Yuen Woo-Ping
Birthday: 1945-01-01
Place of Birth: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Biography: 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.
Movies
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Eight demon swordsmen and their gang have spread menace across many sword teaching schools. The stud...
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, h...
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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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The One-Armed Swordsman
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from ...
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Golden Swallow
Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she ...
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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 Grandmaster
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern ...
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Eastern Condors
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a...
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Wicked City
Taki and his partner Kai is assigned to go after Daishu for selling a drug from the Rapters's world,...
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Merry Christmas
A widower named Baldy (Karl Maka) longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage...
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Gameboy Kids
Andy act a successor to a criminal society. While knowing their boss is coming down from an airplane...
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Double Dare
With being thrown off buildings an occupational hazard, professional stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zo...
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The Angry Guest
The Angry Guest is a direct sequel to Duel of Fists which had two long-separated brothers, Ti Lung a...
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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 Sword of Swords
A noble swordsman fights to recover the magical blade that has protected his country for centuries a...
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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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Mismatched Couples
Eddie (Donnie Yen) is a young man good at both fighting and breakdancing. His cousin Stella (May Lo)...
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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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The Chinese Boxer
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a t...
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The Lizard
He steals from the rich and gives to the poor! Like Robin Hood, the title hero of The Lizard is a ph...
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King Eagle
Reclusive hero Jin Fei (Ti Lung), known as the King Eagle, inadvertently gets involved in the intern...
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Sensual Pleasures
Sensual Pleasures features a collection of three, ghost story, sexual vignettes starring a viscerall...
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Man of Iron
Man of Iron was positioned as something of a follow-up to Boxer From Shantung, the rise-and-fall sto...
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Drunken Master
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly ol...
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the ...
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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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Bogus Cops
A take on the 1990 US film "Short Time", Karl Choi (Kar-yan) and Ching But-kam (Eric Tsang) are the ...
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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 Invincible Fist
Here Lo Lieh plays a dedicated chief constable for Tsang Chou village, who falls in love with the bl...
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The Duel
Tan Jen-chieh's life spins out of control when he’s forced into exile to clear his name following th...
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Shaolin Drunkard
This very strange movie shows the sort of thing Yuen Woo-ping will do when he is left to his own des...
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Tiger Cage
Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few hones...
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My Hero
Sing loves to read cartoons and often daydreams of becoming a tycoon and celebrity. By accident, he ...
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The Matrix Revisited
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix....
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Three Against the World
Three Against The World is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Brandy Yuen and starring Andy La...
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Cinema of Vengeance
A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of s...
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Fist to Fist
A young police cadet graduates from the academy, and is sent to a small town run by gangsters - one ...
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The Banquet
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer...
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The Oily Maniac
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster...
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The Magnificent Trio
A wandering swordsman named Lu Fang who is returning from battle discovers that several farmers have...
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Just Heroes
A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to ta...
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The Twin Swords
Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends ...
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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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Trilogy of Swordsmanship
Three martial arts directors united for this unique anthology film. Yueh Feng writes and directs a c...
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My Darling Gals
My Darling Gals aka Kung Fu Stars is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung...
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The Super Inframan
The surface of the Earth is under attack, thousands of people are killed in this unprovoked attacked...
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That Fiery Girl
The bandits of Hulu Valley murder the chief of Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map. In retal...
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The Lotus Lamp
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is ra...
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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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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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Making 'The Matrix'
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explain...
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The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and int...
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Making 'Enter the Matrix'
A look at Enter the Matrix: The game's story picks up just before The Matrix Reloaded and runs paral...
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Heart to Hearts
The first of the three titles in the screwball Hong Kong "Hearts" series. Alex, a creative director...
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Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found...
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Man of Tai Chi
In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sa...
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Twin Sisters
Banker Fung Yan-tsang is a seasoned criminal in fraudulent activities. The righteous cat burglar Ham...
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Kung Fu Stuntmen
A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong...
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The Anonymous Heroes
A perennial Chang Cheh favorite, Anonymous Heroes focuses on two vagabond brothers, Meng Kang and Ti...
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Blood Brothers
Set in the waning years of the Ching Dyansty, this dramatic, tragic, romantic, blood-soaked martial ...
