Hung San-Nam
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The Duel of the Century
1981-10-22
The Duel of the Century
Overview: This mystery-tinged 'Martial Arts World' epic was one of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung's last together for the Shaw Studios, but it's another action-filled winner. Liu Yung and Sun Chien team to investigate the martial arts murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, imposters, and one deadly duel after another. No less than three choreographers are on hand to handle the multitude of magnificent martial arts.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-10-22
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Walk on Fire
1988-06-24
Walk on Fire
Overview: Sergeant Kwok Wah (Andy Lau) and Ho Lung (Ray Lui) are both colleagues and best friends. Ho Lung has developed hatred with a gang leader Dick. Dick sends Hung (Cherie Chung) as a bait to kill Ho Lung. Swore to take revenge for his best friend, Kwok Wah works with Ho Lung's partner Mother (Kent Cheng) to unveil the enemy. Kwok Wah saves Hung during an operation and Hung starts to like Kwok Wah. Kwok Wah and Mother follow their plan to capture Dick, but it ends in vain and both of them get into a gunfight. Hung is killed for saving Kwok Wah during the gunfight. Though heart-broken, Kwok Wah and Mother go on fighting the villain...
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-06-24
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Bullet for Hire
1991-09-05
Bullet for Hire
Overview: Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work. When one of them is blackmailed into helping the police, a Triad boss grows suspicious.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-09-05
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Godfather from Canton
1982-06-11
Godfather from Canton
Overview: A coolie is ofter a job a policeman after saving a government official, and through treachery and corruption rises through the ranks of the police, then becomes a gangster.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-06-11
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Vampire vs. Sorcerer 2
1988-01-01
Vampire vs. Sorcerer 2
Overview: Action/horror/comedy with ghosts and hopping vampires.
Genres: Action Comedy Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Thunderclap
1984-01-01
Thunderclap
Overview: A clever Shaw Brothers wuxia comedy about a young antihero (Tony Leung Siu Hung) getting himself and his friend (Max Mok) into all kinds of trouble and ultimate defeating the "Heavenly Demon" (Chen Kuan Tai). Lightning fast action, pleasant humor, great acting and a helpful modern-day narrator makes this an unusually enjoyable Shaw Brothers production.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Top Sex
1989-06-14
Top Sex
Overview: Hong Kong film from 1989.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-06-14
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The Iceman Cometh
1989-08-12
The Iceman Cometh
Overview: When 16th-century Ming guard Fong Sau-ching sets out to capture vicious rapist Feng San, both men end up falling into a glacier to be frozen in time. Thawed out by scientists over 300 years later, the confused guard must learn to cope with the modern world and continue in his quest to vanquish his opponent.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-08-12
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Human Lanterns
1982-07-14
Human Lanterns
Overview: A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-07-14
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Little Dragon Maiden
1983-12-02
Little Dragon Maiden
Overview: Seeking to improve his combat skills, a young man falls in love with a woman with mystical powers but his past stands in the way of their union.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-12-02
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Little Dragon Maiden
1983-12-02
Little Dragon Maiden
Overview: Seeking to improve his combat skills, a young man falls in love with a woman with mystical powers but his past stands in the way of their union.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-12-02
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Five Element Ninjas
1982-04-21
Five Element Ninjas
Overview: A young martial artist vows to take revenge against the ninja who murdered his martial arts master and brothers. He finds a new teacher and faces, together with his new brothers, the Five Element Ninja challenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-04-21
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Return to the 36th Chamber
1980-08-24
Return to the 36th Chamber
Overview: The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers hire an actor to impersonate a priest and kung-fu expert from the temple of Shaolin. The factory owner proves the actor a fraud, and punishes all those involved. The young actor feels he has let the workers down, and promises to atone. He sets out for Shaolin, determined to be accepted as a kung-fu pupil at the elite temple.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-08-24
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Evil Cat
1987-01-01
Evil Cat
Overview: Every 50 years a cat demon has to be killed by a Cheung family member until the body-hopping feline demon's 9 lives are up. This time it falls on the shoulders of Master Cheung. He is afraid of cancer killing him before he can stop the demonic force, so when Long comes to him after his boss gets possessed, he tries teaching him his family's Mao Shan magic hoping to pass it onto him since Cheung's bloodline stops with himself.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty
1984-06-01
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty
Overview: Rebellious Yu Yuan-gi becomes a Taoist priestess in order to avoid traditional roles designated to her as a woman by the society and focus on her studies and poetry. However, her trysts with both her maid and a ronin lead to trouble.
