Wang Yao
Also Known As: Yao Wang, 王耀, Wong Yiu, Wong Yiu-Hang, Wang Yao-Heng, Wang Yue, Wang Yao-Yuan, Wong Hang, Wang Heng
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Taiwan
Adult: No
Birthday: January 01, 1950
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Male
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Secret of Chinese Kung Fu
Overview: Two sisters on their way home from a fishing trip spot a mysterious man in the water. After rescuing him from drowning, they learn he's a martial arts master -- a good thing, since a gang of vicious thugs is ravaging the girls' village. Out of gratitude, the man agrees to train the sisters for the fight of their lives in this kung fu adventure from Sung Ting Mei co-starring Byong Yo and Sha Ling Ling.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Shaolin Temple
Overview: There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Qing troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-12-22
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Crazy Mission
Overview: A group of young undercover cops, who get in a little too deep, become hunted by the police themselves. Superb action: from Dick Wei and Kara Hui.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1997-12-26
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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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Daughter of Killer
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Return of the Kung Fu Dragon
Overview: The complicated story involves the military conquest of a peaceful island-nation by an evil despot and his sorcerer ally. His victory leaves the island's three heroic protectors dead, but, their young children are hidden away to grow to adulthood with different identities, unaware of their heritage, in hope that, in time, they might challenge and defeat the evil ruler. The charming Polly Kuan stars as one of these children who has been adopted by the conquerer himself, initially as an insult to the defeated hero, later as his protégé.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Fairy Fox
Overview: Taiwanese horror film.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Fearless Hyena 2
Overview: A pair of evil kung-fu artists, Heaven and Earth, are slaughtering the entire Yin-Yang brotherhood.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-03-04
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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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Shaolin Drunkard
Overview: This very strange movie shows the sort of thing Yuen Woo-ping will do when he is left to his own designs and imagination. Even strange for him, this movie involves vampires, huge monster toads, and drunk monks. For some of the effects puppets were used, including a very creepy/realistic dummy version of the Drunk Monk. The fight scenes are very creative and show off Yuen Woo-ping's weird sense of style and choreography.
Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-07-09
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The New Shaolin Boxers
Overview: An honourable carriage driver finds love and death when he battles particularly homicidal street punks
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-09-03
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Spiritual Kung Fu
Overview: Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-11-23
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Fearless Hyena
Overview: Lung is a talented fighter but prefers to spend his time loafing around and picking fights, despite orders from his grandfather not to fight. Unknown to him, a brutal general has been slaughtering all the people from his grandfather’s clan. When the general recognizes Lung’s style of kung fu during one of his street fights, he hunts down Lung’s grandfather and kills him.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-02-17
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New Miracle Fighters
Overview: Awesome follow up to Yuen Woo Ping's Miracle Fighters. An afterlife official has been murdering people for fun. A Taoist priestess has been bottling the souls of dead children and giving the jars to gamblers. What will happen when hell's bureaucrats intervene?
Genres: Comedy Action Horror Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-03-18
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Retreat of the Godfather
Overview: Kwong is a mafia king. When a rival gang steals a rare chinese artifact from him, he blaims his two "bag-men" and threatens to "cut their life" if they don't recover the treasure.
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-01-25
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The Buddhist Spell
Overview: Fantasy period piece. Some magic tree spirit lady and a young monk fight some bat-head guy.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1993-06-13
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The Legend of Broken Sword
Overview: It's all action, all the time, in this seldom-seen kung fu extravaganza starring Tien Peng, who's all dressed up with somewhere to go: He's on his way to kick some butt! In the vaunted tradition of grind-house Hong Kong action flicks, this film features breathtaking thrilling battles and martial arts moves that have to be seen to be believed (and then you still won't believe them!).
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-12-31
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Crime Story
Overview: A special agent is assigned to protect a wealthy business magnate. However, when the businessman is kidnapped in a daring ambush, he teams up with a seasoned detective to crack the case. But soon he discovers the case isn't that simple.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-06-24
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The Young Taoism Fighter
Overview: The Progenitor, Cheng Yang, Cheng Jen and his brother, Chung Yin-Chiu tried all means to acquaint with the “Yin Yang Separate Body Style”, which was the most powerful Taoism Kung-fu of Yin Yang Tang. One day, Student, Ko Sheng practiced the style secretly. Since his basic Kung-fu training was not well-established, he made his soul separated from the body. At the most critical moment, he was saved by Yin-Chiu. The leader of Tien Wu Men, Master Fu Luen wanted to rule over the community by force, bitterly practiced the “Tzu Yin Wicked Style” kung fu. He controlled Kuan Shih-Chung by using poison and ordered him to get the urea of children and women's placenta for him to practice...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-03-20
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The Green Dragon Inn
Overview: When an evil land baron's son murders an innocent family, a Marshall is called in to escort him to be executed in the court of law far to the north. With the aid of an army of soldiers, the Marshall must fight off the Land Baron's assassins, who want to try and free his murderous son at every given chance.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-07-01
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The Leg Fighters
Overview: When Pan, a South China martial artist is defeated and killed by Tan, a North China challenger in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-06-04
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Lucky Dragon
Overview: Follow the journey of a mischievous dragon that has been transformed by magic into a little boy and exiled from his home in the clouds to live among humans.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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My Brothers
Overview: Crime film from Taiwan
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Island of Fire
Overview: Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-28
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Magnificent Warriors
Overview: A daredevil airplane pilot and spy, who fights against the occupying Japanese forces in China, must rescue the ruler of the city of Kaal from the hands of a ruthless Japanese general and his advancing army.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1987-04-16
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The Four Assassins
Overview: Set at the time of Italian explorer Marco Polo's historic expedition to China ,during the reign of Monogol ruler Kublai Khan, it stars American actor Richard Harrison as Polo. Taking considerable liberties with the historic record, the film has Polo turning up as an Imperial Inspector assigned to root out Chinese rebles in the south, but eventually being won over to their cause.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-12-25
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Fire Dragon
Overview: A Team of Prisoners, famous thieves and great fighters are assembled by a shadowy government agency to steal a top-secret file. Their destination the island of the Women Warriors! Suddenly, they find themselves in a deadly trap-if they succeed with their mission. Will they uncover an even bigger secret? Prime-time Jackie!
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-09-02
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Butterfly and Sword
Overview: A loyalist attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-01-16
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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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Half a Loaf of Kung Fu
Overview: A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-06-30
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7-Man Army
Overview: In 1933, 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks invaded the Pa Tou Lou Tzu, a strategic key point of the Great Wall. With only seven men stationing, these heroes took on the entire army for five days before succumbing. Director Chang Cheh recreated this epic battle with his favorite cast including Ti Lung, David Chiang, Alexander Fu Sheng and Chen Kuan-tai, as a celluloid tribute to these nameless souls.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-04-16
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Taoism Drunkard
Overview: A Taoist priest is ordered to find a Cherry Boy to appease his temple's ancestors. The boy in question is a young man who lives with his grandmother, trying to protect a sacred writ from a bright red, snarling bad guy. And let's just say insanity follows!
Genres: Comedy Action Horror Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-11-29
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Boxer Rebellion
Overview: Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-01-29
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