Chan Lau
Also Known As: 陳樓, Chen Liu, Chan Liu, Chan Bo-Tak, Peter Chan Lau, Peter Chen Lau
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Money Is Lovely
Overview: A movie company secretly films the lives of two conmen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-05-14
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Lady of the Law
Overview: Jiao is framed for rape and murder (and, later, two more murders) by Chen and his son - the same people who framed Jiao's father and left him orphaned. Into the mix comes THE LADY OF THE LAW, Miss Leng, whose job it is to find the guilty. This she does, and she and Jiao find themselves battling pretty much everyone else who's appeared in the movie up to this point.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-06-07
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Bastard Swordsman
Overview: Yun Fei Yang is the viciously bullied orphan who takes on the unpleasant tasks at a formidable kung-fu school. Constantly mocked by the other students of the school, Yen counts as his only friend the daughter of the resident master. Any internal wrangling between the various members is put to one side when a swordsman from a rival clan reminds the master of the duel he must take part in once a decade. Unfortunately the defending clan chief is well aware that his rival is more powerful than himself. The expected defeat is further complicated when a wandering swordsman arrives on the scene and joins himself to the injured party, immediately adding to Yen's woes.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-09-14
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Bruce Lee and I
Overview: A movie on the life of the renowned Bruce Lee, especially his relationship with his mistress.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-01-09
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Shaolin Drunken Fight
Overview: Eastern Heroes Collection: Imperial guards are ordered to kill the family of Hsiung Chih. He escapes the massacre, and also saves a roving swordsman. Hsiung flees to Shaolin Temple, where he meets up with Priest Wu Yun, the Drunk Monk. He begins to learn the Drunken Style and plots his revenge. A brilliant display of wu-shu and authentic drunken Boxing make this film a must have! The two man sets are the best ever put on screen!!
Genres: Action
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Prostitute Loves Police
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Genres: Comedy Adventure Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-05-26
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Killer Angels
Overview: Three female cops form a special unit and get their main witness out of the clutches of a gang. The witness holds the key to Chu Chung Sing, a gang-lord who runs a night-club. They will have to face a ruthless but sentimental killer.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-04-07
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The Chinese Boxer
Overview: Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-11-27
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Little Dragon Maiden
Overview: Seeking to improve his combat skills, a young man falls in love with a woman with mystical powers but his past stands in the way of their union.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-12-02
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Young Hero
Overview: A gang of thugs led by a ruthless bully (Hwang Jang Lee) has been terrorizing the residents of a small Japanese town for years, and the townspeople have finally had enough. But they won't stand a chance without the help of a local man's son who's been secretly studying kung fu. Now, it's a classic battle between good and evil, with warring factions throwing punches, kicks -- and insults -- with impressive skill.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Rascal Billionaire
Overview: The drug lord has occupied the whole Southeast Asian market for decades, and no rival has been able to shake his position. However, a mysterious man suddenly appeared one day, which completely changed the situation.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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Massage Girls
Overview: The film deals with the struggles of the workers and clients of a Hong Kong massage parlor.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1976-09-23
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Invincible Kung Fu
Overview: Two con artists scheme a small town that they're kung fu masters and exploit money from them. A girl takes over the business, but the Big boss wants the money, so he kills her father. Two con men change their ways, learn kung fu to get revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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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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Fearless Dragons
Overview: A shipment of gold, collected as charity, is high-jacked in transit. Two con-men witness the robbery, and become wrongly accused as the robbers. At first they compete to capture each other for the rewards on their heads; but eventually work together to find the gold and expose the real bandits. However, the bandit chief isn't giving up so easily....
