Lee Man-Tai
Also Known As: 李文泰, Li Wen-Tai, Li Man-Tai, Lee Man-Tie, Le Wen-Tai
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Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Gender: Other
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The Boxer from Shantung
Overview: Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-02-11
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Cold Blade
Overview: Chor Yuen was Gu Long before he started filming Gu Long. The director's first wuxia film, made at Shaws' rival Cathay, finds him relishing in a mode of expression that would later become the signature style of the 'martial-arts suspense thriller' mini-genre. Chor grafts the quasi-psychological stylishness of his Cantonese melodrama onto this actioner, laying on thick the atmosphere by dialling up the fog machine and unleashing the colours from his camera's palette. He also stages his fights in modern dance-like choreography, with moves that are more graceful than ferocious and paused poses that are longer on expressive narcissism than continuity of action. Cold Blade is the quiet beginning of an aesthetic.
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-12-31
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Raining in the Mountain
Overview: In Ming Dynasty China, the retiring abbot of a Buddhist monastery invites two dignitaries to help him choose a successor, not suspecting that both of them have hired help to steal a priceless parchment kept in the temple.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-07-11
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The Prodigal Son
Overview: A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-11-10
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The Delightful Forest
Overview: Legendary fighter Wu Song is sent to prison in Mengzhou province after murdering his sister-in-law and her lover. There he meets with the prison officer Shih En, who saves Wu from the baton punishment required for new prisoners. Wu learns that Shih's restaurant, "The Delightful Forest" has been occupied by Chiang Chung. Wu returns to the restaurant-- A place he's dined in previously.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-09-20
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Only the Brave Stands
Overview: Only the Brave Stands is a Hong Kong Eastern starring Chan Wai Man.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-11-15
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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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The Invincible Kung Fu Trio
Overview: The film takes up the tale of Shaolin students Fong Si Yu and Hung Si Kwan (joined here by a third comrade, Lu Ka Chai) and their efforts to battle Ching oppressors. Their chief antagonist is the Abbot of Wutang who makes it his job to get rid of the three heroes and actually comes up with a clever plan to do so. He creates three exact doubles of the heroes and trains them to fight their counterparts.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-09-24
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Millionaires' Express
Overview: What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-01-30
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The Eagle King
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-02-21
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The Heroine
Overview: Incriminating evidence against a gang is left in a cab when a gang member dies in it. The gang chases the innocent cab driver, who receives help from the dead gangster's sister - a tough police woman.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1973-04-26
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From the Highway
Overview: A gang of bandits close in on a walled village, and send inflitrators into the village disguised as herb sellers. A mysterious stranger appears and roots out the bandits.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-02-02
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The Lantern Street
Overview: The Lantern Street is a taiwanese Martial Arts movie starring Jimmy Wang Yu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Overview: A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-06-15
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Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire
Overview: During China's 1920s Republican Period, warlords carve out personal fiefdoms across the country and impose self-serving laws with the barrel of a gun. Into this anarchy rides a masked feminine Zorro, nom de guerre Violet, to do battle, right wrongs and foment rebellion against the most corrupt and brutal warlord of all, Tung Ta-Chou. Unbeknownst to Tung, however, Violet is his own daughter. Tung orders his psycho enforcer Master Wu to track down and dispose of this pesky rebel queen. Meanwhile, Violet begins a flirtation with an attractive stranger who comes to town with the other half of a treasure map held by Tung. Ultimately, Master Wu betrays the warlord on the lure of the complete treasure map, enabling Violet and the stranger to apprehend Master Wu and beat the warlord at his own game.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-07-11
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The Fate of Lee Khan
Overview: Lee Khan, a high official under Mongolian Emperor Yuan of the Yuan dynasty procures the battle map of the Chinese rebel Chu Yuan-Chang's army. Rebel spies, aided by treachery within Khan's ranks, strive to corner him in an inn.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-06
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Land of the Brave
Overview: An electrical engineer discovers that terrorists are planning to sabotage a power plant
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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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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Young Lovers on Flying Wheels
Overview: Forced to choose between the woman he loves and the dangerous, fast-paced life of motorcycles, what will our hero do? Will he toss the bike aside and pick the girl? Or will he leave the girl in favor of the bike? Or is there a chance for some sort of compromise?
