Chan Shen
Birthday: 1940-03-11
Place of Birth: Taiwan, China
Biography: Chan Shen (Chinese: 詹森, 11 March 1940 - 26 April 1984) was a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong film actor. He is best known for his roles as gangsters or villains in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s. Already an established film actor in Taiwan, he entered the Hong Kong film industry in 1971. He was a particularly prolific actor and would often appear in as many as ten films a year. In his fourteen-year film career in Hong Kong, he appeared in 160 action films. Much of his career was spent at Hong Kong's Shaw Studio. He died because of a brain hemorrhage 26th of April 1984.
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Five Fingers of Death
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts compe...
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are resp...
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Killer Clans
Based on a popular swordplay novel, this colorful and complex saga (whose Chinese title literally tr...
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The Bastard
Little Bastard searches for the parents who abandoned him as an infant, with the help of Little Begg...
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The Flag of Iron
Loyal gang member Iron Panther takes the heat for his boss after a dustup with their rivals, only to...
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Shaolin Intruders
On a routine courier mission, the prestigious Chin Hu chief was murdered by four mysterious monks. W...
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Shaolin Rescuers
Two friends who long to be heroes join the fight against a Ching warlord and his students. They get ...
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Bloody Parrot
An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who...
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The Daredevils
The General's son Yang escapes a massacre at his home that subsequently sees a corrupt, criminal syn...
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Swift Sword
Starring a menagerie of established Shaw Brothers' talent like kung-fu comedienne, Wang Yu, female k...
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Shaolin Prince
Two princes are seperated by birth; one is raised by the Prime Minister, the other by three mad Shao...
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The Shadow Boxer
Chen Wo-Fu plays construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great a...
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Invincible Shaolin
Three North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to c...
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The Master of Kung Fu
Huang Fei-Hung, the now famous Chinese boxer, teaches his martial arts at Pao Chih Lin Institute, in...
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The Golden Lion
Director Ho Meng-hua is one of Shaw Studio's most versatile directors. He's helmed romances, mysteri...
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The Sword Stained with Royal Blood
Raised to be a righteous martial artist, Yuan kicks off the story proper by finding a cave containin...
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Godfather from Canton
A coolie is ofter a job a policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and co...
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The Devil's Mirror
The Jiuxian Witch and her Bloody Ghouls Clan (somehow you just know that these aren’t the good guys)...
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The Sentimental Swordsman
A swordsman does everything it takes to bring justice. However, he has a drinking problem which even...
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The Golden Seal
Award-winning actor Ku Feng is Lei Chen-tien, a vicious, cunning, murderous brigand who wants the ti...
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Village of Tigers
The Village of Tigers is known as the home of all evil doers throughout the land, ruled by their lea...
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Rivals of Kung Fu
Huang Fei-hung is back, in a new adventure written and directed by veteran Huang filmmaker Wang Feng...
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What Price Honesty?
Police corruption is the theme of this brutal harbinger of the bleak "new wave" crime thriller. Pai ...
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Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
When fellow operatives and friends disappear during a mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones comes to...
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Love Swindler
Vaunted director Li Han-Hsiang reveals the way of the world in this anthology film of four stories t...
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Rendezvous with Death
Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain ev...
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Shaolin Abbot
While international favorite David Chiang was best known for his roles as a grinning, streetwise, fi...
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The Tiger and the Widow
The movie is about an illegal salt smuggling ring run by Tanny and her male partner, who spend most ...
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The Last Judgement
Most of the Liang family are murdered by Ling Guixing and the surviving son Liang Tianlai (Ng Wai-Kw...
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The Kung Fu Instructor
Two rival clans have unsuccessfully tried to hire the master of the good clan to teach his clan. Not...
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The Swift Knight
In a rare reversal of typecasting, Shaw Brothers' perennial bad guy Lo Lieh breaks tradition to play...
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The Brothers
Liu Yung is the brother whose destiny is to become a top mobster. Danny Lee is the brother fated to ...
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The Kid with a Tattoo
One of Shaw Brothers' most productive directors, Sun Chung's action films had strong tension, snappy...
