Sham Chin-Bo
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The New One-Armed Swordsman
1971-02-07
The New One-Armed Swordsman
Overview: Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he proves with just the help of his friend Chung-Chieng, when he crosses his path with a beautiful girl in need, Pao Chiao. Even against impossible odds, he will prove a great warrior.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-02-07
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Storming Attacks
1978-08-31
Storming Attacks
Overview: A band of counterfeiters wants to make Hong Kong their new territory. The disgraced leader of the Special Squad will have to team-up with a group of Hong Kong police officers in an attempt to stop the dirty business of crime lord Han Tin Lung, but Han's problem is not only the interference of the Police force, but his Japanese ally Kimura is not happy with his 'cut' in the counterfeit deal and will try to put Donna (a relative of Han) on his side to make Han's business his own property. Both policemen and criminals are highly trained Martial Arts fighters and they will have the chance to prove who has the best Kung Fu techniques.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-08-31
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Hero of Tomorrow
1988-09-23
Hero of Tomorrow
Overview: When Lee Sam, a ten-year veteran of the Hong Kong underworld, is released from prison, he dispatches two enemies and goes into hiding in Taipei where his old friend Billy is a boss. Billy is a hothead whose rivalries with other gangs put Sam at risk. After bailing Billy out a couple of times, Sam tries to get out of the Mob life. He retires to the coastal town of Tainam, works as a fishmonger, and falls in love with the sister of Crow, a 20-year-old who wants to work for Billy. Can Sam quit violence for good, start a family, and protect Crow?
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1988-09-23
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Knockabout
1979-04-12
Knockabout
Overview: After being cheated out of some money, two small time crooks convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-04-12
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Kung Fu Powerhouse
1973-01-01
Kung Fu Powerhouse
Overview: Chained together in a ring of mistrust and hate, the good and the bad fight in karate.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Secret Rivals 2
1977-04-20
The Secret Rivals 2
Overview: The twin brother of the Silver Fox attempts to avenge his brother's death and get a hidden treasure using the 8 Diagram. It is up to one hero from the original and the brother of the 2nd original hero to stop him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-04-20
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Layout
1977-02-10
Layout
Overview: The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin, an agent of the government sent to uncover the Chinese traitors helping the enemy. Once inside, Hsueh must fight both the Japanese and his countrymen for his sake, and the future of China.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-02-10
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Vengeance!
1970-05-14
Vengeance!
Overview: A violent martial artist is bent on avenging his older brother, who was killed by a cabal of four wicked businessmen and a cheating wife.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-05-14
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The Reckless Cricket
1979-03-16
The Reckless Cricket
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Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-03-16
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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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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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The Owl vs Bombo
1984-12-12
The Owl vs Bombo
Overview: Sammo and George Lam are partners in crime and they scam some triad big shot out of a load of money and decide to retire. Three years later they both receive letters from Stanley Fung, in which he informs them that he has proof of all their criminal activity and unless they do exactly what he says–he will turn it over to the cops. Fung is an ex-cop himself and is trying to get the goods on the same triad leader that Sammo and George scammed.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-12-12
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Seven Warriors
1989-06-24
Seven Warriors
Overview: In the early 1920's of China, seven former soldiers band together to defend a helpless village against a group of vicious bandits in this Hong Kong remake of Seven Samurai.
