Mama Hung
Birthday: 1909-02-22
Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
Biography: Chin Tsi-Ang (February 22, 1908 – October 15, 2007), also romanized as Qian Siying, was one of the earliest martial arts actors of Chinese cinema and its first female star. She debuted in South China Dream (南华梦, Nanhua Meng) in 1925 at the age of 17 and played a leading role in Southern Heroine (江南女侠, Jiangnan Nüxia) in 1930. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chin Tsi-ang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
Lady of the Law
A dangerous criminal escapes captivity – but luckily crime-busting super-swordswoman Leng Rushuang (...
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The Boxer from Shantung
Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn ...
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The Five Venoms
A dying master sends his last student to check up on five former pupils, who each know a special sty...
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Walking Beside Me
Joey was at the age of twenty-two and she was an independent and cheerful girl. She worked in an adv...
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My Wife Is 18
After finishing the open examination for Form 5 students and applying for an adult identity card, Yo...
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The Rainbow
A young tutor, miss Chen, is sent to home school in a dysfunctional household head by a wealthy patr...
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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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Maybe It's Love
A thrilling “whodunit” that weaves in and out of the lives of the residents of a small village. Sex ...
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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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Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic
An update of the 1960s Chinese martial arts story, Buddha's Palm, friends Charles and Chi (Andy Lau,...
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The Lark
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour o...
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In the Mood for Love
Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. Howeve...
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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 Blade
A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerfu...
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Vengeance!
A violent martial artist is bent on avenging his older brother, who was killed by a cabal of four wi...
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The Reckless Cricket
Cricket (Hon Kwok-Choi) wants to be a kung fu master so he can marry Ah Zhu (Yau Chui-Ling) because ...
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Hapkido
Yu Ying, Kao and Fan return to China to start a martial arts school but are bullied by the Japanese ...
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Human Lanterns
A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lant...
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The Knight of Knights
Six heroes are killed while investigating rampant lawlessness at Zhaoqing Temple where villains are ...
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The Assassin
Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple...
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House of Traps
It all started with The Five Venoms, the internationally loved kung-fu thriller. It continued throug...
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The Thundering Sword
A righteous clan’s effort to seek out and destroy the powerful Thundering Sword turns into a tragedy...
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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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Midnight Whispers
Midnight Whisper is a radio talk show in which listeners call in to discuss their lives. One evening...
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The Killer Snakes
A young man who has been beaten, abused, humiliated and laughed at all his life finds that he has an...
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Sensual Pleasures
Sensual Pleasures features a collection of three, ghost story, sexual vignettes starring a viscerall...
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Divorce, Hong Kong Style
A philandering business tycoon accuses his angelic wife of cheating. He learns the hard way he had ...
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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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Lady Exterminator
After a sudden spike of supply into the drug ridden streets, staunch anti-narcotics cop hellbent on ...
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C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hon...
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Long Arm of the Law II
This sequel to the critically-acclaimed box-office winner Long Arm of the Law maintains the same sta...
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The Greatest Lover
A delightful comedy about three illegal immigrants from China, one of whom (Chow) gets roped into a ...
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On the Wrong Track
A look at two brothers, whose reckless careers as gang members create conflict with friends, family,...
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How to Choose a Royal Bride
Emperor Kangxi's mother tries to marry him with the daughter of an official, but she's too strong-wi...
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The Romancing Star
Ah Fat, foul-mouthed, along with his two close buddies, Traffic Light and Ugly, are working in a gar...
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Flaming Brothers
Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code ...
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Heroes of the East
When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martia...
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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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The Convict Killer
Teng Piao went to jail for fifteen years on a frame up for drug smuggling. Now that he's out, along...
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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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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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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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The Lady Hermit
A young Kung Fu student seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Dem...
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong is the story of a young woman, Man Si Sun, who has arrived illegally in Hong Ko...
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Executioners from Shaolin
A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, bu...
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All for the Winner
Sing, a dumb, lovable mainlander with supernatural powers comes to China to visit his uncle Tat. Whe...
