Ho Wei-Hsiung
Also Known As: 何維雄, Ho Wai-Hung, Wei-Hsiung Ho
Biography: Filmography (1968-1993) Action Director (15 films) Actor (143 films)
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Shaolin Brothers
Overview: Complicated mix of Chinese history and myth, where old Shaolin friends find themselves on different sides, one a Ching general, and the other faithful to Ming.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-03-12
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Five Shaolin Masters
Overview: Hu Te et al. escape the burning Shaolin temple after the Qing soldiers destroyed it in Shaolin Temple. The group of 5 decide to develop secret codes to identify fellow patriots, enlist those patriots and eventually meet up again to escape to the south away from the Qings, and also identify the traitor who sold out Shaolin temple. Ma Fu Yi, joins the Qing top fighters to eliminate the rebels but is exposed by Ma Chao-Tsing who gets captured by Ma Fu Yi. Hu meets up with a group of Shaolin men secretly posing as bandits to rescue Ma as their leader is killed in the process, thus the bandits join the rest of the Shaolin patriots.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-12-25
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The Golden Mask
Overview: Life takes a turn for Chi Kwan Chun after he accepts a contract from the mysterious "Golden Mask". The "mark" turns out to be Chi's brother and after unwittingly …
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-11-07
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New Fist of Fury
Overview: A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has plans to bringing all other schools on the island under his domination, and part of his plan involves the murder of the grandfather.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-07-08
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Seven Indignant
Overview: The Righteous Club of Chinese martial artists meet to drive out the evil Japanese invaders but first they must overcome their own personal differences.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Fantastic Magic Baby
Overview: In The Fantastic Magic Baby, director Chang Cheh weaves a wild and woolly yarn about how the legendary Monkey King and Goddess of Mercy battle and defeat the child god Hung Hai-erh then point him down the road to righteousness.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-08-15
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Beach of the War Gods
Overview: In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wandering swordsman single-handedly dispatches a group of the foreign thugs, and agrees to help defend the town. He assembles a core team of highly skilled warriors, and together they train the townsfolk to stand up to the foreign pirates, using strategy and skill. When the army launches an all-out assault on the town, a ferocious battle rages, leading to final conflict on the Beach of the War Gods.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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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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Five Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes
Overview: The heroes pose as gun dealers and acrobats in order to get close to the bad guys so they can avenge the death of one of their brothers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The Story of Daisy
Overview: Part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-01-02
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The Eight Dragon Swords
Overview: Kong Ban plays a young swordsman who is tricked into stealing the Fire Dragon Magic Ball from Carefree Mansion's Master Hua. Chen Hung Lieh is the villain of the story, playing a masked killer who seeks the magic ball for his own profit. In the end fight, Kong Ban has to master the eight dragon swords to save the daughter of Master Hua.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Sacrifice to Desolate Spirits
Overview: Upon their invasion of Taiwan in 1874, the Japanese team up with a sinister tong to hold a martial arts tournament in a plot to root out and assassinate the region's top resistance fighters, thereby breaking the spirit of Chinese patriotism. Two local kung-fu masters prove more than a match for the invaders.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-03-21
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The Everlasting Glory
Overview: A most touching and consistently heart-gripping war drama depicts the heroic deeds of General Chang Tsu-chung who was even held in high esteem and dubbed as “Mars of China” by his Japanese counterpart, General Itagaki during Sino-Japanese war.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-07-19
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The Eight Dragon Swords
Overview: Kong Ban plays a young swordsman who is tricked into stealing the Fire Dragon Magic Ball from Carefree Mansion's Master Hua. Chen Hung Lieh is the villain of the story, playing a masked killer who seeks the magic ball for his own profit. In the end fight, Kong Ban has to master the eight dragon swords to save the daughter of Master Hua.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1972-02-04
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Bamboo Brotherhood
Overview: Yu Tien Lung returns to his hometown to avenge the murder of his parents, a task in which he is prepared himself for by studying martial arts for twenty years. His resolution wavers when, after successfully killing the lesser villains, he falls in love with the daughter of the enemy. Will he now be able to take revenge for his parents’ murder?
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-11-29
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Win Them All
Overview: Filial daughter seeks revenge on father's killer. She must associate with dishonest people to finance her mission.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-06-28
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The Flying Swordsgirl
Overview: The traditional martial-arts action film Flying Swordsgirl offers a wealth of fights involving a variety of weaponry while telling the tale of a woman who learns to battle against the men.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-01-23
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File of Heroes
Overview: The Japanese are at it again but this time a hero stands in their way: Ching Yi!
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1975-01-15
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Duel with Samurai
Overview: During the Ming dynasty in China, the coastal areas were rampant. A Wokou who refers himself as the Nippon Ronin (Chan Hung-lit), colludes with the coastal local tyrants of Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces, along with cult religious groups. They occupy Baiyunzhuang and plundered everywhere. Young warrior Fan Chen-tung (Kong Ban) leads a resistance group to retaliate which prompts the Chinese martial world to share the same hatred against the Japanese and tyrants.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1971-09-03
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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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Devil Cat
Overview: A murderous feline creature seeks revenge against the deedents of Chow Sung who savagely raped an innocent virgin in ancient China.
Genres: Fantasy Action Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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A Sword Renounced
Overview: Also known as The Blind Swordsman's Revenge, this is Zatoichi Versus The Flying Guillotine (1972). Zatoichi is "born Wu Ching Hui, he was kidnapped by pirates as a youth and taken to Japan, where he learned his cane sword skills. He appears to be widely known in China by his Japanese name, but as the film opens he is just returning to China to look up his long-lost brother, Tieh Hou. To his dismay, he learns that the brother has been killed in a sword duel with one Chu Yen Jieh. The grief-stricken prodigal blubbers in mourning and vows revenge."
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-12-31
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Infernal Street
Overview: A Chinese doctor's assistant fights the morphine-dealing criminals who run a Japanese nightclub.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1973-05-31
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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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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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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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