Chuan Yuan
Also Known As: Hong Ga, Kang Chia, Chuen Yuen, Chuan Yun, Dong Chuan-Yuan, 董川原, 康嘉
Biography: Chuan Yuan (川原) is a Taiwanese actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Taiwan
Adult: No
Birthday: Not available
Age: Not available
Gender: Male
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Handsome Vagabond
Overview: After serving three years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, an angry streetfighter seeks justice. Two sworn brothers oppose a gang of killers running a gym.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-01-02
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Black Leopard
Overview: Little Kai (Sun Ya-Tung) is a member of a criminal organisation. The tattoo on his chest earns him the nickname of ‘Leopard’. Immediately upon Little Kai’s release from jail, his brother is framed and murdered. Suspecting that it’s an inside job, Kai returns to the organisation to see if he can find out root out who is behind his brother’s death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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My Son
Overview: Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detective's son whose attempt to punish a swindler leaves him and his father in a thrilling final face-off.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-06-26
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The Duel
Overview: Tan Jen-chieh's life spins out of control when he’s forced into exile to clear his name following the murder of his adopted father. He's hunted in the streets. His lover, Butterfly, turns to prostitution. And his father's likely killer – a smooth operator known as the Rambler – is always lingering nearby. But before Tan and the Rambler can slit each other's throats, they learn they've been double-crossed and go two against everyone in a rage of double-edged vengeance.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-04-21
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The Fastest Sword
Overview: A great "swordfighter" learns humility after he is defeated by a master martial arts monk. But his reputation always precedes him, leading to danger, destruction, challenges, cruelty, kidnapping, and killing.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1968-12-11
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The Golden Knight
Overview: Respected veteran Yueh Feng made this “Martial Arts World” saga of a masked master of the “Black Sand Hand Technique,” while Lily Ho, the star of "Princess Iron Fan" and "Angel With The Iron Fists", excels in a delightful dual leading role. When she teams up with Shu Pei-pei as a fellow swordswoman to vanquish a murdering robber, the comparisons to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are obvious, even though it came three decades later.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-04-17
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Flying Masters of Kung Fu
Overview: In order to avenge her father's murder, Hsiang Ying trains herself in the deadliest form of swordplay. Her only goal - to kill all of her father's vicious killers. From hand-to-hand combat to uniquely choreographed weapon fights, Revengeful Swordswoman will have kung fu fans wanting more.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-02-01
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The Thunderbolt Fist
Overview: A small village is taken over by the nasty Japanese, who kill the town's top kung fu fighter in order to scare the populace into submission. Escaping the wrath of the Japanese, the son of the master flees into the hills, where he trains with a group of rebels led by Gam Kei-Chu. Fast-forward ten years, and Chuen returns to the village armed with his father's secret technique of the Thunderbolt Fist with the hopes of killing the leader of the Japanese.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-12-30
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Fighting of Shaolin Monks
Overview: The Fighting of Shaolin Monk tells the story of the Famed Monk, Tamo (Chen Sing Hong Kong's most prolific action star) who was one of the original founders of the Shaolin Temple. Monk Tamo travels from India preaching peace and Buddhism. But if they wanted peace they never should have gotten Chen Sing to portray Tamo, as he soon gets involved with a local town that is besieged by a warlord who is trying to control the regions water supply. The final fight is Chen Sing vs. Ko Fei in a battle to the death. this is not to be missed!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-19
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The Crane Fighter
Overview: The Crane Fighter is set just after the majority of the Shaolin monks have been outlawed and killed by the, I think, Ching Dynasty. A few have escaped, and live secretly among the common people. One old guy has a daughter that he has forbidden to learn kung fu, but she does so anyway, by watching some other monks in a nearby temple.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Who Knows About Me
Overview: An action film directed by Chui Yuk-Lung.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Double Bliss
Overview: A melodrama about the blossoming love between two music students returning home from abroad and planning to wed. However, both of their parents don't know about it and when they find out, all bliss blasts away as social gaps become an issue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-02-04
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The Lady Hermit
Overview: A young Kung Fu student seeks a reclusive teacher so that she may learn to defeat the evil Black Demon. She doesn't realize that the servant woman she befriends is actually the kung fu master she seeks. After Black Demons henchmen attack, the master reveals herself and eventually takes on the student to train her so that they may both defeat the villian. A love triangle complicates things when another student asks for training as well.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-01-22
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The Night Is Young
Overview: shaw production
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Ripples
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-01-08
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Dark Rendezvous
Overview: Private eye Chang Wen Chiang receives a telephone call from his girlfriend Li Lan Hsing. He rushes over and finds her dying in a pool of blood.
Genres: Action Thriller Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-12-11
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The Imperial Swordsman
Overview: Chuan Yuan is the noble, powerful hero and Shu Pei-pei, one of Shaw’s top swordswoman, is a reluctant bride who comes upon a rebellion plot. They are joined by a large cast of expert fighters and actors all keeping the intrigue and adventure foremost in the film. There’s even a nice surprise ending amidst all the action.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-10-05
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Farewell, My Love
Overview: In Farewell, My Love Julie Yeh Feng plays a devoted wife and mother dying from an incurable illness. Her goal now is to find a new mother for her child and a new wife for her husband before she dies. Because of all her personal tragedies and on going hard life off camera, audiences associated with Julie, making her one of the most beloved actresses of her time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-11-14
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Breaking Through the Black Whirl
Overview: Gangland killer Wong Biau is convicted and sent to prison for murdering Lin, chief of a rival gang who happens to be the brother of Wong's girlfriend. Actually, Wong is innocent. Years later, Wong is freed and making a start to be a law-abiding citizen. But Lin Wai-ying, his former girlfriend, now the leader of the rival gang, makes repeated attempts to kill him...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-04-29
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The Cavalier
Overview: A grandfather and his young grandaughter travel to atown with a very unusual proposition: if any man can beat her in a fight, she will be his bride.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-08-12
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The Invincible Armour
Overview: Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that means the expert can withstand anything. However, Hwang is an expert in it as well as the Eagle Claw's. Can John stop Hwang before it's too late?