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The Delightful Forest
Legendary fighter Wu Song is sent to prison in Mengzhou province after murdering his sister-in-law a...
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To Be Number One
The story of Ho, a Chinese peasant/slave worker who escapes to Hong Kong and becomes one of the most...
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The Blue Jean Monster
A cop gets buried under steel rebars while pursuing triad bank robbers through a construction site. ...
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My Neighbours Are Phantoms
Chingmy starts noticing some very odd things about the neighbors and it turns out they they are evil...
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To Miss with Love
When a new teacher arrives, she finds herself caught up in the affairs of the students from her clas...
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The Shadow Boxing
Lau Kar-leung returns to the success of his first directed film, "The Spiritual Boxer," which also s...
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Mad Monkey Kung Fu
A disgraced former Kung Fu expert makes a living as a merchant with the help of a hot headed friend....
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Martial Club
Wong Fei Hung and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts s...
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The Flying Dagger
The Yu family earn the ire of the Green Dragon clan when the daughter kills the clan chief's son. Th...
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My Young Auntie
Cheng, a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei, but ...
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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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Crazy Blood
Chen is a dedicated social worker who has allowed her job to dominate her personal life. Inadvertent...
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Black Magic
A magician makes money by charging people to cast love spells on the objects of their affection. Com...
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Blood Reincarnation
A horror anthology. In the first, a man and his pregnant wife help an old woman bury a covered pot i...
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The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare
Shaw Brothers Exploitation Flick, 5th installment in "The Criminals" series....
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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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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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Madam White Snake
This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure down v...
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Temptress of a Thousand Faces
A mystery caper of devilish fun, Temptress Of A Thousand Faces proves a femme fatale can match any m...
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Cinema Hong Kong: Wu Xia
A full journey from the beginning of "Swordplay" movies in Shanghai, growth in Hong Kong cinemas in ...
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The Criminals, Part 3: Arson
Part 1 : 'Gun Snatchers' - Two criminals wanted for murder are turned in by one of their own. Part 2...
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Black Magic 2
A doctor suspects black magic on his hospital after experiencing some bizarre incidents and sends fo...
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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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Ghost Fever
Ling Siu-Cheung, a businessman who cheats on his wife for the very first time, is unaware that the w...
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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 Duel of the Century
This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's la...
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Casino Tycoon
Set in World War II, Casino Tycoon chronicles the story of Benny, a young graduate played by Andy La...
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The Young Vagabond
A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede....
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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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The Human Goddess
Li Ching is the Seventh Sister, an angel who comes down from heaven to see what life in Hong Kong is...
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Itchy Fingers
Biggie and Tiny grow up together. They fight all the time. Biggie is a detective and Tiny is a thief...
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Temple of the Red Lotus
Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was ...
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Descendant of the Sun
Celebrated director Chu Yuan helms "Descendant Of The Sun", a Superman meets Hercules a la old style...
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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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Carry on Wise Guy
Gordon Liu as the Master Killer has taken a vow not to use his superior fighting abilities, but he i...
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Behind the Yellow Line
Married boss Paul falls for his employee named Monica after running into her in a subway station and...
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Love in a Fallen City
Taking place in 1941, Love in a Fallen City centers on Pai, a young woman who has been ostracized by...
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Too Late for Love
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The hap...
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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 West Chamber
A scholar woos the daughter of an important family, while outwitting rebels who try to capture her....
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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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The Pearl Phoenix
Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of th...
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The Adulteress
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drug...
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Duel for Gold
Soon-to-be legendary director Chu Yuan had just joined the Shaw Brothers when he helmed this thrille...
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The Mermaid
A Huangmei opera produced by Shaw Brothers about a carp spirit who transforms into an identical copy...
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Tales of a Eunuch
The story follows a "loveable" rascal as he gambles and gets into various bits of trouble with outla...
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Love Parade
The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Bro...
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The Magnificent Concubine
Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty ...
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The Amorous Lotus Pan
A woman in an arranged marriage falls in love with her husband's brother....
