King Pai-Chien
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Four Sisters
1967-05-05
Four Sisters
Overview: Mandarin-era Hong Kong film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1967-05-05
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The King with My Face
1967-07-04
The King with My Face
Overview: THE KING WITH MY FACE (1967) offers a well-produced Shaw Bros. variation on Alexandre Dumas' famous tale, "The Man in the Iron Mask."
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-07-04
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My Son
1970-06-26
My Son
Overview: Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-06-26
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Diary of a Lady-Killer
1969-05-10
Diary of a Lady-Killer
Overview: Diary of a Lady-Killer is a murder mystery mixed with erotica. Each time a local playboy has an affair, the lady shows up dead, making him the prime suspect.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-05-10
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Rose, Be My Love
1966-09-28
Rose, Be My Love
Overview: Not a love triangle but a love rectangle, Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both star power and technical polish. Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong's invasion by the Japanese, the tragic romance takes on added poignancy in light of the future fate of leading lady Li Ting, the "Rose" of Rose, Be My Love who committed suicide a mere three months after the movie's release.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1966-09-28
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The Iron Buddha
1970-11-12
The Iron Buddha
Overview: After a notorious rapist kills his master and entire clan, the Iron Buddha sets out for revenge. He'll need a magic sword first though, naturally.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-11-12
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Divorce, Hong Kong Style
1968-12-28
Divorce, Hong Kong Style
Overview: A philandering business tycoon accuses his angelic wife of cheating. He learns the hard way he had it good and hopes to win his wife back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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Husband's Lover
1959-08-28
Husband's Lover
Overview: A romantic comedy by the Shaw Brothers studio starring Peter Chen Ho, in his first starring role in a SB film, and Pat Ting Hung, in her film debut.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1959-08-28
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Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1
1961-12-08
Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1
Overview: The film traces the relationships that develop between the protagonist Xu and the three women he meets, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1961-12-08
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The Brain-Stealers
1968-12-21
The Brain-Stealers
Overview: A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-12-21
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Inter-Pol
1967-08-26
Inter-Pol
Overview: Agent 009 has to break up a ring of Hong Kong counterfeiters who are shipping forged US dollars all over Asia.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-08-26
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Double Bliss
1970-02-04
Double Bliss
Overview: A melodrama about the blossoming love between two music students returning home from abroad and planning to wed. However, both of their parents don't know about it and when they find out, all bliss blasts away as social gaps become an issue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-02-04
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Unfinished Melody
1969-03-13
Unfinished Melody
Overview: A sensitive love triangle helmed by one of Shaw era's top directors, Chin Chien. A psychiatrist taking a room at an old friend's apartment soon discovers an insane woman living in a neighboring flat. As the doctor gradually heals the woman he also falls in love with her. The problem arises the friend's daughter confesses her love to him as well. Misunderstanding and mistaken passions soon lead to broken hearts and an emotional confrontation to the love triangle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-03-13
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A Night in Hong Kong
1961-07-01
A Night in Hong Kong
Overview: Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1961-07-01
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Raw Courage
1969-08-13
Raw Courage
Overview: After the Ming Emperor is overthrown and his infant son put in the care of the Black Dragon Society, a traitorous martial arts clan attacks the society and forces two inexperienced swordsmen to flee with the infant and begin a dangerous journey in search of allies.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1969-08-13
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The Younger Generation
1970-03-12
The Younger Generation
Overview: The Younger Generation is an ultra-tragic tale about a young girl, played by Ivy Ling Po who gets married, has five kids, then she and her husband die forcing one child sold to prostitution to feed the other four. Chinese culture dictates that great respect is given to the elders and in The Younger Generation, it is an elder that is the hero, telling audiences that although sadness abounds, they can return home happy with their Confucius mindset.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-03-12
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Love Parade
1963-01-21
Love Parade
Overview: The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Brothers musical Love Parade. The manager of a dance company places a personal ad in the newspaper. He receives a response but has no idea the woman is his top dancer, with whom he has an antagonistic relationship.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1963-01-21
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Beyond the Great Wall
1964-11-21
Beyond the Great Wall
Overview: Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns.
Genres: Drama Music Romance History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1964-11-21
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Blue Skies
1967-09-13
Blue Skies
Overview: Hsiao Yun's rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she's forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. The girl makes the most of her fortuitous opportunity, creating a huge splash in her debut as an entertainer, a fact which forever changes her life! However, this newfound meteoric rise to fame begins to take a toll on her personal life. For one thing, it starts to complicate her burgeoning romance with her pianist lover. And secondly, she soon finds herself the receiver of some sexual overtures from the producer of her show. What will poor Hsiao Yun do? And will blue skies be smiling at her by story's end?
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1967-09-13
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