Angela Mao Ying
Biography: Angela Mao Ying (Chinese: 茅瑛, born Mao Fujing; 20 September 1950) is a Taiwanese actress and martial artist who appeared in many martial arts films in the 1970s. One of the most famous martial artist actresses of her time, she is nicknamed "Lady Whirlwind" and "Lady Kung Fu". She was positioned as a female version of Bruce Lee. Was a member of the Fu Sheng Opera School.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 20, 1950
Deathday: N/A
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Enter the Dragon
1973-08-17
Enter the Dragon
Overview: A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-17
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Deadly Duo
1978-06-22
Deadly Duo
Overview: Ah Cheng has decided to get out of this silly kung-fu business and retire with his new girlfriend. Unfortunately, everyone is out to kill him, and one of the killers has been using his trademark knives to frame him! Meanwhile his friends meet up with a mysterious swordsmen who is not what he seems.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-06-22
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Be Water
2020-01-25
Be Water
Overview: In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his struggles between two worlds, this portrait explores questions of identity and representation through the use of rare archival footage, interviews with loved ones and Bruce’s own writings.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-25
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Hapkido
1972-10-01
Hapkido
Overview: Yu Ying, Kao and Fan return to China to start a martial arts school but are bullied by the Japanese competitor who runs the Black Bear school. The harassment leads to intense conflicts between them.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-10-01
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Broken Oath
1977-12-03
Broken Oath
Overview: Lotus never had a chance. Her mother seethed with anger at being unjustly imprisoned for turning her attemped rapist into a cyclops. Mother repeatedly asked her good friend and fellow prisoner, Pickpocket, to urge Lotus to take revenge for her as an adult. Lotus is given to a monastery and grows up there, but twenty years of peace and love make no impression on Lotus, who skips classes to practice pole and sword skills. Joining forces with Pickpocket and Big Rat, Lotus gets her chance at revenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-12-03
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Lady Whirlwind
1972-06-01
Lady Whirlwind
Overview: A young woman determines to help a man who is being pursued by gangsters, so that she would have the pleasure of killing him herself as revenge for causing the death of her sister.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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The Tournament
1974-09-28
The Tournament
Overview: After an unsanctioned match between a Chinese martial arts student and a Thai boxer results in disgrace for the Chinese, they determine to train and salvage their master’s reputation.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-09-28
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Dance of Death
1980-07-04
Dance of Death
Overview: An orphan boy seeks revenge upon a villainous kung-fu sect that killed his friends. He chances upon two old kung fu masters who are fighting to determine who's the better fighter; one is a drunk, the other puffs constantly on a pipe. Fei Fei convinces them to teach him kung fu, and then he'll fight using both of their techniques and will discover which is superior. So Fei Fei ends up fighting his way up the ranks of the evil sect with the two old men trailing after him, evaluating the battles and counting how many of their individual moves Fei Fei uses. The final battle with the white-haired master of the sect, using new kung fu moves inspired by dancers in a brothel, is amazingly gymnastic. --Bret Fetzer
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-07-04
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Stoner
1974-08-02
Stoner
Overview: An Australian cop heads to Hong Kong to head off the supply of a new designer drug which raises the sexual appetite of anyone who takes it.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-08-02
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Return of the Tiger
1977-06-10
Return of the Tiger
Overview: Chang Hung, an agent who works for a rival organization, and his female partner devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin ring led by the nefarious kingpin, Paul the Westerner.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-06-10
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The Great Cheat
1981-01-01
The Great Cheat
Overview: plot is unknown
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire
1979-07-11
Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire
Overview: During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-07-11
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Deadly China Doll
1973-06-22
Deadly China Doll
Overview: Charming stranger Pai Chen arrives in a small town to settle an old score with nefarious local hoodlum Scarface Wu Hsu, who runs an opium smuggling ring. Hsu is planning a drug deal with another crime boss that Pai decides to thwart. Feisty young lass Hei Lu helps Pai out.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-06-22
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When Taekwondo Strikes
1973-09-09
When Taekwondo Strikes
Overview: The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-09-09
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Enter the Clones of Bruce
2023-12-22
Enter the Clones of Bruce
Overview: Get ready to play a game of death… and another… and another. This wild documentary dives into the Bruce Lee exploitation craze.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-22
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The Fate of Lee Khan
1973-12-06
The Fate of Lee Khan
Overview: Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-Chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-06
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Black Hornet
1977-12-08
Black Hornet
Overview: To free his girlfriend from her contract with a greedy madam, Shang Li (Don Wong) teams up with a cold-blooded thief called the Sparrow (Chiang-lung Wen) to hijack a large shipment of silver. But when the heist suddenly goes bad, Shang Li finds himself with blood on his hands and a price on his head. Martial arts superstars Angela Mao and Lieh Lo also star in this kung fu classic from writer-director Pao-Shu Kao.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-12-08
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Thunderbolt
1973-10-11
Thunderbolt
Overview: The Fei Long Society, under the administration of chiefs Lung Lin, Pei Fen, Chen Ying-Chieh and Lung's sister Lung Chu, enjoys high prestige. One day a swordsman, Hung Wei, comes to join them. Hung later gets admitted after impressing the other chiefs with his fine fighting ability. The society's sub-branches soon come under the attack of the Black Tiger Gang. The chiefs of Fei Long Society head off to the branches in an attempt to save the situation. In their absence, the Society's stronghold falls to Hung's hands. Chen and Lung are attacked by Hung and his men. Lung swears to bring Chen back to justice...