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-09-20
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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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Killer Meteors
Overview: Mi Wey is a local hero named after "Killer Meteors", his secret weapon which makes him invincible. However, when "Immortal" Wa Wu Bin, another powerful local character seeks his assistance, Killer Meteor will face the greatest and the deadliest challenge of his life.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-08-21
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To Kill with Intrigue
Overview: Young master Cao Le chases his pregnant girlfriend away from the family castle. He does it in order to save her from vicious bandits who are going to murder his family.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-07-22
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Magnificent Bodyguards
Overview: Chan is asked by a young, wealthy lady to take her sick brother to a particular doctor in order to be cured. To reach this doctor, Chan and a handful of travelling companions must pass through bandit-infested wild country. They meet and kung-fu-fight several gangs of thugs along the way.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-04-27
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Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
Overview: Jackie Chan stars as the young warrior Hsu Yiu Fong. Hsu has been entrusted with the book of the "Art of the Snake and Crane," after the mysterious disappearance of the eight Shaolin Masters who had written it. He must fight off numerous clans who are all attempting to steal the book from him, to find out the true reason for the disappearance of the Shaolin Masters.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-03-08
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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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-01-25
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The Ape Girl
Overview: The story of Ming Ling Shur, a girl who was raised by apes and thus has a natural ability with monkey kung fu. She grows up and falls for a prince who is really an evil kung fu master, who exploits her abilities for his own gain.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Not Scared to Die
Overview: Historical movie set during the Japanese occupation of China during WWII. Jackie Chan is one of the good guys but has nothing much more than a supporting role.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1973-01-12
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The Valiant Ones
Overview: A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinations of Japanese pirates and corrupt officials.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-02-19
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Dark Side of China Town
Overview: An HK police officer sends his son to America to protect him from the influence of the HK triads. However, his son becomes enmired in Chinatown triad dealings in America and returns to Hong Kong as a marked and wanted man.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-01-14
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Ghost Lover
Overview: Hong Kong ghost film.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Devil's Skin
Overview: Yang buys a painting of fox fairy. When he faces the painting and calls "Qing Mei", a fox fairy will get out the painting and stay together with Yang. Yang's parents invite a Taoist to catch the fox, but a vampire appears to kill the Taoist's assistant and seduce Yang. The fox fairy fights the vampire to protect Yang.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Drama Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-09-17
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Back Street
Overview: Two rival street gangs from Kowloon go to war over turf and bar girls so as to dominate the area and maximize their takings; however things go from bad to worse as the girls start to get involved in the bloody feud.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-03-09
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The Great Plot
Overview: The Great Plot is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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King Chau and Lady Yu
Overview: The story of Farewell to My Concubine is itself very dramatic. Lillian Lee is rumoured to have written the original screenplay in the late 1970s, which was made into a two-part television series on RTHK by Alex Law under the name King Chau and Lady Yu. Lee then adapted the story into a novel in 1985, which later inspired a feature film, scripted again by Lee and directed by Fifth Generation mainstay Chen Kaige, going on to become an international sensation that won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globe Awards among other accolades. What's more, the Peking opera of the same title featured prominently in the novel, the TV programme and the film was itself adapted from a Kun opera, which was in turn based on the historical chronicle Basic Annals of Xiang Yu, from Records of the Grand Historian.
Genres: History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Big Blue Lake
Overview: Lai Yee returned in Ho Chung, Sai Kung's home, alerted the village by the time of baptism is not as good as ever, but after ten years away, the mother (Tan Amy decoration), has also grow old, no longer was. Lai Yee re-enter the simple natural life, waiting at the mother's side, seems to want to recover the past ten years time, but the quiet outskirts of rigid world, but because old classmate Lin (Lawrence Chou decorated) broke into and became noisy. Two respective corner of the village, traveled with emotional regret to embark on finding love journey. Short period of time is full of lies, secrets and indulgence. Finally everyone is to find the big blue lake, a large blue lake in the heart and mind, to re-learn to put your face to meet the future more flee war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-11-17
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Black List
Overview: Two brothers, one wrongly accused of a crime, go on a mission of vengeance to find the men who framed him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-11-02
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Golden Buddha Against the Snake Phantom
Overview: A tribe of snake-men are out to wreak havoc on a Miao minority group. Old Chang is not only the witch-doctor of the Miao people, but he and his two sons also help defend them against the intruders.