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The Protectors
Ling (Lo Lieh) and Guan are the Black and White Chiefs of the Eagle Escort security firm: during the...
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The Sexy Killer
A nurse decides to take justice in her own hands to fight the crime-syndicates of Hong Kong after he...
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The Spiritual Boxer
Wang Yu plays Hsiao Chien, a con artist vagabond who uses his kung fu skills and parlor tricks to co...
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Long Road to Freedom
To prevent a drug ring from killing her brother, Ping Ping surrenders to police, claiming she is gui...
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Wits of the Brats
Tou Kuan, a spoiled affluent kid, travels with pal Mai Song to Beijing to challenge 3 Masters to imp...
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The Deadly Knives
Plotting to obtain the Yen family's land, dastardly Japanese plutocrat Omura bribes Yen nephew Hsu C...
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Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt ...
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Ambush
An officer of the law and his father are framed for a robbery they did not commit. With only his fat...
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Bat Without Wings
When a notorious fiend known as the "Bat Without Wings" returns to his small village after a five-ye...
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The Bloody Escape
Gu Hui, a member of the ‘Wolf Head Gang’ becomes unhappy after their new chief decides to abandon th...
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Clan of Amazons
The Embroidery Bandit is stealing treasures while blinding his victims. The hero Liu Xiaofeng is cal...
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Crazy Shaolin Disciples
Following a raid led by a deadly Manchu enforcer (Lo Lieh), rebels Hong Si Kuan (Lo Meng), Fong Sai ...
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The Deadly Breaking Sword
Leaving behind an inch of sword in the spent corpses of his opponents, Tuan Changqing is known as th...
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Lady of the Law
A dangerous criminal escapes captivity – but luckily crime-busting super-swordswoman Leng Rushuang (...
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Gossip Street
The place to be is flat number 8 on the second floor of the Gossip Street apartment building, where ...
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The Criminals
An anthology film featuring three true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970'...
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The Criminals, Part 2: Homicides
An anthology film featuring four true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970's...
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The Golden Lotus
Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsia...
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The Web of Death
Lo Lieh is the ringleader of the Snake Sect, intent on reviving a deadly faction known as the "Five ...
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Every Man for Himself
Sha Yung (Wang Sha) and Shuang La (Lin Hui-huang), a sly duo with some kung fu skills, make their li...
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Clans of Intrigue
Chu Liuxiang is having drinks with his friend, Monk Wuhua. Gong Nanyan of the Holy Water Palace sudd...
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Legend of the Bat
A group of swordsmen set out on a journey to the mysterious Bat Island to seek answers for their pro...
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The Brave Archer 2
Our hero Kuo Tsing is winning the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. However, almost immediately, clan ...
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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
He's lost his memory, but not his skill: After a fierce battle with a local tong, Hoi is thrown over...
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The Kiss of Death
One night a textile worker is sexually assaulted by five deviants. The young lady tries to cope with...
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Passing Flickers
The main characters - the arrogant, harassed director, the sexy starlet, or naïve actors are familia...
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Lost Souls
Determined to escape from the harsh regime of China to the freedom of Hong Kong, three youths are ca...
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Gambler's Delight
The story concerns with Danny Lee's character as a manager of one of Macau's casinos battling it out...
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Haunted Tales
1. A crash leaves a man dead, and his wife badly injured. Soon, he returns as a ghost to try to take...
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Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty
The year is 1756 and the Emperor journeys to Soochow, where he encounters a famous courtesan and get...
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Dreams Of Eroticism
A timeless and titillating tale of the immoral private lives of the royal court's high officials. Al...
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Pursuit of a Killer
This is one of those -"who did it" -murder movies put out by Shaw Brothers. In this one, a bunch of ...
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The Mad Monk
Li's The Mad Monk consists of four stories that see the roaming monk save a mother and daughter from...
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Lust for Love of a Chinese Courtesan
Former wife of Chow Yun Fat, Candice Yu On-on stars in this gauzy softcore flick directed by Chor Yu...