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-10-11
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The Lady Constables
1978-01-08
The Lady Constables
Overview: Fierce females in flowing frocks force fear on fiendish filchers of the Five Phoenixes!! Angela Mao and Chia Ling star as cops on the trail of bandit leader Chang Yi whose gang has stolen the Five Phoenixes' Night Shining Pearl. They confront him at his fortress stronghold in an all out effort to prevent evil from dominating the martial world!
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-01-08
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Witch
1992-12-31
Witch
Overview: May is a man who, in order to reincarnate to an honorable situation, must remain a virgin for three lifetimes. But the evil (and titular) witch has other ideas. She tricks him, then screws him, then kills him. Now dead, May becomes the servant of the prince of hell, whose parents want to marry him off. But despite being offered the choice of 73 beauties, he rejects them all as being too old. The prince (who, like the other inhabitants of hell, is quite a nice guy) is mad about Chin ... but she's "on the corps side" - that is, in the land of the living. May is instructed to accompany the prince through the tricky task of getting to know and woo the living girl. But the witch is still around, and still after May.....
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1992-12-31
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Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion
1977-08-03
Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion
Overview: Tyrone Shu directs Lung Chun, Wang Tao, and Angela Mao in the historically set martial arts film Moonlight Sword & Jade Lion. During the Sung Dynasty, Mao plays a martial arts expert who finds herself involved in a variety of political intrigues. "Feisty ace martial artist Chu Siew Yen promises her teacher that she will find his missing brother. During her search Chu also tries to discover the identity of the person who killed her parents. Of course, accomplishing said tasks proves easier said than done as Chu faces opposition from many people she encounters on the way to uncovering the truth." Written by Woodyanders
Genres: Drama Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-08-03
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Top Fighter 2
1996-09-10
Top Fighter 2
Overview: The sequel of "Top Fighter" focuses in the importance of the women in the martial-arts movies, from her first characters as "hero's girl" until becoming superstars by themselves. A voyage by the times and the most famous beauty fighters from this genre: Angela Mao, Michelle Yeoh, Cynthia Rothrock and much more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-10
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The Himalayan
1976-02-20
The Himalayan
Overview: The Tseng family is one of the most noble and respected clans in a small village in Tibet. The patriarch of the Tseng family wants to marry off his daughter Ching Lan into the Kao clan. However, the cunning and deceitful eldest brother Kao Chu only wants his younger sibling Kao I-Fan to marry Lan so he can gain access to the Tseng family's considerable wealth and power.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-02-20
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Kung Fu Killers
1974-01-01
Kung Fu Killers
Overview: Australian stuntman Grant Page travels to Hong Kong to find Bruce Lee's successor and looks at the cultural phenomenon that Asian martial arts has become in the West. He talks to actors such as Angela Mao, Stuart Whitman and George Lazenby - who were all making movies in Hong Kong at the time - and fights Carter Wong twice.
