Nancy Kwan
Biography: Nancy Kwan is a Hong Kong-born Eurasian-American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian ancestry in major Hollywood film roles. Widely praised for her beauty, Kwan was considered a sex symbol in the 1960s.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 19, 1939
Deathday: N/A
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The Wrecking Crew
1968-12-30
The Wrecking Crew
Overview: When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-30
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993-05-07
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Overview: This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered by a Hollywood producer and begins a meteoric rise to fame and an all too short reign as one the most charismatic action heroes in cinema history.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-07
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Flower Drum Song
1961-11-09
Flower Drum Song
Overview: A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-09
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The Last Ninja
1983-07-07
The Last Ninja
Overview: A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists hostage. Finding no possible solution, a law enforcement agent approaches the dealer (Beck). Mr. Cosmo, the agent believes the dealer to be linked to the ninja responsible for tracking down criminals and serving them justice. Mr. Cosmo hopes that the ninja's seemingly supernatural skills will remedy this impossible hostage situation.
Genres: TV Movie Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-07
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The World of Suzie Wong
1960-11-10
The World of Suzie Wong
Overview: A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-10
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Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966-07-29
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Overview: Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and begins to adjust to life. He is in for trouble however when a local girl is banished to the island by her father, who then comes after Crusoe.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-29
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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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Ray of Sunshine
2006-08-17
Ray of Sunshine
Overview: Rachael, an aspiring pianist with a troubled past, disguises herself as a boy and searches for her father, a free-wheeling musician who abandoned her when she was a child.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-17
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Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
2005-01-01
Murder on the Yellow Brick Road
Overview: A pretty young songbird found murdered on Hollywood Boulevard. The crusty old Private Eye who was in love with her. A smooth-talking seductress who hires him to solve the crime. A bulldog detective with a nose for the truth and a leash held by city hall. A long list of suspects with a long list of alibis. A sprinkling of dirty secrets. A zest of clever lies. These are the ingredients of an homage to the PI films of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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The McMasters
1970-04-23
The McMasters
Overview: When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his Indian wife.
Genres: Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-23
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Night Creature
1978-06-01
Night Creature
Overview: A big-game hunter brings a killer leopard to his private island and turns it loose so he can hunt it down. However, unexpected visitors arrive at the island and interrupt his hunt. Meanwhile, the leopard begins to hunt the inhabitants of the island.
Genres: Adventure Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-01
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Fate Is the Hunter
1964-11-08
Fate Is the Hunter
Overview: A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-08
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Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend
2007-01-01
Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend
Overview: Documentary of Anna May Wong, a Chinese-American woman who endured many hardships and heartaches to become an international star of film, stage and television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Night Children
1989-01-06
Night Children
Overview: A veteran cop (David Carradine) investigates the crimes of an anarchist street gang that causes chaos wherever they go. Meanwhile, his wife (Nancy Kwan), a police counselor, investigates a teenage runaway case which leads to the same gang. Showdowns ensue that pits sides together in a violent series of confrontations.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-06
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Project: Kill
1976-10-01
Project: Kill
Overview: A former government assassin flees a mind-control program in the Philippines, pursued by his ex-partner, the local police and Asian gangsters.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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Honeymoon Hotel
1964-06-03
Honeymoon Hotel
Overview: A man left at the alter goes on his honeymoon trip anyway, taking his best man along instead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-03
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To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey
2010-01-01
To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey
Overview: The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers around the world in her stunning motion picture debut in THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG (1960). Nancy Kwan's story is both fairytale and poignant as it takes its audience on a personal journey, a woman's journey, which is as equally compelling as it is inspiring.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Walking the Edge
1985-01-11
Walking the Edge
Overview: A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-11
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969-11-07