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Pale Passion
Eddie Chan plays Fa, a psychotic loser, always between jobs, who never seems to have his prerogative...
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All Mixed Up
A man's frustration at being stuck at his dead-end job with no promotion or raise in sight, along wi...
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Fast Fingers
Two young pickpockets follow around after their uncle, the King of Pickpockets, just released from j...
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The Emperor and the Minister
The story about royal intrigue with the ingenious Lord Liu, whose intelligence was envied by the Emp...
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The Rescue
Renowned writer Shen Chiang had become so popular for his scripts that the studio let him direct as ...
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The Lady Professional
Lily Ho as a deadly assassin becomes the target of murder herself...
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Heroes of Sung
Heroes of Sung stars one of the original kung-fu ladies of the silver screen Shih Szu playing swords...
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The Imperial Swordsman
Chuan Yuan is the noble, powerful hero and Shu Pei-pei, one of Shaw’s top swordswoman, is a reluctan...
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The Fugitive
Siu Lao (Lieh) and Ma Tien Piao (Feng) are bandits who ride from town to town holding up banks and k...
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Challenge of the Gamesters
A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would ...
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Moods of Love
Two stories are included in this erotic/romantic anthology. In the first, a Sung-Dynasty (10th-13th ...
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The Condemned
Chiang plays a righteous character who helps an unjustly imprisoned swordsman accused of stealing. T...
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The Rat Catcher
This light-hearted action comedy hybrid-where crooks and cops work together to make a better Hong Ko...
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The Imp
Keung has a pregnant wife but he has been unemployed for a long period. One day he gets a new job as...
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Evil Seducers
A vainglorious scholar rejects a matchmaking proposal to a daughter of a noble only to have his nigh...
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The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung
Emperor Chien Lung uses disguises to experience life among his subjects....
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The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung
In the 18th century, Emperor Chien Lung makes a journey into Southern China....
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Full Moon Scimitar
A talented young swordsman has beaten many veterans before his inherited martial arts manual gets st...
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the...
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Brave Archer and His Mate
Guo Jing and Huang Rong return to Peach Blossom Island and are shocked to see that Guo's first marti...
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Emperor Chien Lung
Emperor Chien Lung, bored with imperial traditions, disguises himself as a commoner to experience a ...
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The Mad Monk Strikes Again
A series of madcap adventures between two deities, who must put down their differences and work toge...
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Tiger Killer
TIGER KILLER (1982) is a straightforward adaptation of one story from the sprawling Chinese literary...
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The Emperor and His Brother
A young boy betrays his family who hides a refugee and tells the pursuer where the hiding-place is -...
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Crazy Sex
Shaw Brothers superdirector Li Han-Hsiang was particularly masterful in two genres: erotica and clas...
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The Magic Blade
Two rival swordsmen in imperial China, poncho-clad Fu Hung-Hsueh and Yen nan-Fei vie with a power-hu...
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The Criminals, Part 4: Assault
Part 1 : 'Maniac' - A gang is kidnapping and raping young women. Part 2: 'Queen of Temple Street' - ...
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Five Element Ninjas
A young martial artist vows to take revenge against the ninja who murdered his martial arts master a...
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Revenge of the Corpse
A story of a coffin maker who tells a story about a policeman who was murdered by his wife and her l...
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Opium and the Kung Fu Master
A small town is protected by one of the famous Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. The town is very safe as Ti ...
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My Rebellious Son
Here Chang Siu Tai is the son of Master Chang, a renowned chiropractor bone-setter operating a clini...
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Hex vs. Witchcraft
A compulsive gambler weds a ghost who helps and hinders him in both horrid and hilarious ways....
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The Brave Archer
Guo Jing and Yang Kang are the sons of two rebels. The rebels are killed by imperial soldiers and th...
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Stranger in Hong Kong
A computer engineer working for an insurance company stops over in Hong Kong on his way to a confere...
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
The thrills continue in this second part of this cherished adventure, created by the renowned direct...
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Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
Director Chu Yuan's titanic teaming with respected, inspired author Chin Yung created this unforgett...