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Tragic Hero
1987-02-20
Tragic Hero
Overview: After being released from prison, Tang Kat-Yung exacts revenge on Lee Ah Chai.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-02-20
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Challenge of the Gamesters
1981-04-30
Challenge of the Gamesters
Overview: A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would go on to dominate Hong Kong cinema for the next two decades. Although rife with Japanese spies, Shanghai tycoons, beautiful starlets, and enough intrigue to keep 007 happy, Bond himself would be no match for the heroes' skill at mahjong and other games Hong Kong gamblers play--proving that the cube is often mightier than the baccarat card.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-04-30
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A Better Tomorrow
1986-08-02
A Better Tomorrow
Overview: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-08-02
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The Emperor and His Brother
1981-07-19
The Emperor and His Brother
Overview: A young boy betrays his family who hides a refugee and tells the pursuer where the hiding-place is - just because he wants a valuable telescope for reward. His father decides to kill the boy in order to restore the honor of the family.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-07-19
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Lost Souls
1980-11-26
Lost Souls
Overview: Determined to escape from the harsh regime of China to the freedom of Hong Kong, three youths are captured by Mr. Hok, a sadistic human smuggler who subjects them to an unrelenting assault of degradation. Pushed to the limits of human endurance, the prisoners must fight for their lives in an unforgettable, action-packed climax.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-11-26
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Twisted Love
1985-09-26
Twisted Love
Overview: A wealthy businessman gives his wife everything she wants, besides one thing, a passionate sex life. The sexually frustrated woman soon gets into several other relationships and soon also learns why her husband is so uninterested with her in bed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-09-26
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Ghosts Galore
1983-02-06
Ghosts Galore
Overview: Veteran Lo Lieh, once again playing an evil black-magic priest, unleashes some particulary nasty Japanese ghosts on a peaceful Chinese village.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-02-06
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Project A
1983-12-22
Project A
Overview: In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-12-22
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Running on Empty
1991-04-08
Running on Empty
Overview: Based on a true story, and recreated from the personal account of one of the robbers, the film follows an immigrant from mainland China in 1975 as he works with a team to plan to rob an armored car carrying seven million dollars from the Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong.
Genres: Crime Drama History Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-04-08
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Magic Crystal
1986-09-17
Magic Crystal
Overview: Archaeologist Shum finds an antique jade with supernatural power in Greece. The stone is wanted both by KGB's agent Karoff and the Interpol. Shum asks his friend Nike for help. However, Shum is finally caught by KGB but the jade is slipped into the hands of a boy called Pan.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-09-17
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Legend of the Fox
1980-11-15
Legend of the Fox
Overview: Chin Siu Ho plays a young man who believes himself to be an orphan. Until one rainy night when he and three different men find themselves taking shelter from the storm in the same place. Here the man who raised him tells him at last the story of who his parents were. His father (Lu Feng) was a great swordsman trying to dispel rumors of a wrongdoing and return a lost sword to its rightful owner. Kuo Choi and Chiang Sheng (also master swordsmen) are the parties that Lu Feng is trying to rectify things with. Through cowardly trickery on Chiang's part, a duel ensues and it all winds up with Lu's death. His son is taken to safety by a servant (the man who since raised him). Now with the truth told, Chin Siu Ho seeks out Kuo Choi's aid and seeks vengeance for the wrongful death of his father.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-11-15
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Brave Archer and His Mate
1982-02-25
Brave Archer and His Mate
Overview: Guo Jing and Huang Rong return to Peach Blossom Island and are shocked to see that Guo's first martial arts teachers, the "Seven Freaks of Jiangnan", have all been murdered except for Ke Zhen'e. Guo Jing is tricked into believing that Huang Rong's father, Huang Yaoshi, is responsible for the murders and he attempts to avenge his teachers by fighting Huang Yaoshi. The intelligent Huang Rong eventually uncovers the truth and reveals that the murders are actually part of a plot masterminded by Ouyang Feng and Yang Kang. Ouyang and Yang want to make Guo Jing and Huang Yaoshi kill each other and Yang can learn Ouyang's newly mastered skills from the fake copy of the Nine Yin Manual.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-02-25
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Martial Club
1981-08-20
Martial Club
Overview: Wong Fei Hung and his friend are constantly having contests to see who has the better martial arts skill. After getting in trouble with their fathers, Wong Fei Hung settles down and starts to train seriously, while his friend still horses around. After his friend is hurt by a rival school, Wong goes to the school for retribution. Instead his skill is tested through a series of events which climax with him taking on a Northern martial artist. In an excellent battle of skill, he earns the respect of the rival school. Also stars Mai Te Lo and Hui Ying Hung.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-08-20