Genres: Documentary Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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A Queen's Ransom
1976-09-16
A Queen's Ransom
Overview: A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-09-16
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The Invincible Eight
1971-01-22
The Invincible Eight
Overview: Everyday when General Xiao and his men ride through the Imperial City, inhabitants have to scatter around in order to keep out of their path. One day when Lei plans to assassinate Xiao but gets hurt, another three fighters He, Jiao and Feng come out boldly to help him out. With the help of Zhu, a cook, He succeeds to escape whereas the other three are seized. Later on, He acquaints himself with the girl Gui. Along with another two girls, Hai and Jiang, these eight youngsters are the descendants of the late patriotic generals, who have been recently murdered. Gui suspects that Hai and Jiang are controlled by Xiao and sneaks into his manor. She meets the girls successfully, but she is seized. When Wan, Xiao's butler, urges his master to kill Hai and Jiang, Jiang overhears their conversation and tries to rescue all her friends. At last, the eight are united and try their best to fight against General Xiao and his men.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1971-01-22
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Naughty! Naughty!
1974-07-18
Naughty! Naughty!
Overview: Wu Te-chuan is a young man trying to make a living in an easy way. But now he is penniless and will being thrown out of his Macau hotel. Kind- hearted hotel maid Hsiao Yen is the only one to help him in the world. One day, Wu plays a trick on the hotel owner. The scheme backfires and Wu has to flee to Hong Kong. Wu saves desperate painter Hsin. He convinces Hsin that his painting will sell if he is dead. After Hsin pretend to be dead, his paintings really can be sold well, but backfires finally. Then, Wu and Hsin team up and engage themselves full time in con games, gambling and sex inclusive. Finally, Wu is being chased by the ring enforcers but is saved. Finding himself in love with Hsiao Yen, Wu decides to turn a new leaf and live properly ever after.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-07-18
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The Association
1974-11-21
The Association
Overview: Plain-clothes detective Wang is the best in his trade. One day he stumbles across a young girl's body who apparently is died of abortion. Wang investigates the guilty abortionist who leads Wang to a secret organization called "The Welfare Association". Actually it is an international prostitution racket. Wang sneaks into the association. When he is about to arrest the association's organizer, a girl, Lei, whose sister's death cause by the secret society, saves Wang in certain death. Wang arrests the organizer but has set her free from headquarter. Wang and Lei get together in getting the commander dismissed.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-11-21
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Snake Deadly Act
1980-01-17
Snake Deadly Act
Overview: Kwok Chung is a righteous rich kid whose hobby is to fight and brawl. One encounter nearly gets him killed, but he is saved by Yueh (Fong Hak On), the Snake Fist Master. Yueh befriends and teaches Kwok the deadly art of the snake. Soon, Kwok realizes that his teacher has more in common with a snake than just techniques. He's being set up by his teacher, and his family is also targeted for murder!
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-01-17
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The Best of the Martial Arts Films
1990-01-01
The Best of the Martial Arts Films
Overview: The most explosive barehanded combat sequences ever filmed. An electrifying video of martial arts mastery and mayhem. This program takes a behind-the-scenes look at the weapons, the mystical eastern philosophy, and the incredible skills that have made martial arts films one of the most popular genres in the world today.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Back Alley Princess
1973-02-17
Back Alley Princess
Overview: Polly Shang Kwan and Sam Hui are con artists who befriend a family of street venders and entertainers. The group constantly faces financial problems as they are ripped off by thugs, their rent is raised and car breaks down. Polly Kuan (who portrays a man for the entire film) lies, cheats, and steals to come up with the cash that everyone needs. Things get more serious when triad thugs kidnap the daughter of the family, and sell her to a triad boss, killing Carter Wong in the process.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-02-17
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The Angry River
1971-05-12
The Angry River
Overview: The plot has to do with a reign of terror conducted by a mysterious killer dubbed "Poison Dart," who is hitting all kinds of prominent people with poison darts.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-05-12
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The King of Gambler
1981-05-20
The King of Gambler
Overview: plot is unknown
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-05-20
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Ninja, the Violent Sorceror
1987-05-27
Ninja, the Violent Sorceror
Overview: A murderer, with the help of Chinese vampires, does battle with the ghost of a dead gambling lord's wife and the gambling lord's living brother. A cut n paste movie that uses footage from The Stunning Gambling (Taiwan) mixed with new footage.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-27
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Swift Shaolin Boxer
1978-05-12
Swift Shaolin Boxer
Overview: Angelo Mao, Judy Lee and Barry Chen star in this tale of murder, intrigue and betrayal. When two separate imperial agents stay in the same room at different times are both offed, foul play is afoot. After passing his five challenges required to qualify for the mission, Agent Ho Kun is dispatched to the town where the murders took place, to stay in the aforementioned room and complete the mission bestowed upon his ill fated colleagues. Upon discovering that some of the local contacts are employed by the antagonist of this tale, things start to get complicated.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-05-12
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Moonlight Murderer
1980-01-01
Moonlight Murderer
Overview: Swish, energetic kung fu action with everyone hunting a golden dragon statue and a killer called Moon Night Cutter.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Devil's Dynamite
1987-09-14
Devil's Dynamite
Overview: After spending ten years in prison Steven Cox has recently been released and his former colleagues will do anything to find out where he stashed his fortune. His former mistress now rules the underworld and she plays the various fractions against each other to maintain her power. One of the local drug lords has hired vampires to protect him and keep his drug smuggling business thriving. The vampires pop up around town as they, along with various other thugs, try to knock off Steven Cox and find the whereabouts to his gold. There is a stranger in town that dresses up like a space age super hero who aligns himself with Steven Cox as they take on together the corrupt underworld. A cut n paste movie that uses footage from The Stunning Gambling (Taiwan) and Giant of Casino (HK).