Genres: Horror Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: th
Release Date: 1982-01-14
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The Wheel of Life
Overview: Jointly and respectively directed by King Hu, Lee Hsing, and Pai Ching-Jui, three major Taiwan directors of the 1970s, this film consist of three shorts with the same cast of two actors and one actress, who through reincarnation meet in three different times.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The True Game of Death
Overview: The film begins with footage of Bruce Lee's funeral. The narrator then says that there is a new actor "who looks quite like him" that will become Lee's successor. His name is Hsao Lung. Later Hsao Lung is filming a movie. On the set, he is approached by a group of gangsters, led by a man named George, who want to control Hsao Lung. Hsao Lung declines, so they go after his girlfriend Alice, forcing her poison Hsao. During sex, the poison takes action and Hsao supposedly dies. Hsao fakes his death and pretends to be a chef so that he can watch over Alice. Alice is kidnapped by the gangsters, so Hsao starts looking for her and goes to a shipyard. There he fights off 4 motorcycle-riding gangsters that are wearing multi-colored tracksuits, one of them being the iconic green and black one from Game of Death. He defeats them and goes to the tower of death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-03-23
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Along Comes a Tiger
Overview: After seeing his father killed by the master of the Black Dragon gang, a man known only as Miracle sets about taking revenge on the entire gang.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-11-01
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Hong Kong Connection
Overview: In a small port in Japan, there is a major drug trafficking operation. Chem goes to alert the police, who arrive too late. So Chen goes after the traffickers and steals their merchandise. But is he a policeman or a trafficker?
Genres: Adventure Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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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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Facets of Love
Overview: This story is centering around a Ming Dynasty brothel that steams with secret erotic myths, trysts and twists of pleasurable indulgence. A shaw production
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-04-05
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Freedom Strikes a Blow
Overview: A martial arts fighter, haunted by his past, takes a job as a dock worker in a small village. His vow never to fight again is tested by the cruel owner of the pier.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1973-03-05
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Fist of Unicorn
Overview: Unicorn travels to a village troubled by gangsters in search of revenge for the murder of his parents years before. The task is made more complicated when he befriends a middle-aged woman and her son who begin to admire and depend on him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-03-01
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All in the Family
Overview: A family gathers to be with its dying father. The reunion brings to the surface old rivalries.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-08
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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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Ghost Gambler
Overview: Obscure HK horror film centered around the world of gambling. Not to be confused with the fantasy-comedy The Gambling Ghost starring Sammo Hung and released the same year.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Little Black Box
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Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-02-06
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Run Away
Overview: Kidnapped by a group of bandits and raped by their chief, Dan Zhu slowly develops feelings for the perpetrator. Echoing the social realism of Taiwanese new wave filmmaking, director Wang Tung revisits the wuxia genre, with the emphasis on psychology rather than action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-07-13
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All the King's Men
Overview: It's the 10th century BC, the emperor is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him worse.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-10-19
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The Face Behind the Mask
Overview: When the three most feared fighters in the land are defeated by The First Family and leader Chen Tien Wei is elected Chief of the Martial World, the treachery that follows will find the noble leader attempting to uncover the traitor that has poisoned the clan from the inside in a dazzling martial arts epic from Chen Chi Hua. "Militant Dragon and Tiger," "Devil Stars," and "Three Horrid Mice" have tormented the countryside for far too long. Upon their defeat at the hands of the First Family, Wei is elected Chief of the Martial World by the grateful population of the Chinese countryside. His house subsequently beset upon by a malevolent band of anonymous fighters and vengeful wizards who seek to destabilize Wei's reign, Wei must now seek out the betrayer who lurks in his midst and restore his honor before his rule collapses under the weight of disloyalty
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-05-13
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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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Sharp Fists in Kung Fu
Overview: The cruel son of a kind, wealthy man returns to his hometown in the company of a conniving, wicked woman, and they begin to persecute everyone. Soon the Kung Fu kid comes to the rescue, and put things right with his martial might fights choreographed by the late Lam Jing Ying
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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The Escaped Convict
Overview: Chen Hui-Man breaks out of jail and goes on the rampage for those who wrongly put him behind bars.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Water Margin
Overview: The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Oriental Robin Hoods - the Honorable 108. Mountain bandits who nevertheless live by a scrupulous code of conduct, the Honorable 108 pledge to end the repression of the brutal overlords.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-03-17
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The Chase
Overview: Shih Hai-tung a swordsman seeks revenge for his father's murder knowing that the Golden Gate Sect were responsible. He had killed two Heavenly Dragon Association gangsters creating a significant amount of hostility between the two groups before they meet each other head on.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-10-07
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