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-06-11
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The Blade Spares None
Overview: Ho Li-Chun, a pretty but ruthless swordswoman, and three challengers are participating in an open tournament at Prince Kuei's Palace. A knight, Chen Jo-Yu, is defeated in the tournament. He flees and later returns with knight Tang Ching-Yun who wields a strange sword. They get trapped but Ho deliberately sets both free after seeing Tang's weapon which she recognizes as the same weapon once used by Sun Tien-Chen, a foe of the Ho family. She decides to investigate. She finds out Prince Kuei actually is Sun, who killed the real prince years ago and assumed his identity. Ho joins forces with Chen and Tang. The trio slays Sun in a desperate confrontation at the palace.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-04-30
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The Bastard
Overview: Little Bastard searches for the parents who abandoned him as an infant, with the help of Little Beggar. He finds his father, who is a powerful and wealthy manl and is taken in by him and his family. Before long Little Bastard is seduced by his attractive cousin, making Little Beggar very jealous. However, the seduction and family welcome are all part of a nefarious plan.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-02-06
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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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Treasure of Bruce Le
Overview: In "Treasure of Bruce Le," a Samurai steals the Kung Fu secrets of the Shaolin Buddhists. Now Bruce must fight the powerful Samurai for control.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-11-21
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The Master
Overview: Although injured, a martial-arts expert teaches an orphan his methods.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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The Girlie Bar
Overview: A widower forces his three beautiful daughters to work in his seedy bar and must do what they are told no matter what. The film features Lin Chen-chi who had just starred in Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1976-10-05
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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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Stranger from Shaolin
Overview: When her entire family is killed by the occupying Manchus, Yin Wing Chun narrowly escapes to Shaolin temple.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1977-04-16
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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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Come from China
Overview: Explosive action flick about a group of mainlanders who get betrayed after robbing a Casino in Macau.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-05-01
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Mission of Justice
Overview: After opening with gratuitous soft-core intercourse, followed by the killing of the heads of a criminal gang seeking control of Thailand’s drug trade, things get a little better. In an early role, Carrie Ng leads a Thai police task force and issues a lot of orders while posing in a rather striking paramilitary uniform! Moon Lee and Yukari are sent into the jungle as undercover operatives running a sting operation. Eventually they run the gang to ground, ambushing a river opium convoy amid a string of double-crosses. Although hundreds of rounds are expended throughout the movie, the gun play tends to be formulaic.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-01-03
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Magic Curse
Overview: After being told that his uncle has disappeared in the jungle, Man-Ying embarks on a rescue mission. It soon becomes clear that an evil snake-sect controls the jungle with its black magic.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Enter Three Dragons
Overview: Sammy is involved with gangsters to save his relative from a problem so he calls Dragon Hung from America to help him.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-06-11
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The Haunted Madam
Overview: Super-accurate fortune teller Blind Chen informs four young policewomen that the same man, whom they'll soon meet, will incite her to suicide (first woman), rape her (second woman), break her head (third) and kill her (fourth). This man turns out to be their new boss, Inspector Bak Fei Hung. The reason these things are to happen is due to the angry spirit of a former Red Guard muscleman who has sworn revenge against some HK gang bosses and, unfortunately, Bak and his new recruits get in his way. (HKMDb.com)
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1986-10-30
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Gi Gi
Overview: Hong Kong drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-22
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Tiger Over Wall
Overview: Based on actual events that took place in Shanghai 1919, Hwang Jang Lee portrays a ruthless Police Captain, who will stop at nothing in his quest for power even framing an innocent man and sending him mad. The Man's family can not tolerate the injustice and fight back with some of the meanest Kung Fu techniques ever witnessed, without doubt one of the best films from the two kings of Kung Fu: Hwang Jang Lee & Phillip Ko.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-05-25
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Duel of the 7 Tigers
Overview: Defeated in a match at Shaolin, Wu Kung wanders China till he finds his own temple and style of fighting: Tang Sao Do Karate. Years later, student and ninth successor, Hsi Man Kwong challenges and crumbles all the Chinese kung fu schools in the area.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-06-03
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Kung Fu Zombie
Overview: A criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting his own hands dirty, he hires a Taoist wizard to animate some zombies to do the job for him. The plan goes horribly awry, and the bad guy ends up getting killed in his own trap. This pisses off the villain's spirit and he forces the priest to reincarnate him - only they can't find a suitable body. Meanwhile, an undead fiend of sorts comes to town to kill Billy's father over some other past dispute. This is where all of Billy's kung fu training comes in handy, and he manages to kill the attacker. With this, the other bad guy finally has a body to use, but the reincarnation goes wrong and the corpse is reborn as a vampire.