Genres: Action Crime Drama War
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-06-24
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Dragon's Claws
1979-01-01
Dragon's Claws
Overview: A "Dragon Claw" master returns from Manchuria where he became a traitor to China. He's after the coveted Dragon Claw Golden Tablet that will force people to bow down to him. He challenges the Grand-master who has a checkered past of his own. The Grand-master happens to suffers from a terminal chronic injury related to his evil past. The traitor kills the grand-master, causing his wife and son the go into hiding. The wife seems to really be the Dragon Claw master in the family and she vows to train her son the kung fu secrets. The son finds that one of his friends has learned a strange style of kung fu from a filthy medicine man. The son seeks him out to improve his kung fu and defeat the traitor.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Brothers Five
1970-03-26
Brothers Five
Overview: The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-03-26
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Storming Attacks
1978-08-31
Storming Attacks
Overview: A band of counterfeiters wants to make Hong Kong their new territory. The disgraced leader of the Special Squad will have to team-up with a group of Hong Kong police officers in an attempt to stop the dirty business of crime lord Han Tin Lung, but Han's problem is not only the interference of the Police force, but his Japanese ally Kimura is not happy with his 'cut' in the counterfeit deal and will try to put Donna (a relative of Han) on his side to make Han's business his own property. Both policemen and criminals are highly trained Martial Arts fighters and they will have the chance to prove who has the best Kung Fu techniques.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-08-31
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The Wickedness in Poverty
1979-08-23
The Wickedness in Poverty
Overview: Two people in debt to loan sharks cooperate with each other to clear their debt and cheat other people out of their money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-08-23
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The 36 Deadly Styles
1979-11-22
The 36 Deadly Styles
Overview: A man begins studying "The Secret Book of 36 Deadly Styles" to avenge the death of his father.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-11-22
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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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Master of the Flying Guillotine
1976-04-24
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Overview: A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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The Young Master
1980-02-09
The Young Master
Overview: Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-02-09
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Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
1976-10-28
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
Overview: A highly fictionalized biography of the famous Bruce Lee, this movie traces his college life, his marriage to Linda Lee, his relationship with his master, and his untimely death.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-10-28
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Monkey Kung Fu
1979-05-05
Monkey Kung Fu
Overview: A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-05-05
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Dragon Lord
1982-01-21
Dragon Lord
Overview: Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. When Dragon overhears a fiendish plot by smugglers to sell China's national treasures overseas, the pair leap into action. Also, Cowboy's wealthy father is kidnapped by the villainous and lethal Big Boss, and the scene is set for a furious martial arts showdown.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-01-21
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The Tigress of Shaolin
1979-09-14
The Tigress of Shaolin
Overview: Hui Ying-hung, legendary director Chang Cheh's discovery, and the protege of equally legendary director Liu Chia-liang co-stars with Liu's nephew, Liu Chia-yung in this fast-paced, action packed comedy of kung-fu characters. Liu Chia-yung is saved from drug smugglers by Hui Ying-hung, whose godfather is a drunken master and whose leprous godmother is mistress of the fairly off-putting Leprosy Boxing style.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-09-14
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The Lama Avenger
1979-03-15
The Lama Avenger
Overview: When two acrobats are fired for fighting with punks in the audience, they go to live with an aunt who's being pressured to sell her house for a real estate development. The developer's nasty son, Lee Fu, decides to muscle the sale, and soon he's at war with the acrobats, plus their unlikely ally, an American named John who used to be Lee Fu's friend. The acrobats open a kung fu school, the scene of several battles with Lee Fu's thugs. A fight to the death, jail time, auntie's surprise decision, a budding acting career, a possessive girlfriend, a debilitating injury, a friendship that needs recalibrating, and Lee Fu's avenger are all in the mix before the end.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-03-15
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Seven to One
1973-07-19
Seven to One
Overview: In contemporary China, hip and sexy Ting, in flare polyester pants and platform shoes, seeks revenge for her father's murder, and is on the run from the hooligans who want to take the seven diamonds' ring she inherited. A suave male singer shows up to help her when things get to hand-to-hand fighting - which is aplenty.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-07-19
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Dragon Gate
1975-01-01
Dragon Gate
Overview: King and prison escapee join forces. Hsu Feng & Carter Wong Play Yuan Loyalists who thwart an attack from the Mongol General and Mantis Master Chang Yi.
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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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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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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The Dead and the Deadly
1982-12-22
The Dead and the Deadly
Overview: Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li helps Uncle to run the local funeral services. When the body Ma Lun Chio is brought back to the village by a new wife and her "brother", Wai Li is suspicious. He sets out to find out how his friend died, but things are not what they seem.
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-12-22
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Lackey and the Lady Tiger
1980-03-06
Lackey and the Lady Tiger
Overview: A convict (Wang Jang Li) seeks revenge on a man's grandfather who sent him to jail for ten years. But it's up to the old man's grandson to stop him.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu
1979-01-01
Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu
Overview: A loose re-telling of how founder Chan Heung combined the teachings of several masters into what is now regarded as Choy Lee Fut.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Shaolin and Wu Tang
1983-07-02
Shaolin and Wu Tang
Overview: Master Liu and Master Law are rival masters of Shaolin style kung fu, and Wudang style sword fighting, running schools in the same city. Their top students, Chao Fung-wu, and Hung Jun-kit, are actually close friends. After observing the two students fighting at a brothel, the Lord determines that the two styles are dangerous, and he must learn both.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-07-02
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The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho
1977-01-01
The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho
Overview: Cheng Ho was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty. This film depicts some of the adventures and battles he had when he explored the southern Asian regions.