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Overview: A runaway truck containing the corpse of a slain gang leader rolls into a California nightclub owned by Johnny Cain, a hard bitten former free-lance adventurer. The gang threatens to kill Johnny, unless he solves the murder. The CIA also investigates - because it turns out that the slaying was part of a long-range Communist plan to take over the crime syndicate. Cain's search for clues leads him into a maze of beautiful girls, mysterious Oriental statues and murderous spies.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-07
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Keys to Freedom
1988-01-01
Keys to Freedom
Overview: The keys to freedom for citizens of Hong Kong are U.S. passports, as their city quakes with the imminent transition to Chinese Communist rule. A deadly black market for passports is thriving, controlled by Hong Kong's warlords.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Wonder Women
1973-04-25
Wonder Women
Overview: Dr. Tsu is a brilliant surgeon with her own exotic island off the coast of Manila. Using her sexy, all-girl army of martial-arts experts, Tsu kidnaps some of the world's greatest athletes. She is able to transplant any body part, so she uses the athletes for spare parts to sell to the world's richest men. Mike Harber is a womanizing, wise-cracking insurance investigator for Lloyd's of London sent to Manila to investigate the disappearance of a jai-alai player, and becomes involved with Dr. Tsu's mad mission.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-25
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Tamahine
1963-07-30
Tamahine
Overview: The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and very voluptuous, daughter he fathered years earlier in the Pacific islands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-30
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Angkor: Cambodia Express
1982-01-01
Angkor: Cambodia Express
Overview: In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Cambodia (it is assumed this is during the genocidal reign of Pol Pot). Cameron has to smuggle out his girlfriend Mieng (Nit Alisa) before she is killed (along with the other two million Cambodians), but he cannot manage this alone. He enlists the aid of an American Vietnam vet and the help of a few Khmer men. Eventually, Cameron makes his way into Cambodia where he encounters many dangers, some human and some inhuman.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Reel Horror
1985-10-01
Reel Horror
Overview: Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-01
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The Main Attraction
1962-11-01
The Main Attraction
Overview: An affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-01
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You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
2009-03-15
You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
Overview: The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-workers, and others who knew him best. From his early appearances on programs such as The Jack Benny Show and Valentines' Day, Soo's life is examined both in the historical context of the times, and the grandeur of an earlier Hollywood where stars like Soo succeeded in a multitude of artistic mediums, reminiscent of vaudevillian times. From Soo's early training as an announcer and stand-up comic, to his singing, acting and dancing career on Broadway, culminating with his signature role as Detective Nick Yemana, Soo's unique talent and dedication to his craft are fully explored and captured through a dazzling kaleidoscope of images, music, montages, interviews and stories.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-15
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Nobody's Perfect
1968-01-12
Nobody's Perfect
Overview: This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, which if discovered missing would threaten Japanese/American relations. Doc Willoughby is the ship's petty officer, whose antics are constantly getting him into trouble with his captain. On shore leave, Willoughby falls for a seemingly demure Japanese girl in a kimono shop, who actually turns out to be a Japanese/American nurse in the US Navy, Lt. Tomiko Momoyama. However, it turns out she was betrothed as a child to a traditional Japanese man named Toshi, who fully intends on enforcing tradition. Willoughby divides his time between trying to return the Buddha statue back to the Japanese village it rightfully belongs to, and trying to woo Tomiko from the traditional Japanese man she rightfully belongs to.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-12
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The Wild Affair
1965-12-05
The Wild Affair
Overview: Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male colleagues don't miss a chance to comfort her... and flirt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-05
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Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
1995-08-28
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
Overview: The first video to combine international martial arts together with interviews and demonstrations by celebrities of Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-28
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Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
2009-01-13
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
Overview: Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective provides some insightful commentary of how far we've come concerning Asian characterizations in Hollywood movies from earlier eras.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-13
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Arrivederci, Baby!
1966-12-28
Arrivederci, Baby!
Overview: Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-28
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The Corrupt Ones
1967-01-20
The Corrupt Ones
Overview: Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful villains in this quest for an ancient Chinese treasure when he accidentally acquires the key to its location, the Peking medallion.