Genres: Action Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-14
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Duel with the Devils
1977-09-10
Duel with the Devils
Overview: As the daughter of the Chinese police chief, Angela secretly dresses up as a man to use her kung fu on Japanese troublemakers.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-09-10
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Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania
1992-01-01
Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania
Overview: BRUCE LEE AND KUNG FU MANIA With action highlights from more than thirty of the greatest martial arts movies, this kung fu-fighting, karate-kicking compilation features the real Bruce Lee and his many clones plus Chuck Norris, Jim Kelly, and more. Here’s Bruce backing up The Green Hornet as Kato, battling Norris in Return of the Dragon, and making his last complete film, Enter the Dragon, plus the secrets of his mysterious death in Bruce Lee...His Last Days. You’ll also see Lo Lieh challenge Lee Van Cleef in The Stranger and the Gunfighter, Bruce Li carrying on the tradition with The Three Avengers, and Tae Kwon Do Grand Master Jhoon Ree in The Tattooed Dragon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
2000-10-22
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
Overview: Documentary on the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, with a focus on the production of his unfinished film Game of Death. Using interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, Lee aficionado John Little paints a portrait of the world's most famous action hero, concluding with a new cut of Game of Death's action finale, reconstructed from Lee's notes and recently-recovered footage.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-22
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Duel in the Desert
1977-10-21
Duel in the Desert
Overview: The setting for this tale is an inn where people come from all corners of China every 5 years to witness and participate in a prestigious horse race. However, the inn is also swarming with thieves and con-men looking to score. Angela Mao plays the innkeepers daughter and she sends the villains back to where they came from in a series of great fights. Angela Mao using the Snake fist is a must see.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-10-21
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The Eight Bandits
1968-06-14
The Eight Bandits
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Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-06-14
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The Stunning Gambling
1982-01-01
The Stunning Gambling
Overview: A con man murders his competition through Vampire Jiang Shi controlled by a Taoist Priest. His plans for domination are in jeopardy when the brother of a recent victim fights back with occult connections of his own.
Genres: Drama Adventure Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Legendary Strike
1978-11-30
The Legendary Strike
Overview: The plot deals with a search for a valuable pearl, dubbed the Buddha's Relic, which is sold to an unwitting Japanese emissary by a corrupt Ching Dynasty prince who seeks to steal it back for his own purposes.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-11-30
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New Pilgrims to the West
1982-01-01
New Pilgrims to the West
Overview: Chan Jun-Leung's 1982 film based on The Journey to the West.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao
1977-01-01
Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao
Overview: A housewife is searching for her errant husband as he seeks revenge on his killers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
1973-01-01
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Invincible Kung Fu Trio
1977-09-24
The Invincible Kung Fu Trio
Overview: The film takes up the tale of Shaolin students Fong Si Yu and Hung Si Kwan (joined here by a third comrade, Lu Ka Chai) and their efforts to battle Ching oppressors. Their chief antagonist is the Abbot of Wutang who makes it his job to get rid of the three heroes and actually comes up with a clever plan to do so. He creates three exact doubles of the heroes and trains them to fight their counterparts.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-09-24
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The Giant of Casino
1981-04-06
The Giant of Casino
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Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-04-06
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Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
1973-08-01
Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
Overview: Promotional film on the making of 'Enter the Dragon.'
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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