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-06-29
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The Rebel of Shao-lin
Overview: Superstar Carter Wong must protect the Shaolin Temple from a traitor from within the order. The Silver Fox has turned up the heat against Shaolin, but Carter and the Holy Warrior Monks will stand firm -- or die fighting!
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-04-28
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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 Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1970-05-14
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Dark Semester
Overview: Tu Cheng Kang (Guan Shan) teaches at the Ta Tap Middle School where pupils are delinquent. Tu’s class is the worst. As the headmaster and his fellow teachers are unable to cope with the unruly students, Tu is determined to win them over with kindness. He fails initially but does not despair. Kao Te Sheng (Chuen Yuen), nicknamed the One Eyed Dragon, is the chief troublemaker and leader. When Kao’s father, a coolie, faints at the wharf from over work, Tu takes him to the hospital and befriends him. The old man does not realize Tu is his son’s teacher and neither does Te Sheng realize that his teacher had saved his father, he continues to oppose Tu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-05-02
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A Sword Named Revenge
Overview: Two swordsmen from separate sects band together to kill Ruthless Chi, head of another sect.But did he really die? Events show that the Ruthless killer stills controls the strings and its up to the swordsmen to reveal his true identity.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-09-11
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Underground Wife
Overview: Gonzo, action packed rape-revenge themed Taiwanese "Black Movie" featuring Juliet Chan and "Tattooer Ma" Sha. The original "Underground Wife" cut runs 85 minutes, the later IFD "Kill Butterfly Kill" English language cut is 89. This movie was released again by IFD in the late 80s in a 'cut-and-paste' version called "American Commando 6: Kill Butterfly Kill" (see separate listing).
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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American Commando: Angel's Blood Mission
Overview: Crime boss Barton's (Mike Abbott) reign of terror is about to end. John Foley (Mark Watson), called in to avenge the death of an innocent man, was trained by the elite American Commandos in Nam. Since the war, he's put his special skills to work many times. But never like this. When John Foley enters the steamy, seedy realm of the underworld, survival is the name of the game and do unto others before they do unto you is the only rule to live by.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Death Code: Ninja
Overview: International intrigue surrounds this battle for possession of a secret war map that could mean the end of the world.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ab
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Iron Fist Pillage
Overview: The Wu-Tang Clan's Cappadonna redubs a 1970s martial arts thriller to hilarious effect, casting himself in the lead role as a pot-smoking rapper who wakes up in an Asian kung fu dreamscape. There, he's framed for the murder of a rival gang leader and is quickly banished. Liberally changing characters into drunks and prostitutes, Cappadonna crafts a unique comedy experience that also features the voices of Hideo Seaver and Shawn Wigs.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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Pink Trap
Overview: Two beautiful young girls who were raised in an orphanage join hands, arms and everything else to fight the bureaucracy's intent to close down their beloved orphanage.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-04-01
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Fists of Bruce Lee
Overview: Bruce Lee (Bruce Li) is assigned to go undercover as Lee Min-Chin to investigate a drug ring. The mob hires an assassin to kill him. They are both great at what they do; as they fight to the death only one will come out alive.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-04-17
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The Dynamite Trio
Overview: The most deadly fighter on earth, a man so dangerous in combat he only uses one hand, is after the greatest book ever written. This book, a tutorial in the "mantis fist", must be protected by an unlikely band of hero's.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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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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Raw Passions
Overview: Ivy Ling Po plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who uncovers a pit of deceit, double-crosses, extortion and murder after murder.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime Horror Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-04-08
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Tiger Tiger Tiger
Overview: By refusing to give up his ranch, Zhi Ping ends up being killed by the three tigers. His wife, Mrs. Sung (Hsiao-Chuang Kuo), is a good woman of quarrel who wants to avenge her husband. A wrestler named Dragon (Si Wai), who had his sister raped and killed by these criminals, also wants revenge, and to end them, he decides to infiltrate the gang, and in this, he ends up meeting Lily (Doris Lung) a spoiled girl who is the sister of the chief of the three tigers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Demons Apartment
Overview: A family just moved in a new mansion in the suburbs, but weird things happen on and on. The wife sees a dead man’s skull. The son strangely says he sees many people in the living room. Is the house haunted or could there be some other reason?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-01-10
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The Virgins
Overview: shaw production
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-06-23
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My Name Is Woman
Overview: Forced into prostitution, a young woman finally meets and marries her savior. Or is he? When she finally helps him to repay a gambling debt, he dumps her for another…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-04-19
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Diamond Ninja Force
Overview: The evil Black Ninja Clan tries to steal the Golden Ninja statue from Ninja Master Gordon.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-21
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Chiu Chow Kung Fu
Overview: The Japanese have conquered Chow Chu, a Chinese village, and have it ruled by Captain Chow, a collaborationist, and his henchmen. Yu-Kong, a most wanted patriot, takes refuge at Yen Wei's as he must hand over an important message to Tong Ye, her husband. But Tong Ye has been taken hostage and has just been shot by a firing squad. Bad for the Japanese, Yen Wei accepts the mission meant for her husband. In memory of him...
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-06-13
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