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My Young Auntie
1981-01-01
My Young Auntie
Overview: Cheng, a beautiful martial arts ace, battles to keep her inheritance from the ruthless Yun Wei, but her efforts are sabotaged by Yu Tao, her wayward and irrepressible great-nephew. Following a frenzy of spectacular comic mishaps, the hapless duo are setup and imprisoned and the deeds to Cheng's estate are stolen. She is held hostage after a doomed attempt to reclaim the papers back from Yu Wei's place, and the stage is set for a savage fight to the death.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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First Time
1983-05-12
First Time
Overview: Hong Kong drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-05-12
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Seeding of a Ghost
1983-12-29
Seeding of a Ghost
Overview: A Hong Kong taxi driver suffers after being cursed by a sorcerer he accidentally hit with his cab. After the driver's wife is raped and killed by teenage hooligans, he pleads with the sorcerer to lift the hex and restore his wife to the land of the living. Otherworldly zombie chaos ensues.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-12-29
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Disciples of the 36th Chamber
1985-05-17
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Overview: Monk San Te tries to support and protect Shaolin and her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-05-17
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Vampire vs. Sorcerer
1988-01-01
Vampire vs. Sorcerer
Overview: action/horror/comedy with ghosts and hopping vampires.
Genres: Horror Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Curse
1987-01-14
Curse
Overview: A woman tries to attract her reincarnated lover from her previous life but eventually turns to the aid of an evil sorcerer who rules over a tribe of cannibal midgets.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-01-14
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The Young Vagabond
1985-01-02
The Young Vagabond
Overview: A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-01-02
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What Price Honesty?
1981-12-31
What Price Honesty?
Overview: Police corruption is the theme of this brutal harbinger of the bleak "new wave" crime thriller. Pai Piao, Danny Lee, and "Venom" Sun Chien star as idealistic police school graduates who run afoul of such vicious, murderous depravity that the cop who is killed first could be considered the lucky one.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-12-31
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Usurpers of Emperor's Power
1983-05-27
Usurpers of Emperor's Power
Overview: Liu Yung plays Li Lang, a court official out to avenge his former emperor. The target is easy to hate: the power-hungry Kuang-yi (Chao Kuo) is a plundering rapist and a cold-blooded murderer. But can one man take on the imperial army?
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-05-27
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Bloody Brotherhood
1989-01-07
Bloody Brotherhood
Overview: Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discovers that this is all but a myth.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-01-07
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Fury
1988-01-16
Fury
Overview: Chik (Philip Chan), Lucky (Michael Wong), Chi-to (Waise Lee), and his ex-girlfriend Ngao (Carrie Ng) who he is still sweet on but is married to Lucky now, are aiming to make a score on a deal with a Taiwan triad when things take a turn for the BLOODY because Chi-to's cousin, who arranged the deal, set them up.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-01-16
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Escape from Brothel
1992-02-29
Escape from Brothel
Overview: Hung and Ann are down-on-their luck prostitutes trapped in Hong Kong. Pauline's boyfriend, Sam, back in China, who is under the impression that she is away working at a factory, is double-crossed by Billy Chow, and while looking to escape; flees for Hong Kong and winds up at the Brothel where Pauline is employed. He is crushed when he finds out the truth, but by this point, everyone involved on all sides is too deeply involved to turn back. This is the type of movie that could only come from HK. It combines plenty of gory fighting, romance, violent A great scenes and comedy, all into one. A grand finale, where those who haven't already been killed fight it out on a construction site. In summary; heaps of sex and violence-has a few great bits, but not recommended for the weak-hearted.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-02-29
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Burning Ambition
1989-04-13
Burning Ambition
Overview: This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-04-13
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City Warriors
1988-10-20
City Warriors
Overview: A soldier from Mainland China arrives at Hong Kong to look for his estranged sister and finds out that she has been forced into prostitution by a criminal organization.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-10-20
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Angry Ranger
1991-09-14
Angry Ranger
Overview: A man returning to his old neighbourhood after a prison term finds that the friends he used to hang out with are now a violent street gang that is terrorizing the community.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-09-14
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Portrait in Crystal
1983-03-11
Portrait in Crystal
Overview: Several mysterious killings take place in the underworld. A war fighter trying to find the culprit behind these murders. He finds that the victims are killed by a crystal statue. The statue is made of an ordinary man who is good at sculpting, but is controlled by an evil demon and warrior knows that he must stop the demon before several statues will. While traveling man who created the statue out to find his statue to prove his innocence.
