hearts" series. Alex, a creative director, temporarily fills in as conductor for a choir. T...
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Heart to Hearts
1967
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
0/0
Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found missing from another dead body. Lan-fa’s sister S...
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Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
2013
Man of Tai Chi
6.094/985
In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices.
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Man of Tai Chi
1966
Twin Sisters
0/0
Banker Fung Yan-tsang is a seasoned criminal in fraudulent activities. The righteous cat burglar Ham Siu-fo has issued a deadline for Fung to return t...
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Twin Sisters
2021
Kung Fu Stuntmen
7.235/17
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong during the 1960s-'80s, exploring their pain and s...
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Kung Fu Stuntmen
1971
The Anonymous Heroes
6.75/8
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 i...
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The Anonymous Heroes
1973
Blood Brothers
6.368/38
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...
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Blood Brothers
1967
The Trail of the Broken Blade
6/8
Chivalrous swordsman Jun-zhao goes in search of a fugitive named Li Yueh in order to reunite him with his love, Liu Xian. Though the two men meet and...
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The Trail of the Broken Blade
1971
Duel of Fists
6.857/14
Two men, one a businessman skilled in Kung Fu, the other a kickboxer discover they are brothers, and together, both in and out of the ring, they must...
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Duel of Fists
1973
The Awaken Punch
6/5
A man takes on a gang that has been terrorizing a small village.
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The Awaken Punch
2010
Little Big Soldier
6.89/337
The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever since. His great chance arrives when he stumbles upon...
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Little Big Soldier
1988
Spooky, Spooky
6.938/8
Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by drowning him in the ocean. His mistress, in attempts...
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Spooky, Spooky
1978
My Darling Gals
8/1
My Darling Gals aka Kung Fu Stars is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung
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My Darling Gals
1976
The Magic Blade
6.639/36
Two rival swordsmen in imperial China, poncho-clad Fu Hung-Hsueh and Yen nan-Fei vie with a power-hungry villain for the deadly Peacock Dart and fend...
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The Magic Blade
1972
Four Riders
6.083/12
Four highly skilled fighters unite to take on a ruthless criminal gang, battling corruption, murder, and injustice in the wake of the Korean War.
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Four Riders
1970
The Heroic Ones
6.645/31
A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals to embark on th...
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The Heroic Ones
1971
The Deadly Duo
6.229/24
The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince from Ching troops who have invaded the north of Chi...
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The Deadly Duo
1970
The Twelve Gold Medallions
6.85/20
While a brave Chinese general and his men fight against the Tartar invaders, several swordsmen try to obtain twelve golden medallions on whose possess...
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The Twelve Gold Medallions
1966
劫火紅蓮(上集)
0/0
hong kong film
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劫火紅蓮(上集)
1981
Dreadnaught
7.065/31
Mousy, a timid laundry man, crosses paths with a violent criminal known only as 'White Tiger', who hides amongst a theatre troupe, murdering anyone wh...
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Dreadnaught
1976
Brotherhood
4.167/6
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 g...
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Brotherhood
1977
The Secret Rivals 2
6.286/7
The twin brother of the Silver Fox attempts to avenge his brother's death and get a hidden treasure using the 8 Diagram. It is up to one hero from the...
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The Secret Rivals 2
1976
The Condemned
6.25/4
Chiang plays a righteous character who helps an unjustly imprisoned swordsman accused of stealing. Together they break out of prison and serve notice...
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The Condemned
1975
The Gambling Syndicate
9/1
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts.
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The Gambling Syndicate
1975
The Imposter
7.2/5
With the cast list, you would almost expect this to be another Chang Cheh film. Two of Chang's proteges, David Chiang and Chen Kuan-tai go head-to-hea...
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The Imposter
1975
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
5.8/28
When fellow operatives and friends disappear during a mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones comes to help. She discovers the disappearance involves Th...
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Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975
Lover's Destiny
7.25/4
Director Chu Yuan was one of the new breed of directors at Shaw who raised the bar of martial arts films, by adding compelling storylines and a good d...
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Lover's Destiny
1974
Sex, Love and Hate
7/3
Accredited director of erotica and kung-fu films Chu Yuan, combines stars from both genres in Sex, Love And Hate, a masterpiece about Hong Kong societ...
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Sex, Love and Hate
1975
The Protectors
6.4/4
Ling (Lo Lieh) and Guan are the Black and White Chiefs of the Eagle Escort security firm: during the opening credit sequence, we see them recover a st...
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The Protectors
1974
The Big Showdown
7/1
After his father's brutal murder, Ton Tin-Kuo sets out to seek the killer. He is befriended by evil casino owner Don Yee, who actually sets Tong up to...
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The Big Showdown
1973
Call to Arms
5.5/2
The aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupies the put-upon Chao kingdom while the hero-filled Wei empire is paralysed by an indecisive ruler.
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Call to Arms
1973
Heroes of Sung
7.75/2
Heroes of Sung stars one of the original kung-fu ladies of the silver screen Shih Szu playing swordswoman Meng Hung who must work with Fan Tien-fu, pl...