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The Crimson Charm
1971-07-01
The Crimson Charm
Overview: A noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman go up against the vicious Crimson Charm gang of thieves and cutthroats. The lovely and lethal Ivy Ling Po teams with the amazing Chang I for a classic tale of good versus evil in which the best man and one-armed woman wins.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1971-07-01
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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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The Shadow Whip
1971-08-06
The Shadow Whip
Overview: This top ten box office hit reunites the star duo from Come Drink With Me in another classic action adventure. Cheng Pei-pei radiates her trademark charm while wielding the deadly title weapon, which is implicated in multiple murders and a major heist. Whether single-handedly fighting sixteen bandits or avenging her father's brutal death, she demonstrates why she was Hong Kong's number one swordswoman and no slouch with the whip either!
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-08-06
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The Perfect Match
1982-12-18
The Perfect Match
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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Winners & Sinners
1983-07-07
Winners & Sinners
Overview: Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-07-07
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The Anonymous Heroes
1971-07-24
The Anonymous Heroes
Overview: A perennial Chang Cheh favorite, Anonymous Heroes focuses on two vagabond brothers, Meng Kang and Tieh who, in the search for fame and fortune, join in a rebellion against a provincial general. Used to shaking down local vendors for food and gambling away their limited funds, they are recruited by a local rebel leader who promises them a glorious adventure. The rebels plan is to steal a huge cache of new rifles set to be delivered to the barracks of the local army. With the help of an officer's daughter, their plan starts out well, but inevitably slips toward a heroic but tragic finale.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-07-24
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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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Return of the Chinese Boxer
1977-11-12
Return of the Chinese Boxer
Overview: In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895, a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria staging ground.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-11-12
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Duel of Fists
1971-10-01
Duel of Fists
Overview: Two men, one a businessman skilled in Kung Fu, the other a kickboxer discover they are brothers, and together, both in and out of the ring, they must face a crime syndicate. One of the first films to use the martial art of Muay Thai.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-10-01
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The Angry Guest
1972-02-29
The Angry Guest
Overview: The Angry Guest is a direct sequel to Duel of Fists which had two long-separated brothers, Ti Lung and David Chiang, reuniting in Bangkok and running afoul of the local mob after Ti Lung, a boxer, beats the local favorite in the ring. In this film, the action shifts from Bangkok to Hong Kong to Japan and then back to HK as the brothers contend with a Japanese mob led by crime boss Yamaguchi, who is played by the film's director, Chang Cheh, in a rare screen appearance.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-02-29
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Don't Fool Me
1991-03-02
Don't Fool Me
Overview: A gangster and a broker change jobs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-03-02
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The 36 Crazy Fists
1977-01-01
The 36 Crazy Fists
Overview: When a young man's village is destroyed by a band of thugs, he seeks help from a great kung-fu master, but his real lessons come from a drunk old man, he basically learns kung fu by accident and seeks his revenge.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Lady of Steel
1970-02-27
Lady of Steel
Overview: A young swordswoman named Fang Ying-qi (Cheng Pei-Pei) sets out to join a gathering of the martial world’s leading warriors under the banner of Lord Xia (Fang Mien) and the Flying Dragon Clan. Their mission is to organize the defense of their country against invading Jin forces. Fang also intends to avenge the murder of her parents 20 years past by bandit leader Han Shi-xiong (Huang Chung-hsin). Han has since taken on a new, false identity as a reputable member of the Flying Dragon Clan while secretly working with the Jin to bring down the resistance. Han uses cunning and a network of criminal fighters in an attempt to assassinate Fang, and when that fails, to frame her as a traitor. Once his true identity and intentions are revealed, a determined Fang must rely on her deadly sword skills and assistance from a clever beggar clan leader (Yueh Hua) to stop Han and restore her reputation.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-02-27
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The Bloody Fists
1972-05-17
The Bloody Fists
Overview: Yuen Woo Ping, who would in time become one of the world's leading martial arts choreographers, blocked the fight scenes for this Kung Fu action extravaganza. A small Chinese town is being torn apart by a conflict between local farmers and Japanese soldiers of fortune, who have been brought to town to liberate supplies of a rare Chinese herb. A martial arts expert gifted in both Chinese and Japanese fighting disciplines passes through town, and takes it upon himself to settle the feud.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1972-05-17
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Fist of Fury
1972-03-22
Fist of Fury
Overview: Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-03-22
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