Genres: Adventure Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1967-01-20
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Blade in Hong Kong
1985-03-15
Blade in Hong Kong
Overview: Joe Blade is an unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his adoptive father Chang Chin-tzu. When Chang Chin-tzu is killed and a wealthy man is kidnapped, Blade springs into action.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-15
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Cold Dog Soup
1990-09-06
Cold Dog Soup
Overview: A taxi driver (Quaid) pounds Zen parables (if time money, is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his date's dead dog and get back to the babe who's so hot she mutters darkly about being a pressure cooker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-06
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Sally's Beauty Spot
1990-01-01
Sally's Beauty Spot
Overview: A large black mole above an Asian woman's breast serves as a metaphor for cultural and racial difference in this engaging experimental film. Off-screen women's voices and scenes from THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG parallel and counterpoint Sally's own interracial relationships and emerging self-awareness. A provocative and stylish meditation on Asian femininity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Pacific Connection
1974-11-14
The Pacific Connection
Overview: Ben is a farm boy who comes into conflict with the Evil Spanish Governor and his two sons. To assist in their oppression the Governor hires a Samurai to teach his son the Japanese Katana sword. To counter this, Ben studies under a blind Franciscan monk to obtain some advanced fighting secrets and develop his warrior senses. Additionally Ben must search for the legendary “Iron Reed”. A mystical stick so strong that grows in the lava of an active Volcano.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-14
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Hollywood Chinese
2007-03-18
Hollywood Chinese
Overview: Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues, and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-18
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Window Horses
2017-03-10
Window Horses
Overview: Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with her over-protective Chinese grandparents and has never been anywhere by herself. Once in Iran, she finds herself in the company of poets and Persians, all who tell her stories that force her to confront her past; the Iranian father she assumed abandoned her and the nature of Poetry itself. It’s about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie goes on an unwitting journey of forgiveness, reconciliation, and perhaps above all, understanding, through learning about her father’s past, her own cultural identity, and her responsibility to it.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-10
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Supercock
1975-05-01
Supercock
Overview: An American cowboy in the Philippines gets mixed up in cockfighting.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-01
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Slaying the Dragon
1988-11-04
Slaying the Dragon
Overview: A highly critical documentary about the history of Asian-American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering Asian-American actresses and clips from classic films such as "The Thief of Bagdad", "The Good Earth", and "The World of Suzie Wong", interspersed with Asian/feminist sociological commentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-04
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Rebellious
1995-01-01
Rebellious
Overview: Late stuntman Bernhard Pock wrote, directed, and starred in this gritty modern-day fairy tale about a biker poet on a journey of self-discovery. Pock is Jeremy, a lone wolf who takes on a traveling companion when he happens on a young kidnapped girl. Together the duo crosses the country, meeting an oddball menagerie of characters along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Paint It Black
2016-06-03
Paint It Black
Overview: A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-03
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Miracle Landing
1990-02-11
Miracle Landing
Overview: Cracks are noticed in the ceiling of an aircraft. They widen & a large portion of the fuselage tears off & an emergency landing is attempted. Based on actual events.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-11
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Babies
1990-09-17
Babies
Overview: The physical and emotional trauma of three close-knit women trying to have children is explored.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-17
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The Magic Stone
1966-01-01
The Magic Stone
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Karioka etchos de America
1971-10-14
Karioka etchos de America
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-14
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Spring Comes Not Again
1974-08-16
Spring Comes Not Again
Overview: Spring Comes Not Again is a tragic story of romance and betrayal, set in contemporary Hong Kong. The film opens with a deeply distraught Betty (Nancy Kwan) spinning her red MG convertible in circles on the beach, and cuts away to tell the story of her life in flashback. Nancy Kwan brings a wide variety of emotions to her character in Spring Comes Not Again, and the camera photographs her in many beautiful shots. The film is notable because is Nancy Kwan's only Chinese language feature; all the dialog is in Mandarin. Unfortunately for English speaking viewers, the DVD version of this film is subtitled in Chinese only.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-08-16
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Fortress in the Sun
1975-04-24
Fortress in the Sun
Overview: The most expensive message action film ever to hit the screen. An international-geared vehicle showcasing two of Asia's great acting talents.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-24
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Streets of Hong Kong
1979-01-01
Streets of Hong Kong
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
1999-09-25
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-25
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For Life or Death
1996-01-23
For Life or Death
Overview: A man named Kaan Woo (James Lew) is escaping his dark past, having been involved with a cult of brown shroud-wearing, druid-like monk warriors that have mystical powers. He apparently wanted out, because their evil queen, Ling Li (Nancy Kwan) has sent her servant, Sir Xavier (Richard Norton) to do her bidding - i.e., eliminate Woo. During a battle with the dark forces, Woo's soul is transferred into the body of homeless drunkard Earl Stockman (Mark Pellegrino). Now this bum is as surprised as anybody to find out he has mystical kung-fu abilities. Now "Superbum" must take on the evil cult and win the day.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-23
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Cocoon
1968-09-20
Cocoon
Overview: In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-20
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That Lady from Peking
1975-11-13
That Lady from Peking
Overview: Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the diplomat must turn over to Foster a diary revealing the true events taking place in China. While making his escape, the defector is killed ant the diary vanishes. The reporter sets off on a search for it, from Hong Kong to Australia. The chase ends in an action-filled climax, with the journalist finally meeting up with "That Lady from Peking" (Nancy Kwan) - the diplomat's daughter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-13
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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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