Genres: Action Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-03-11
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Buddha's Palm
1982-08-20
Buddha's Palm
Overview: When Long Jian-fei is tossed from a cliff by the new sweetheart of his meanspirited ex-girlfriend, the friendly Dameng dragon-dog saves the hapless man's life, and brings him to Flame Cloud Devil, the blind master of the Buddha's Palm technique.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-08-20
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Widow Warriors
1990-03-10
Widow Warriors
Overview: The males in a triad family are betrayed and gunned down by a rival gang and the women in the family - from the matriarch to the youngest - decide that rather than sit around and mourn their men that they will extract revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-10
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Silent Love
1986-03-06
Silent Love
Overview: A ring of deaf pickpockets led by Heung gather at a fast food restaurant to celebrate the prison release of Panther. There they encounter Kelly Mak, who also recently completed his prison sentence. When a gang comes storming in to settle scores with Heung, she manages to escape thanks to Mak who steps up to fight the gang. This is only the beginning of the many heartwrenching trials Heung and Mak will have to face together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-03-06
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Legacy of Rage
1986-12-20
Legacy of Rage
Overview: A man is framed for murder by his drug-dealing best friend who covets his girlfriend, leading to eight years in jail and a vow of revenge upon release.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-12-20
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Yes, Madam!
1985-11-30
Yes, Madam!
Overview: Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two hard kicking women cops from HK and UK get the case.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-11-30
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The Lady Is the Boss
1983-03-31
The Lady Is the Boss
Overview: Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather his school be destroyed than change its ways. He may get his wish, thanks to the young, beautiful, intelligent Chan Mei Ling, who arrives from the states to open a new branch of the school. Armed with an unfamiliar, modern way of thinking, Mei Ling goes about recruiting new students in strange, and sometimes questionably legal ways. Yuan is furious, but when the local triads enter the picture, the two put their differences aside to take back the neighborhood.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-03-31
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Two Champions of Shaolin
1980-04-12
Two Champions of Shaolin
Overview: Shaolin warrior Tung Chien-chen is injured in battle against the hated Wu Tang clan, and nursed back to health by a knife-throwing master. As he recovers, Tung learns this deadly art, and also falls in love with his teacher's daughter. But when a Wu Tang attack disrupts the young lovers' wedding, Tung must put his new skill to use as he seeks revenge.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-04-12
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Doubles Cause Troubles
1989-04-27
Doubles Cause Troubles
Overview: Nurse Liang Shanbo and Actress Zhu Yingtai are mismatched cousins who just inherited a rental home from their late relative. When they moved in, they discover that a room has been rented out to a man named Ben, who turns out to be a criminal gangster. One night, when Ben returns home, bloodied and injured, he collapses into Yingtai's arms and whispers a code in her ear before he dies. Not knowing what the code leads to, Yingtai and Shanbo are later visited by a man claiming to be Ben's brother who wants to solve the case. In the meantime, gangsters believed to be involved with Ben's murder want to retrieve the code from the girls, whom they think were told by Ben what it actually unlocks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-04-27
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Last Song in Paris
1986-04-10
Last Song in Paris
Overview: Louie (Leslie Cheung), a spoiled pop star, has a one-night stand with beautiful dancer, Anita (Anita Mui). When Anita tells Louie that she dreamed of becoming a singer, he brings her to the stage and becomes a star. Anita has fallen in love with Louie, but Louie loves Julia (Joey Wong). However, Louie later finds out that Julia is dating his father, Kent (Paul Chu). Louie then leaves Hong Kong and heads to Paris leaving his career behind. Then he meets, Yuan Yu-shih (Cecilia Yip), a Vietnamese refugee that suffers from a war wound. In Paris, Louie lives his new life happily as a dishwasher with his new lover. However, his past life starts to come back when Anita comes to pay a visit.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-04-10
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Mercenaries from Hong Kong
1982-12-22
Mercenaries from Hong Kong
Overview: Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tracking down an assassin who's fled to Cambodia after murdering an industrialist from Hong Kong. He recruits a team for the task which consists of who's who of the Shaw Brother's action stars (Lo Lieh, Johnny Wang Lung Wei, Wong Yue, Chan Wei Man and comedy relief Nat Chan). However once they arrived for the mission nothing is what it seems with the standard plot-twists and turns as we find out who's the traitor among the group.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-12-22
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