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Death Duel
The Third Master is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and...
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The 82 Tenants
In “82 Tenants” the widow Zhang and Bing, her new young consort, want to sell an apartment house to ...
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Shaolin Hand Lock
As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal man...
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The Stranger and the Gunfighter
During a hold-up in the Wild West, Dakota kills a rich old Chinese man, Wang. Later, he is captured,...
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Pursuit of Vengeance
Master of the "swordplay thriller" genre, Chor Yuen and renowned kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia tel...
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The Proud Twins
After his parents are murdered, Jiang Xiao Yu is separated from his twin as a baby and taken by a fa...
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Invincible Enforcer
A young man who is thrown into jail simply because he displeases a police inspector. But even when h...
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Shaolin and Wu Tang
Master Liu and Master Law are rival masters of Shaolin style kung fu, and Wudang style sword fightin...
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Brotherhood
Liao Jiang is the lowest ranking member of a gang that holds up a jewelery store. Subsequently the t...
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Swordsman and Enchantress
Asian fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon recognized that its director Ang Lee was actually inspir...
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Soul of the Sword
Ti Lung is the Nameless Swordsman bent on defeating the faceless King of Swords to claim the title, ...
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Call to Arms
The aggressive and dangerous Chin empire occupies the put-upon Chao kingdom while the hero-filled We...
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Six Assassins
A magician-warrior who protects a man from an ambush, not knowing of his true villainous nature. But...
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King Gambler
Chan is Peng Tianshi, who becomes the "Card Tyrant" in response to the gambling world dominance of t...
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Ode to Gallantry
A lone martial artist nicknamed “Mongrel” is continually drawn into an intense struggle between seve...
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Holy Flame of the Martial World
A brother and sister seek vengeance for the death of their parents by honing their martial skills an...
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The Jade Tiger
Zhao Wuji, son of the leader of the Zhao Clan, embarks on a tragic adventure full of intrigue to ave...
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To Kill a Jaguar
Set in early 20th century Shanghai, this Hua Shan actioner stars former Golden Harvest regular Nora ...
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Judgement of an Assassin
Sun Chung was already a valued comedy, romance, and modern crime filmmaker, when, through this tale ...
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The Proud Youth
Sun Chung had made a name for himself directing satirical comedies and modern day crime thrillers wh...
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Return of the Dead
Three inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be c...
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Bastard Swordsman
Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-...
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The Last Tempest
Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectiv...
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Hong Kong 73
As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock specula...
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Sorrow of the Gentry
In the waning days of China's feudal aristocracy, a powerful family crumbles under the weight of tra...
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that w...
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Usurpers of Emperor's Power
Liu Yung plays Li Lang, a court official out to avenge his former emperor. The target is easy to hat...
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Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
18-year-old Ainu is kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Her good looks and wild personality make her ve...
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Coolie Killer
Ko leads a team of Hong Kong assassins that are taken out one by one. Ko manages to flee to the coun...
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The Happiest Moment
Michael Hui plays four characters in this three-chapter, Hong Kong erotic comedy anthology set in No...
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Payment In Blood
Fang Chih Kien (Elliot Ngok) witnesses a triad murder. When he picks the killer out of a lineup, the...
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Facets of Love
This story is centering around a Ming Dynasty brothel that steams with secret erotic myths, trysts a...
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Heaven and Hell
Actors David Chaing and Alexander Fu Sheng join director Chang Cheh and the rest of the Five Deadly ...
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The House of 72 Tenants
Set during a period of depression, the film chronicles the daily lives of a single urban building sp...
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The Bamboo House of Dolls
A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee....
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The 14 Amazons
The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war Ge...
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Return of Bastard Swordsman
Just when audiences thought the director couldn't get more spectacular and outrageous, he unleashed ...
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Sinful Confession
Arguably the funniest of the four famous Hui brothers, Michael has a tour-de-force vehicle in this n...
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The Big Holdup
A group of down-on-their-luck robbers pull off a spectacular job - only to find themselves hunted by...
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