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Fairy, Ghost, Vixen
FAIRY, GHOST, VIXEN (1965) consists of three fanciful tales that may be loosely classified as ghost ...
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The Blue and the Black
It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese occ...
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The Swordswoman of Huangjiang
The Swordswoman of Huangjiang was a popular book that started with the decision to get revenge on he...
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The Killer
Chiao Tzu Wei hires a killer under the premise that the local government (run by the local kung fu s...
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Comedy of Mismatches
Comedy of Mismatches begins with widow Sun who single-handedly raises her son Yu Lang (Chin Feng) an...
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Heartbeat 100
A fiction writer and her sister travel to the country to work on a new novel, but local thugs and a ...
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The Occupant
When a college student returns to her native Hong Kong to do academic work on Chinese superstitions,...
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Mantis Combat
When a once infamous criminal decides to give up his lifestyle and return the many treasures he has ...
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Lady with a Sword
After a trio of rogues murder her sister and leave her nephew for dead, a skilled swordswoman seeks ...
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Secret Service of the Imperial Court
The sergeant of the Brocade Guards, the government's secret police, fights back against a traitorous...
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The Mighty Peking Man
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong....
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Shaolin Temple
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Cap...
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The Rebel Intruders
China is ripped apart by a civil war, and thousands of displaced refugees swarm into towns not yet r...
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None But the Brave
Story is about how a revolutionist, played by Cheng Pei Pei, taking on the identity of a Captain's (...
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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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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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Fist of Unicorn
Unicorn travels to a village troubled by gangsters in search of revenge for the murder of his parent...
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The Bloody Fists
Yuen Woo Ping, who would in time become one of the world's leading martial arts choreographers, bloc...
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All in the Family
A family gathers to be with its dying father. The reunion brings to the surface old rivalries....
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Curse of Evil
13 family members are murdered and then dumped in a well. 30 years later their descendants are curse...
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Games Gamblers Play
Michael Hui stars as Wen, a convict who's always out to make a quick dollar through gambling. Being ...
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Bewitched
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the ...
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Hex
Constantly mistreated by her cruel husband, the frail Chan Sau-ying awaits certain death from tuberc...
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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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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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The Rebel Intruders
China is ripped apart by a civil war, and thousands of displaced refugees swarm into towns not yet r...
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Enter Three Dragons
Sammy is involved with gangsters to save his relative from a problem so he calls Dragon Hung from Am...
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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 Bod Squad
Five Western girls are kidnapped by Chinese pirates and sold to a brothel. While they are being trai...
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Spirit of the Raped
A Shaw Brothers production featuring a supernatural tale of revenge. Liu Miao-Li suffers a string o...
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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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Demon of the Lute
From first-time director Lung Yi Sheng comes Demon Of The Lute, a 1983 fantasy swordplay epic featur...
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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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The Twelve Gold Medallions
While a brave Chinese general and his men fight against the Tartar invaders, several swordsmen try t...
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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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To Kill A Mastermind
A powerful crime syndicate known as the Chi Sha clan is a vast network of deadly criminals proficien...
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Funny Triple
Once there are two detectives in the police force, Fatty and Lanky, they have been very, very good f...
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Golden Needles
An ancient Asian statue with the power to grant health and long life via secret acupuncture points i...
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Sweet Is Revenge
Some 40 years ago when warlords rode rough-shod over the Chinese people, circus acrobat Pao Te-cheng...
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Operation Lipstick
Li Bing, a nightclub entertainer and a reformed thief was caught up in a fight against a criminal sy...
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The Mad Monk
The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them b...
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Royal Tramp
The story of Wai Siu Bo, a pimp who after saving Chan Kan Nam, the leader of the Heaven and Earth so...
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The Weird Man
Chang is known for his lone swordsman and hero movies and strangely The Weird Man still reflects thi...
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The Fake Ghost Catchers
This delightful action comedy came out a full two years before Ghostbusters premiered. Coincidence? ...
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