Genres: Action Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-10-01
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Return of Bruce
Overview: Bruce takes on the evil kung fu masters! In this action packed adventure, Bruce Lee takes a desperate journey leading to a fortune in gold bullion. On the way, he comes face to face with the evil Vice Lord and the brutal gang members of the dreaded Black Dragon Society. The fists move fast and furious as Bruce challenges these deadly kung fu masters and proves that he is a super hero.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-06-20
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Blind Fist of Bruce
Overview: The incomparable martial arts expert, Bruce Li, stars as a wealthy hero who defends his village from the assaults of ill-wishers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1979-07-13
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The Steel Fisted Dragon
Overview: A kung-fu master hunts down the villain who killed his mother.
Genres: Action
Original Language: id
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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It's All in the Family
Overview: Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor, Chih-yuan incurs his father's wrath when he tells the latter of his girlfriend Susan's (Ai Ti) pregnancy. Pressured to leave her by his father, Chih-yuan finally agrees to continue his studies overseas. Eldest brother Chih-wen (Ling Yun) volunteers to raise money but ends up losing the family fortune in the stock market. It starts a roller coaster of tragedies for the family that ends with bitter disillusionment for Chih-yuan. It's a battle between tradition and youthful rebellion that leaves everyone a little poorer off.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-03-08
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Ninja Assassins
Overview: A CIA operative in Hong Kong must become a Ninja in order to retrieve a stolen Top Technical Secret Film from a Clan of Ninjas sent by the KGB.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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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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Fighting Dragon
Overview: Lung Yen Fei returns from Japan to investigate the cause of his teachers' death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Tiger
Overview: Hapkido Master Kim Jin Pal takes on a mass of Japanese bushido experts in occupied China Bolo plays Zatoichi hired by the Japanese as a last resort to take on the might of Kim's boot.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-03-15
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Duel of the Dragons
Overview: Rebels try use the smuggling route to get the gold and map past the corrupt officials. Everybody was kung fu fighting.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-07-19
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Crocodile Evil
Overview: Wo Tin travels from Hong Kong to Thailand for business, having been invited by his brother. A young Thai woman, Lala, accompanies him and they pick up a wounded young woman before being embroiled in crocodile evil…
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1985-08-07
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Mantis Combat
Overview: When a once infamous criminal decides to give up his lifestyle and return the many treasures he has stolen to their rightful owners; he is promptly murdered by his partners in crime. To avenge his death is his son, with the deadly "mantis fist".
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-07-21
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The Kung Fu Cook
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Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1980-01-29
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The Black Dragon
Overview: Decent, simple, honest Chinese farmhand and ace martial artist Tai-Lin goes to the Philippines to seek his fortune. He befriends scruffy petty street hoodlum Siao-Mao and gets a job as a dock worker. When Tai-Lin discovers that the people he works for are involved in a crime syndicate that specializes in smuggling opium, he quits his job and joins forces with two fellow martial artists against the evil organization.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1974-03-02
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Stranger from Canton
Overview: Japan has already occupied Korea and now China. Chin, a young woman understands that the Motherland demands all her children to be brave, and sacrifice their lives for the liberation. Disguised as a prostitute, she will board a train to help a Chinese guerrilla group defeat a Japanese army convoy.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Lady Assassin
Overview: Veteran action actor and director Lu Chun-ku set his sights on a tale of Ching Dynasty royal intrigue as an excuse to hire his favorite action stars, gather three choreographers, and film one fight-filled conspiracy after another. Liu Hsueh-hua is the title character caught between battling princes. Then there's award-winning actor Ku Feng, "Bastard Swordsman" Hsu Shao-chiang, "King of Shaw Brothers' Screen Villains" Wang Lung-wei, "Venom" Sun Chien, and even the director shows up to get his kicks in this danger-fraught adventure.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1983-01-15
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Secret Service of the Imperial Court
Overview: The sergeant of the Brocade Guards, the government's secret police, fights back against a traitorous eunuch who wishes to take the throne.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-10-19
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Death Comes in Three
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Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-05-11
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Supermen Against the Orient
Overview: Robert Wallace travels to Hong Kong to bust a gang of drug trafficker's. There he finds help from Tang and Suzy, as well as his fellow Supermen Max & Jerry.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-11-29
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The Dragon, the Hero
Overview: Dragon Lee fights white devils who are stealing antiquities from China.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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