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Heroes of Sung
1972
Revenge of the Dragon
6.5/2
Two undercover agents must smash a smuggling racket that is terrorizing a small port town. One of the agents, Chin Chang, has an evil grip that can cr...
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Revenge of the Dragon
1972
The Bloody Fists
5.438/16
Yuen Woo Ping, who would in time become one of the world's leading martial arts choreographers, blocked the fight scenes for this Kung Fu action extra...
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The Bloody Fists
1972
The Deadly Knives
5.75/6
Plotting to obtain the Yen family's land, dastardly Japanese plutocrat Omura bribes Yen nephew Hsu Chien to steal the family seal and land deed. When...
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The Deadly Knives
1971
The Swift Knight
6.7/5
In a rare reversal of typecasting, Shaw Brothers' perennial bad guy Lo Lieh breaks tradition to play the honorable and noble swordsman in The Swift Kn...
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The Swift Knight
1971
The Mad Killer
10/1
A lovelorn pompous knight lashes out after losing a friendly bout with a rival classmate who's also betrothed to the teacher's daughter. Enraged, the...
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The Mad Killer
1971
The Rescue
6.375/4
Renowned writer Shen Chiang had become so popular for his scripts that the studio let him direct as well. Here he continued his winning ways with this...
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The Rescue
1970
The Singing Killer
7.917/6
David Chiang stars as a nightclub vocalist whose former criminal friends blackmail him into working with them again.
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The Singing Killer
1970
The Secret of the Dirk
6.4/5
The lovely Ching Li and handsome Chang I star as star-and-sword-crossed comrades who take on the vicious Black Tigers gang in a quest for hidden wealt...
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The Secret of the Dirk
1970
Swordswomen Three
5.5/3
Lo Lieh play an ambitious martial artist who wishes to be number one in the martial world. Unfortunately, while he's tough, he's no match for the son...
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Swordswomen Three
1970
The Winged Tiger
6.5/6
Famed screenwriter Shen Chiang got one of his very first chances to direct his own script with this exciting action adventure. His story is suitably t...
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The Winged Tiger
1970
The Wandering Swordsman
6.636/11
In this thrilling martial arts twist on the tale of Robin Hood, a charismatic highwayman with formidable sword skills decides to help the poor by robb...
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The Wandering Swordsman
1969
Supreme Sword
0/0
When a family is bankrupted by a counterfeiter named Gold Fist, the daughter (played by Connie Chan) vows to get revenge. As she tracks down the villa...
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Supreme Sword
1969
Dead End
6.429/7
In the mid-sixties Chang Cheh changed the face of female dominated films with his male dominated, violent kung-fu films. Dead End was the start of a n...
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Dead End
1969
Twelve Deadly Coins
5.188/8
An escort team was on a perilous journey to transport some gold taels. When they fell into the ambush set up by a gang of thieves and their gold shipm...
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Twelve Deadly Coins
1968
The Tin Long Gang
7.5/2
A Hong Kong sword fighting film starring four Cantonese stars.
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The Tin Long Gang
1968
The Chivalrous Whip
0/0
Doctor and whip-wielding Hero Chai Tin-sum travels to an isolated village where he finds the population dying of the plague while being oppressed by t...
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The Chivalrous Whip
1968
Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
8/1
Red Lamp Shaded in Blood is a decent Martial World film of the type that Chu Yuan made famous for Shaw Brothers. These are often based on the works of...
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Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
1968
That Frightening Sword
0/0
Two martial artists (the striking Suet Nei and the handsome Kenneth Tsang Kong) team up in an attempt to defeat a diabolical meany (Shek Kin).
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That Frightening Sword
1968
The Silver Fox
6.833/6
The Silver Fox is a throwback, the last of its kind where the heroic swordsmen are women. Lily Ho (before she became one of Shaw Brothers' great eroti...
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The Silver Fox
1967
King Drummer
8/1
Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival group. When the new arrival becomes a hit, he ear...
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King Drummer
1967
Rape of the Sword
6.857/7
Experienced heroine Li Li-Hua plays a swordswoman out to reclaim her murdered husband's "Green Sword," the sharpest blade in the world. The lovely Li...
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Rape of the Sword
1967
The Silent Swordsman
7/4
A young swordsman is tasked to lead a patriotic secret society to fight a traitorous general who conspired with the enemy to invade their country. In...
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The Silent Swordsman
1967
Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
0/0
Further adventures of Lady Black Cat.
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Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
1967
The Sword and the Lute
5.929/7
The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting members of their different clans.
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The Sword and the Lute
1967
金鷗
0/0
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金鷗
1967
Dragnet of the Law
0/0
Expert of lithographic plates and counterfeit banknotes Lee Lik-hang is hunted down by the hitman Ma Biu on the orders of the gang leader Chan Lung. C...
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Dragnet of the Law
1967
月向那方圓
0/0
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月向那方圓
1968
麒麟寨
0/0
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麒麟寨
2000
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
0/0
Documentary on the making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'.
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