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The Trail of the Broken Blade
Chivalrous swordsman Jun-zhao goes in search of a fugitive named Li Yueh in order to reunite him wit...
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Duel of Fists
Two men, one a businessman skilled in Kung Fu, the other a kickboxer discover they are brothers, and...
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Little Big Soldier
The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever sin...
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Spooky, Spooky
Years ago, a village head in the Hong Kong countryside executed a man for committing adultery by dro...
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My Darling Gals
My Darling Gals aka Kung Fu Stars is a Hong Kong Action movie starring Sammo Hung...
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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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Four Riders
Four highly skilled fighters unite to take on a ruthless criminal gang, battling corruption, murder,...
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The Heroic Ones
A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine ...
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The Deadly Duo
The plot involves patriots during the Sung Dynasty and their attempts to rescue a kidnapped prince f...
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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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Dreadnaught
Mousy, a timid laundry man, crosses paths with a violent criminal known only as 'White Tiger', who h...
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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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The Secret Rivals 2
The twin brother of the Silver Fox attempts to avenge his brother's death and get a hidden treasure ...
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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 Gambling Syndicate
A provincial detective seeks to take down a local gambling syndicate with the help of two convicts....
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The Imposter
With the cast list, you would almost expect this to be another Chang Cheh film. Two of Chang's prote...
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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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Lover's Destiny
Director Chu Yuan was one of the new breed of directors at Shaw who raised the bar of martial arts f...
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Sex, Love and Hate
Accredited director of erotica and kung-fu films Chu Yuan, combines stars from both genres in Sex, L...
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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 Big Showdown
After his father's brutal murder, Ton Tin-Kuo sets out to seek the killer. He is befriended by evil ...
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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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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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Revenge of the Dragon
Two undercover agents must smash a smuggling racket that is terrorizing a small port town. One of th...
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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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The Deadly Knives
Plotting to obtain the Yen family's land, dastardly Japanese plutocrat Omura bribes Yen nephew Hsu C...
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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 Mad Killer
A lovelorn pompous knight lashes out after losing a friendly bout with a rival classmate who's also ...
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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 Singing Killer
David Chiang stars as a nightclub vocalist whose former criminal friends blackmail him into working ...
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The Secret of the Dirk
The lovely Ching Li and handsome Chang I star as star-and-sword-crossed comrades who take on the vic...
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Swordswomen Three
Lo Lieh play an ambitious martial artist who wishes to be number one in the martial world. Unfortuna...
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The Winged Tiger
Famed screenwriter Shen Chiang got one of his very first chances to direct his own script with this ...
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The Wandering Swordsman
In this thrilling martial arts twist on the tale of Robin Hood, a charismatic highwayman with formid...
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Supreme Sword
When a family is bankrupted by a counterfeiter named Gold Fist, the daughter (played by Connie Chan)...
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Dead End
In the mid-sixties Chang Cheh changed the face of female dominated films with his male dominated, vi...
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Twelve Deadly Coins
An escort team was on a perilous journey to transport some gold taels. When they fell into the ambus...
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The Chivalrous Whip
Doctor and whip-wielding Hero Chai Tin-sum travels to an isolated village where he finds the populat...
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Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
Red Lamp Shaded in Blood is a decent Martial World film of the type that Chu Yuan made famous for Sh...
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That Frightening Sword
Two martial artists (the striking Suet Nei and the handsome Kenneth Tsang Kong) team up in an attemp...
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The Silver Fox
The Silver Fox is a throwback, the last of its kind where the heroic swordsmen are women. Lily Ho (b...
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King Drummer
Ling Yun plays the replacement hired for a popular band whose egotistic drummer quit to join a rival...
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Rape of the Sword
Experienced heroine Li Li-Hua plays a swordswoman out to reclaim her murdered husband's "Green Sword...
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The Silent Swordsman
A young swordsman is tasked to lead a patriotic secret society to fight a traitorous general who con...
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The Sword and the Lute
The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting me...
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Dragnet of the Law
Expert of lithographic plates and counterfeit banknotes Lee Lik-hang is hunted down by the hitman Ma...
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The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
Documentary on the making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'....
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